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Primary Content Caption State lawmakers Monday completed a socially distanced Crossover Day 2021, narrowly pushing ahead a bill with major voter restrictions and unanimously approving one that would repeal Georgia's citizen's arrest law. Credit: Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder A proposal to create a new school voucher program, legislation banning transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams and a pay raise for state lawmakers were among the bills left behind as a key legislative deadline came and went Monday. House lawmakers continued to flirt with passing their own versio...

ATLANTA – Legislation to overhaul Georgia’s Civil War-era citizen’s arrest law inspired by the murder of Ahmaud Arbery last year passed the state House of Representatives unanimously on Monday. House

by Nyamekye Daniel, The Center Square  | March 09, 2021 10:00 AM Print this article The Georgia House unanimously approved a bill Monday that would reform the state's citizen's arrest law, marking a historic move fueled by the death of Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed by two residents in Brunswick last year. Georgia law allows a civilian to arrest someone if he or she witnesses a crime or has "immediate knowledge" someone has committed one. If the crime is a felony and the suspect attempts to escape, the law also allows a person to detain the suspect. House B...

ZIP Advertisement On heels of Ahmaud Arbery killing, Georgia lawmakers vote unanimously to repeal Citizen's Arrest Law The Georgia House of Representatives voted unanimously to repeal a citizen’s arrest law predating the Civil War, acting little more than a year after the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man pursued by armed white men. Share Updated: 10:12 AM CST Mar 9, 2021 Associated Press On heels of Ahmaud Arbery killing, Georgia lawmakers vote unanimously to repeal Citizen's Arrest Law The Georgia House of Representatives voted unanimously to repeal a c...

House unanimously passes overhaul of Georgia citizen’s arrest law Jeff Amy, Associated Press Updated:  Tags:  A gavel in a courtroom. (Pexels) ATLANTA – The Georgia House of Representatives voted unanimously on Monday to repeal a citizen’s arrest law predating the Civil War, acting little more than a year after the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man pursued by armed white men. The House voted 173-0 for House Bill 479 after a debate weighted with Georgia’s white supremacist history. The unanimous vote left supporters elated. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has endorsed the bill...