A former Georgia DA was indicted by a grand jury for allegedly showing preference to the men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery last year, court documents show.
The former prosecutor, Jacquelyn Lee Johnson, was indicted on charges of violation of oath of public officer and obstruction of a police officer, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced. Johnson was the Brunswick Judicial Circuit district attorney when Arbery, 25, a Black man, was shot in February 2020. Johnson ultimately lost re-election in November.after Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, his son, followed him in their pickup.
The indictment also alleges that Johnson sought help from Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney George E. Barnhill, whom she recommended to take the case after she stepped aside, without disclosing her previous conversations with Barnhill. No further details about the allegations were released. Carr’s office said it will continue to investigate.“Former DA Johnson may not have pulled the trigger on the day Ahmaud was murdered, but she played a starring role in the cover-up,” attorney Ben Crump said Friday.
Merritt said he hopes the charges against Johnson have a “ripple effect throughout the legal community” to stamp out systemic racism, adding that her alleged actions amplified a system stacked against Black people.
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