Christian leaders across the United States have expressed horror and outrage at the shooting of a 25-year-old black man in Georgia.
Ahmaud Arbery was out jogging in Brunswick when he was confronted by a father and son who said they believed him to be connected to a spate of burglaries in the area. As Arbery attempted to evade the pair, he became involved in a tussle with one of the suspects, before being shot dead.
While the killing took place back in February of this year, police only decided to take action this month after a video of the incident was leaked by a witness, causing a nation-wide uproar. The two suspects – former police officer Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34 – have since been arrested and charged with murder.
“He was out for his daily jog and he was hunted down like an animal and killed,” his mother Wanda Jones told CBS News. “I’m hoping that all involved, they’re indicted and they go to jail.”
On Twitter, the attorney representing Mrs. Jones, S. Lee Merritt, wrote: “The series of events captured in this video confirm what all the evidence indicated prior to its release— Ahmaud Arbery was pursued by three white men that targeted him solely because of his race and murdered him without justification. This is murder.”
The slaying has also sparked responses from a number of prominent Christian leaders in the US, and has ignited racial tensions…
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