The Department of Justice is investigating the death of Ahmaud Arbery as a possible hate crime after the man was shot and killed while running in Georgia previously this year, according to multiple reports
An attorney for Arbery’s family initially told CBS News that the Justice Department would launch a federal hate criminal activity examination and look into why local officials took more than two months to file charges in the case.
Arbery, a 25- year-old Black guy, was confronted by two white men while he was running in a coastal South Georgia area in late February. Travis McMichael shot Arbery 3 times during a conflict, killing him.
No one was detained, however, till a graphic video of the encounter was released earlier this month.
Confirmed: DOJ is formally investigating shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery as a possible hate criminal activity, according to Arbery’