What’s next in Arbery case after ex-DA’s charges dropped?
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (WTOC) - On the Glynn County Courthouse’s steps Wednesday, Ahmaud Arbery’s mother made an imioned promise.
“The fight continues,” said Wanda Cooper-Jones. “We still run with Ahmaud.”
Her comments came soon after a judge dismissed all counts against Jackie Johnson, the former Brunswick district attorney charged with shielding two of Arbery’s killers.
“I thought we had a guilty verdict,” said Cooper-Jones speaking about Johnson’s trial. “Unfortunately, the law is the law, and the judge had to follow the law.”
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The ruling ended another trial stemming from Arbery’s 2020 murder in a Brunswick neighborhood.
Three people were convicted of murdering the 25-year-old Black man after chasing him through Satilla Shores in pickup trucks.
Almost five years since Arbery’s killing, legal cases for those involved in the death investigation remain.
Cooper-Jones filed a federal civil lawsuit in 2021 against those convicted of murdering Arbery, officers involved in the investigation, Johnson, and the former Waycross DA appointed to replace her as the case’s lead prosecutor.
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She’s seeking more than $1 million in damages for Arbery’s death and recently moved to have William Bryan, one of the men convicted of murdering Arbery, dismissed as a defendant in the lawsuit.
“We will continue to fight, using the facts revealed in this case in our ongoing federal lawsuit,” said a t statement from civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and S. Lee Merritt after the Johnson ruling. “This trial reaffirmed the systemic failures and institutional racism that not only led to Ahmaud’s murder but also sought to shield his killers from ability.”
Johnson, who was Brunswick’s top prosecutor when Arbery was killed, denied any wrongdoing while she testified during her trial.
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“My only interest was that with everything going, the case, the process be moving along, be working,” said Johnson
Meanwhile, Arbery’s killers are asking a federal appeals court to reverse their hate crimes convictions.
As more legal battles near, Arbery’s mother remains steadfast.
“We’re still running. I will be the voice of Ahmaud Arbery until I leave this Earth,” said Cooper-Jones.
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The next hearing date for Cooper-Jones’ federal lawsuit has not been set, according to online court records.
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