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The two men involved in the killing of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery<\/a> as he jogged through his neighborhood just outside of Brunswick, Georgia, in February have been charged with murder and aggravated assault.<\/p>\n

Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, were taken into custody and booked into the Glynn County Jail, the Georgia Bureau of Investigations announced<\/a> in a news release Thursday evening. The arrest comes after a video released<\/a> this week showed an unarmed Arbery, who is black, confronted by the elder McMichael, a former county police officer, and his son, who shot Arbery seconds later.<\/p>\n

The shooting took place more than two months ago on 23 February, and family members have expressed outrage and anger that the two men had not been charged. The incidents around the shooting remained unclear until an anonymous witness leaked a 36-second video including the moment of Arbery\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

According to a police report filed that day, the two McMichaels grabbed their weapons, a .357 Magnum revolver and a shotgun, jumped into a truck and followed Arbery as he ran. In the same police report, they tell police Arbery matched the description of someone caught on a security camera committing a recent burglary in the neighborhood. Gregory McMichael told police Arbery violently attacked his son, which contradicts the footage.<\/p>\n

Arbery\u2019s family has called for immediate arrests after the video was released this week. Celebrities and politicians, from LeBron James to Democratic candidate and former vice-president Joe Biden, expressed outrage and called for action. Until the footage was released this week, no charges or arrests had taken place.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m still in tears,\u201d said Chris Stewart on Thursday evening after he heard the news. Stewart, who represents Arbery\u2019s family, is a civil rights attorney who is working with the team of lawyers representing the family, including Lee Merritt and Ben Crump.<\/p>\n

The family is overjoyed, Stewart told the Guardian.<\/p>\n

Two prosecutors have recused themselves from the case since the shooting, citing professional relationships with the older McMichael. Neighboring Liberty county district attorney Tim Durden, the third prosecutor assigned to the case, formally requested an investigation by GBI on 5 May, after the video was released. They initiated an investigation on 6 May, leading to an arrest Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

Soon after the video was released, Georgia\u2019s Governor Brian Kemp and the state\u2019s attorney general Chris Carr called for swift action. Kemp called the shooting \u201cabsolutely horrific\u201d in a press conference Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Glynn county police department never requested an independent investigation of the incident and did not charge anyone in the incident.<\/p>\n

Thursday, the Guardian obtained two 911 calls<\/a>, where an unidentified caller tells the dispatcher: \u201cThere\u2019s a black male running down the street.\u201d In another call, a different dispatcher asks another caller to explain what Arbery has done that is wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not over,\u201d says Stewart. \u201cThis is the beginning. A lot of times, African Americans can\u2019t even get to step one of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were absolutely elated to hear of the arrest with it being so long overdue. It was refreshing and exhilarating at the same time,\u201d said Pastor John Perry, the president of the Brunswick chapter of the NAACP. \u201cBut the arrest doesn\u2019t end in justice for Ahmaud. We need to see a conviction.\u201d<\/p>\n

The McMichaels were approached for comment prior to their arrest but have not responded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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