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HRC Calls for Georgia to Pass Hate Crimes Law after Murder of Ahmaud Arbery

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The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is calling for Georgia to institute a hate crimes law after the shooting and murder of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery.

Arbery, a black man, was jogging in his neighborhood in Brunswick, Georgia, on February 25 when he was chased down and shot to death by two white men, a father and son: retired police officer Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34.

The two were arrested by Glynn County police on Thursday (May 7) and charged with murder and aggravated assault after a video of the murder surfaced on social media.

Despite clear evidence that the murder was hate-motivaTted, the two men will not face a hate crime charge, because Georgia is one of only four states in the country without a hate crime prevention

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