Feb. 23 declared 'Ahmaud Arbery Day' in Georgia

by Alexx Altman-Devilbiss

Sun, February 20th 2022, 2:18 PM UTC

FILE - This May 17, 2020, file photo, shows a mural depicting Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Ga. Travis McMichael, the man convicted of murder for shooting Ahmaud Arbery is withdrawing his guilty plea on a federal hate crime charge. McMichael announced his decision Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Sarah Blake Morgan, File)

FILE - This combo of booking photos provided by the Glynn County, Ga., Detention Center, shows from left, Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan Jr. Legal experts say federal hate crimes charges in the 2020 chase and killing of Ahmaud Arbery could prove more difficult to prosecute than the fall murder trial that ended in convictions of three white men. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday, Feb. 7, 2022 in U.S. District Court in Brunswick, Georgia.(Glynn County Detention Center via AP, File)

Greg McMichael, right, waits for the sentencing of he and his son Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan in the Glynn County Courthouse, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, in Brunswick, Ga. The three found guilty in the February 2020 slaying of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, Pool)

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FILE - This May 17, 2020, file photo, shows a mural depicting Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Ga. Travis McMichael, the man convicted of murder for shooting Ahmaud Arbery is withdrawing his guilty plea on a federal hate crime charge. McMichael announced his decision Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Sarah Blake Morgan, File)

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTGS) — A day to honor Ahmaud Arbery will be observed in Georgia thanks to a resolution passed by the state House.

State Rep. Sandra Scott introduced the resolution designating Feb. 23 "annually in the State of Georgia as The Ahmaud Arbery Day."

The date was chosen because that was the day two years ago in 2020 that 25-year-old Arbery was shot and killed while jogging in a Glynn County neighborhood.

Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael armed themselves and chased Arbery in a pickup truck after spotting the Black man running in their coastal Georgia subdivision. A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael blasting Arbery with a shotgun.

All three men were convicted of murder last fall in a Georgia state court.

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They're now standing trial in a separate case in federal court, charged with violating Arbery's civil rights and targeting him because he was Black. The McMichaels and Bryan have pleaded not guilty.

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