BRUNSWICK, Ga. The mother of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was chased and killed in Georgia while out on a jog, is calling for Georgia lawmakers to pass a hate crime law in response to her sons death and other hate-inspired crimes in the state.
To me, this was clearly a hate crime, but Georgia is one of four states in the country without a hate crime law," Cooper-Jones said.
The GBI investigator also said he had seen many other examples of Travis McMichael using the n-word on social media.
Lee Merritt, attorney for Arbery family, said the new evidence should be instructive to the FBI investigation into federal hate crime charges.
Last year, Georgia State House moved in the right direction, passing House Bill 426, which will impose harsher sentencing for hate crimes.