On May 12, 2020, the three white men responsible for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old unarmed Black man jogging in Georgia, were finally arrested—months after the crime occurred. Public outrage erupted when a video of the murder surfaced online, sparking global protests. The arrest, after massive pressure from activists and social media, underscored the racial inequities in the criminal justice system. Arbery’s death became a rallying cry during the summer of 2020, alongside the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. May 12 remains a key date in the modern civil rights struggle for justice and accountability in America.
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