Political Rewind: As Ahmaud Arbery's murder trial begins, reform and calls for further change

Published: Oct. 18, 2021, 3:01 p.m.

b'Monday on Political Rewind: The trial for the three men charged with the murder of Ahmaud Arbery gets underway in Brunswick, Ga., this week.\\n\\nArbery\\u2019s killing led to changes in Georgia law, the indictment of a long-serving district attorney and an effort to clean up and diversify the Glynn County Police Department. We looked at what to expect as the trial gets underway and how the case reverberated across the legal and political landscape in Georgia.\\n\\nGeorgia Recorder writer Stanley Dunlap said the trial will have consequences for how members of Georgia\'s Black communities view their relationship with the criminal justice system.\\n\\n"Things may continue to play out how many people feel, and particularly in the Black community, that justice isn\'t there for them and the police aren\'t there to protect them," Dunlap said. "That\'s one of particular concern, depending on the outcome of the trial."\\n\\nPlus, while Stacey Abrams may be waiting to declare her intentions to run for governor of Georgia, she\\u2019s actively working to elect Democrat Terry McAuliffe governor of Virginia.\\n\\nPanelists:\\n\\nMargaret Coker\\xa0\\u2014 Editor-in-chief, The Current\\n\\nStanley Dunlap\\xa0\\u2014 Reporter, Georgia Recorder\\n\\nAdam Van Brimmer \\u2014 Editorial page editor, The Savannah Morning News\\n\\nJim Galloway\\xa0\\u2014 Former political columnist, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'