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Thursday on Political Rewind: Gov.\xa0Brian Kemp is preparing to unveil his proposal for reforming Georgia\u2019s citizens\u2019 arrest law. The current law stirred controversy in the aftermath of the shooting of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger, by white men who claim\xa0they were detaining him in response to a series of\xa0break-ins in a residential neighborhood outside of\xa0Brunswick.\n\nOur panel discussed the political motive behind the push to reform the law.\n\nState Senator Rev. Kim Jackson said while she was glad to see progress on this issue,\xa0there is still a long way to go in reforming criminal justice.\n\n\u201cHere's the truth about the situation; this is really low-hanging fruit," Jackson said.\xa0"From a progressive standpoint, there is so much more around criminal justice issues that we need to\xa0address and actually make real change [to]\xa0protect significantly more Black lives than this bill does."\n\nAlso, the Fulton County district attorney and the Georgia secretary of state's office each launch investigations into the actions of former President Trump. The investigations look into Trump\u2019s alleged efforts to coerce Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Kemp and others to overturn the results of Georgia\u2019s presidential election.\n\nIn Washington, D.C., impeachment managers used harrowing audio and video\xa0of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in their arguments against former President Donald Trump. But will Republican members of Congress\xa0budge, as Democrats hope?\n\nPanelists:\n\nSen. Rev. Kim Jackson \u2014 State Representative (D-Stone Mountain)\n\nMayor Julie Smith \u2014 Mayor of Tifton\n\nDr. Amy Steigerwalt \u2014\xa0Professor of Political Science,\xa0Georgia State University\n\nKevin Riley \u2014 Editor, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution