Political Rewind: One Year After Killing Of Ahmaud Arbery, Where Do We Stand?
Tuesday on Political Rewind:\xa0A\xa0year has passed since the death of Ahmaud Arbery. The 25-year-old was shot and killed in a residential neighborhood outside of Brunswick, Ga., not far from his home. Gregory and Travis McMichael, accused of his murder, claim they believed Arbery was responsible for a string of burglaries in the area.\n\nBut on that day one year ago, the incident received little attention from the rest of the world. It was not until three months later, when video of Arbery's death reached the general public, that attention was drawn to the case.\n\nArbery became one of the names serving\xa0as a rallying cry for change during nationwide protests demanding an end to racial inequity and police brutality.\n\n\u201cThis is a pattern," Marissa McCall Dodson of the Southern Center for Human Rights\xa0said. "It\u2019s something that families\xa0are dealing with all across our state and all across the country.\xa0So I just think this is the moment where we need to say, \u2018This is not an outlier.\xa0We continue to see Black lives taken.'"\n\nOne year later, where do we stand in seeking justice for this young man from Georgia? How has the country grown and where is more attention needed?\n\nPanelists:\n\nDr. Andra Gillespie \u2014 Professor of Political Science and\xa0Director, James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference at Emory University\n\nMarissa McCall Dodson \u2014 Public Policy Director, Southern Center for Human Rights\n\nLarry Hobbs \u2014 Reporter, Brunswick News\n\nTamar Hallerman \u2014\xa0Senior Reporter,\xa0The Atlanta Journal Constitution