John, we got word of some exciting news we wanted to share with you.
The former District Attorney, Jackie Johnson, who tried to let the white supremacists who killed Ahmaud Arbery go free has finally received a court date.
Johnson is a DISGRACEFUL prosecutor who violated her oath and interfered in the case by telling the cops NOT to arrest the white supremacists who chased down and murdered Ahmaud Arbery.
This is why our movement to elect pro-civil rights DAs is so important. Proof that justice can be thrown out the window with a corrupt DA in power.
If our partners at Grassroots Law Project didn’t jump in and bring nationwide attention to Ahmaud’s case, his white supremacist murderers might still be free today.
Prosecutors like Johnson are EXACTLY the kind that we are fighting to replace with every new race we get involved in.
Travis McMichael, who shot and killed Ahmaud then openly called him the n-word, was sentenced to life WITHOUT the possibility of parole.
Greg McMichael, who was very much the mastermind of the chase, and then worked with the local DA to cover it up, was sentenced to life WITHOUT the possibility of parole.
And William Roddie Bryan, who chased Ahmaud with his truck, cornering and hitting him with it, before he was killed, and filmed it all, was sentenced to life WITH the possibility of parole.
These are the men that were almost not arrested because of former DA Jackie Johnson. She wanted to keep this under wraps.
And unfortunately, Jackie Johnson is not unique when it comes to taking advantage of power. There are countless DAs committing crimes just like this, obstructing justice.
And we need your support to replace as many of these kinds of DAs as possible — which is why we are working so hard on our End of Year goal, to ensure we have the financial backing to keep fighting for civil rights.
In solidarity,
Real Justice