Press release, 2021 February 19B

Updated ICYMI: Governor Kemp to Replace Outdated Citizen's Arrest Law
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For Immediate Release Friday, February 19, 2021
Updated ICYMI: Governor Kemp to Replace Outdated Citizen's Arrest Law
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Governor Kemp op-ed: Time to overhaul Georgia's citizen's arrest law
WSAV: After Arbery's death, Kemp announces bill to overhaul Georgia's citizen's arrest law Gov. Brian Kemp is hoping his administration's "Teacher Pipeline" legislation package will help the state recruit and retain educators in classrooms across the state. The governor rolled out the package Tuesday, which includes several initiatives to help teachers in the classroom and provide them with support. "In a year when many other states are facing no other option but to slash education dollars, furlough teachers, and cut back on essential student programs, Georgia is restoring funding to our schools, backing our teachers, and launching new initiatives to keep kids enrolled," the governor said. Read the full article here.
The Hill: Georgia governor moves to overhaul Civil War-era citizen's arrest law Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) has announced legislation to repeal the state's Civil War-era citizen's arrest statute almost a year after the law drew immense scrutiny following the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
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Updated ICYMI: Governor Kemp to Replace Outdated Citizen's Arrest Law Kemp's office said the bill, which will be carried by state Rep. Bert Reeves (R), would overhaul the state's current citizen's arrest law to help eliminate "any potential legal loopholes that could be used to justify vigilantism." Read the full article here.
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Kemp unveils overhaul of `ripe for abuse' citizen's arrest law Maintaining momentum built last year with the passage of hate-crimes legislation, Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday unveiled a proposal that would overhaul a Civil War-era law that allows Georgians to arrest someone they suspect of committing a crime. The citizen's arrest law came under renewed scrutiny after it was cited by a prosecutor last year to justify not charging the white men police say were involved in the shooting death of a Black man near Brunswick. At a press conference Tuesday, Kemp rolled out House Bill 479, which would still allow employees at businesses, security officers, private investigators and inspectors at truck scales to detain someone they believe has committed a crime. The bill, being shepherded through the legislative process by Marietta Republican state Rep. Bert Reeves, would also allow off-duty police officers to make arrests when they are not in their jurisdictions. Read the full article here.
CNN: Georgia governor announces reforms to state citizen's arrest law one year after Ahmaud Arbery's death Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced an overhaul of the state's citizen's arrest law Tuesday, one that was used to justify the death of Ahmaud Arbery last year. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was out for a jog near Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23, 2020, when he was chased down in a truck by three men and fatally shot. Two of the three men -- Gregory and Travis McMichael -- claimed to be conducting a citizen's arrest and acted in self-defense. Read the full article here.
WJXT: Ahmaud Arbery's mom `overwhelmed' by Kemp's call to change Georgia law "I was overwhelmed," Jones said the day after the announcement. Despite losing her son, when she heard what Kemp said, "I was happy." Georgia's citizen's arrest law has been in place since 1863. Jones said it's sad it took the
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Updated ICYMI: Governor Kemp to Replace Outdated Citizen's Arrest Law shooting death of her son as he jogged through the Satilla Shores neighborhood last February to bring forth calls for it to change. A father and son, Gregory and Travis McMichael, were pursuing Ahmaud and shot him to death. When the viral video of Ahmaud's death was released in May, it shocked not only the Brunswick community but the nation. Read the full article here.
11 Alive: Kemp announces legislation to overhaul Georgia citizen's arrest statute, in wake of Ahmaud Arbery murder Gov. Brian Kemp announced proposed legislation to overhaul Georgia's citizen's arrest statues on Tuesday. It follows the murder of Ahmaud Arbery last year by three men in south Georgia. Prosecutors at the time declined to charge the men in the case, citing citizen's arrest. The act was decried as a vigilante killing. Hate crimes legislation was passed last year, thanks in part to efforts stemming from the outcry that followed Arbery's murder. "Last summer, leaders under the Gold Dome took historic, bipartisan action to pass antihate crimes legislation and reaffirm that Georgia is a state too great for hate. Our effort to overhaul the citizen's arrest statute builds on that work with a balanced approach to protecting the lives and livelihoods of ourselves, our friends, and our neighbors," Kemp said. Read the full article here.
Read the full text of the bill here.
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Updated ICYMI: Governor Kemp to Replace Outdated Citizen's Arrest Law Press Contacts Mallory Blount - Press Secretary Office of Governor Brian P. Kemp mallory.blount@georgia.gov Tate Mitchell - Deputy Press Secretary Office of Governor Brian P. Kemp tate.mitchell@georgia.gov
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