On February 23, Ahmod Arberry was shot and killed while fleeing his neighborhood in Brunswick, Georgia. The unarmed 25-year-old Arberry was reportedly hunted down and "lynched" by a former police officer and his son, as Arberry's family lawyer described it.

According to the police report (opens in new tab), Travis and Greg McMichael, both white, believed Arberry was a "suspect" in a string of robberies in the area; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (opens in new tab) According to the report, the grand jury indicted these two men and a third man, William "Roddy" Bryan, in Arbury's death.

According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (open in new tab), all three were charged with felony murder and aggravated assault. They are currently being held without bond at the Glynn County Jail.

To support Arberry, the running community planned a national jog for his 26th birthday last month.

Organizers asked participants to run or walk 2.23 miles in honor of the day he died and post on social media using the hashtag #IRunwithAhmaud.

"The community here in Brunswick, Georgia lost an avid runner during a run on February 23, 2020. Ahmoud Arberry's life was taken from us by men who falsely suspected him of wrongdoing," said a Facebook (open in new tab) post about the run.

Months after the fatal shooting, cell phone videos (open in new tab) showing the killing surfaced online last month, and former Vice President Joe Biden (open in new tab), Senator Bernie Sanders (open in new tab), Senator Elizabeth Warren Open in new tab), and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (open in new tab), sparking the ire of politicians such as former Vice President Joe Biden (open in new tab), Sen.

Celebrities also demanded justice through social media.

Lawyers representing Arberry's family said in a statement, "The sequence of events captured on this video confirms what all the evidence had shown prior to its release.

In addition to the #IRunwithAhmaud protests, local activists in Georgia planned a demonstration at the Duval County Courthouse, and a change.org petition (opens in new tab) demanding justice for Arberry was signed by over 803,000 people.