A crowd of non-violent protests stood just a few feet from the entrance of one of the highest courts in the land on Wednesday morning in downtown Atlanta. Their purpose was to let their voices be heard in opposition of an attempted appeal.
The three men convicted in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery; William Bryan, Gregory McMichal, and Travis McMichael, were granted an opportunity to appeal their convictions. The court hearing took place at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. A rally organized by a number of civil rights and grassroots organizations, including Black Voters Matter, Georgia NAACP and the Transformative Justice Coalition brought dozens of protestors and supporters to Forsyth Street.
Looking around at the crowd assembled outside the crowd, Arbery’s father Marcus Arbery, Jr. said of the overwhelming support for his family, “It makes me feel so good because what happened to Ahmaud, if we don’t stop this now, it will happen again.”
