DOJ assessing whether to bring hate crime charges in Arbery shooting

The US Justice Department is “assessing all of the evidence” in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery to determine whether federal hate crime charges are appropriate, and is considering the request from Georgia’s attorney general to investigate the handling of the case, agency spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said in a statement Monday.

The US Justice Department is “assessing all of the evidence” in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery to determine whether federal hate crime charges are appropriate, and is considering the request from Georgia’s attorney general to investigate the handling of the case, agency spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said in a statement Monday.