The GBI says former Brunswick prosecutor Jackie Johnson did a favor for Ahmaud Arbery’s killers. She was accused of violating her oath of office and disability.
BRUNSWICK, Georgia – * The above video was previously released on September 2
It took the police 74 days to arrest Ahmaud Arbery’s killers. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says the main reason behind this delayed justice is former Braunschweig prosecutor Jackie Johnson.
Because of her alleged role in preventing a proper investigation, Johnson, 49, was charged by a Glynn County grand jury on September 8 of “violating an official’s oath” and “obstruction or obstruction of a law enforcement officer” in the states.
Johnson was admitted to Glynn County Jail for about an hour on a $ 10,000 loan, but she was “released at her discretion,” which means she was not required to bail.
Johnson withdrew from working on the Arbery case and recommended Waycross DA George Barnhill to take over the helm. She asked Barnhill’s help before handing the case over to him.
The indictment states that Johnson failed to “treat Ahmaud Arbery and his family fairly and with dignity” when she failed to disclose that she went to another Georgia prosecutor to assist with the case.
Johnson says she pulled out of the case because one of the killers, Greg McMichael, previously worked in her office. The indictment states that Johnson showed McMichael “currency and affection during the investigation.”
Johnson also “knowingly and willfully” instructed two Glynn County police officers not to arrest Travis McMichael, “contrary to the law of that state,” the indictment read.
Travis McMichael is the son of Greg McMichael. Both men were convicted on Wednesday, along with William “Roddie” Bryan, of numerous murder charges.
Bryan joined the McMichaels to hunt down Arbery and made a cellphone video of Travis McMichael who fatally shot Arbery at close range with a shotgun.
Arbery ran in the killers’ neighborhood before the men chased him in their pickups on February 23, 2020.
The McMichaels weren’t arrested until May 7, a few days after the video Bryan made was released. The men are also charged with federal hate crimes.
Johnson’s handling of the case and the lack of media coverage in the days that followed were immediately questioned by many national activists.
