BRUNSWICK, Ga. — After two high-profile trials and the convictions of the three men responsible for Ahmaud Arbery’s murder, this coastal Georgia community is hoping to move forward.
The unarmed Black man’s Feb. 23, 2020, shooting in a Glynn County subdivision thrust the area into the national spotlight, highlighting racial tensions that many residents say lurked just beneath the surface.
In the majority-Black city of Brunswick, where some streets still bear the names of Confederate generals and the occasional rebel flag bumper sticker can be spotted on the backs of old pickups, residents of all races came together to condemn the shooting and to call for justice.
