48 Hours - A Promise to Ahmaud

When Ahmaud Arbery was chased by three white men and shot in the street, his mother laid him to rest promising to get him justice. The promise is fulfilled when the men are found guilty. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports

Duration: 42m
Broadcast on: 28 Nov 2021
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[MUSIC] The state of Georgia versus Travis McMichael. Guilty, Greg McMichael. Guilty, William R. Bryant. Guilty. Three white men were found guilty of murder for chasing down and fatally shooting a 25 year old black man named Amog Arbery in February 2020. They tell you to, I never thought this day would come, but God is good. [MUSIC] I think about it a lot when I go out and run. [MUSIC] It's a very strong connection when I run now to Amog Arbery. Amog and I were best friends. The way Amog died, it just, it hurts my soul. He was jogging through a neighborhood, monitoring his own business. Three white men decided to get in their trucks and pursue Amog. >> They became judge, jury and executioner. [MUSIC] >> It's very painful. Amog was my baby and Amog's gone. >> He was hunted down like an animal. >> This was a lynching. >> Modern day lynching. >> We've had break ins. >> The guy was trying to take the shot down away from him. >> There's nothing else I can do. [MUSIC] >> I miss the little kisses on the cheek. Amog was the kid that would just come in the house and just give me a hug. >> His unofficial crime was jogging while black. >> The local authorities, the police department. They had no intentions of making arrests and they didn't make an arrest. >> What were they doing? >> Telling lies, hoping I'd go away. >> No one has been arrested or charged in the death of 25-year-old Amog Arbery. >> My son was not committing a crime. >> I had to keep pushing to get answers. >> She is relentless. >> I would not go away. >> She wasn't gonna be turned back by anybody. >> Video has surfaced of an African-American man being chased down and killed while his family says he was just out jogging. >> Nobody got this on video if you just witness it for it, I got it, I got it on video. >> This murder and broad daylight was streamed into people's homes all across the country. >> Justice Obama, Justice Obama. >> I just think the world saw the way that he was killed. >> Two suspects of father and son are being held without bail tonight charged with murder and aggravated assault. >> Gregory and Travis McMichael deny any wrongdoing. >> Police say they have also arrested William Bryan, the man who recorded the video of the killing. >> Today marks the first day of the murder trial against the men accused of killing Amog Arbery.

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