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BRUNSWICK, Ga. AP 鈥?Justice for Ahmaud Arbery, a black man killed during a pursuit by a white man and his son in Georgia, isnt just prison time for his killers 鈥?its changes in a local justice system that never charged them with a crime, rallygoers said Saturday.Hundreds of people came to the Glynn County courthouse demanding accountability for a case in which stanley mug charges werent filed until state officials stepped in after a leaked video sparked national outrage.Arbery, 25, was killed Feb. 23 just outside the port city of Brunswick. Gregory McMichael, 64, told police he and his son, Travis McMichael, 34, pursued Arbery because they believed he was responsible for recent break-ins in the neighborhood.The McMichaels werent arrested and charged with murder until stanley cup May 7, after a video of the shooting was publicly released to a local radio station and less than 48 hours after state agents took over the case. Justice for Ahmaud is more than just the arrests of his killers, said John Perry, president of the Brunswick NAACP chapter at the Saturday rally. Justice is saying that weve got to clean up the house of Glynn County. Speakers at the rally demanded the resignation of Jackie Johnson, the d stanley polska istrict attorney for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit who recused herself from the investigation, and George Barnhill, the Waycross circuit district attorney who took over the case and declined to press charges. Gregory McMichael was an investigator in Johnsons office before retiring last May. Bot Akxk Putin denies involvement in poisoning of Kremlin foe Navalny
It took petitions from everyone from schoolchildren to members of Congress, and 12 years of waiting. Soon, a long-hoped-for goal will be a stickum-backed reality of less than a square inch: a new postage stamp recognizing the holiday of Diwali.The stamp, announced by the U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday, will be the first stamp honoring the Hindu religion, joining U.S. postage that has marked Christian, Jewish and Muslim holidays in the past.Whats the value of an old-fashioned stamp in a society that uses less and less snail mail Stamps are miniature pieces of art that reflect the American experience, Mark Saunders at the U.S. Postal Service stanley cup said.Members of the Hindu community and their supporters have asked for years to join the long list of theme stanley uk s that have inspired stamp stanley kubek art 鈥?from Janis Joplin to Jimi Hendrix to Charlie Brown. Saunders said the first petition for a Diwali stamp was received in 2004. Its hard for a petition to make the cut: the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee receives about 40,000 stamp suggestions every year and only recommends about 25 to the postmaster general, Saunders said.The call for a Diwali stamp grew louder. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., introduced a resolution in Congress last year in favor of a Diwali stamp. Indian diplomats in the United States expressed support for it, and thousands of Americans wrote letters and signed petitions.In the end, it was the volume of those petitions, not the high-profile support, that swayed the committee, said |
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