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Georgia DA criticized for handling of Ahmaud Arbery killing ousted after a decade on the job

By Barnini Chakraborty
Published November 5, 2020 5:19pm ET
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Georgia DA criticized for handling of Ahmaud Arbery killing ousted after a decade on the job
This image from a video posted on Twitter on May 5, 2020, purports to show Ahmaud Arbery stumbling and falling to the ground after being shot as Travis McMichael stands by holding a shotgun in a neighborhood outside Brunswick, Georgia, on Feb. 23, 2020. The AP has not been able to verify the source of the video. | (Twitter via AP)

The Georgia district attorney, who was criticized for her handling of the Ahmaud Arbery shooting death, lost her reelection bid this week and put much of the blame on the case, which drew national attention.

Keith Higgins, an independent, ousted Jackie Johnson, a Republican, who had served a decade as the top prosecutor in southeast Georgia’s Brunswick Judicial Circuit.

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