Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has said that the killing of Ahmaud Arbery was a “lynching” and that the White House’s rhetoric is emboldening racists in the US.
Last week, two white American men were arrested and charged with murder for the fatal shooting of Mr Arbery, while he was jogging in Georgia.
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The shooting took place in February, but it took until last week for the two men to be charged, after the incident became national news and celebrities including Kim Kardashian West and LeBron James called for action.
The mayor also claimed that rhetoric from the White House is giving some people in the US “permission” to engage in racist behaviour and actions.
The family’s attorneys released a statement, and said that the footage “confirms that Mr Arbery’s murder was not justified and the actions of the men who ambushed him were unjustified.”
