Atlanta mayor calls Ahmaud Arbery's death a 'lynching of an African American man'

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Atlanta mayor calls Ahmaud Arbery's death a 'lynching of an African American man'

"In cities across this country, even if local leadership fails, there was always the backstop of our Justice Department to step in and make sure people are appropriately prosecuted.

But we don't have that leadership at the top right now.

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