Citizen's arrest law repealed in Georgia

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Citizen's arrest law repealed in Georgia

ATLANTA -- The mother of a Black man pursued and killed by white men who said they suspected him of a crime says she is "thankful, very thankful" that Georgia has repealed its Civil War-era citizen's arrest law.

Source: The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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