CHILD >>TOM WILLS: MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF AFTER AHMAD ARBERY
WAS SHOT TO DEATH WHILE JOGGING
THROUGH THE SATILLA
SHORES NEIGHBORHOOD THE 24
YEAR-OLD MAN’S FAMILY IS
WELCOMING THE INDICTMENT OF THE
FORMER PROSECUTOR WHO’S
HANDLING OF THE HOMICIDE WAS
JUST PART OF WHAT SPARKED LOCAL
AND NATIONAL OUTRAGE. AND
I’M IN IT’S VERY VERY
IMPORTANT. THE WORDING WHERE
THEY STATED THEY DID TREAT US
WITH DIGNITY. AND THEN RELEASE
SAID A LOT BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T.
ATTORNEYS FOR ARBERY’S FAMILY SAY THE INDICTMENT AGAINST FORMER BRUNSWICK DISTRICT
ATTORNEY JACKIE JOHNSON SHOWS
THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS DOING ITS
JOB. JOHNSON IS ACCUSED OF
SHOWING FAVOR AND AFFECTION TO
GREGORY MCMICHAEL ONE OF THE 3 MEN NOW AWAITING TRIAL CHARGED IN
ARBERY’S MURDER.
>>MARY BAER: AND THE INDICTMENT
ALSO SAYS JOHNSON FAILED TO
TREAT ARBERY’S FAMILY FAIRLY
AND WITH DIGNITY AS YOU
JUST HEARD NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER
MARILYN PARKER AND VIC
MICOLUCCI ARE COVERING THE
STILL
UNFOLDING INVESTIGATION.
>>TOM WILLS: WE BEGIN WITH
MARYLAND IS JOINING US LIVE
FROM BRUNSWICK WHERE SHE SPOKE
WITH ATTORNEYS FOR ARBERY’S
FAMILY MARYLAND TO THE ATTORNEY
SEE THIS INDICTMENT INFLUENCING
THE MURDER TRIAL SCHEDULED TO
START IN OCTOBER.
>> WELL THE ATTORNEYS SAY WHAT’S IN THIS INDICTMENT IS WHAT THEY ALREADY KNEW AND THEY
ACTUALLY FILED IT IN
A LAWSUIT. THEY ARE SAYING THAT
THEY DO BELIEVE THE EVIDENCE
ALREADY REVEALED IN THIS CASE
IT’S GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR A
CONVICTION ARBERY SPA,
THER ARGUES HAD JOHNSON JUST
DONE HER JOB THEN MAYBE JUST
MAYBE JUSTICE WOULD HAVE BEEN
DELAYED FOR
HIS SON.
>> A FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR
CHARGE HANDED DOWN TO FORMER
PROSECUTOR JACKIE JOHNSON.
IT’S FOR HER PART IN THE
INVESTIGATION INTO THE KILLING
OF AHMAD ARBERY.
>> JACKIE JOHNSON INTENDED ON
MAKING SURE.
AHMAD ARBERY FAMILY NEVER WOULD
HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD
IN COURT.
>> JOHNSON IS FACING
ALLEGATIONS OF SHOWING FAVOR
AND AFFECTION TO GREGORY
MCMICHAEL WHO’S CHARGED IN
ARBERY’S MURDER, FAILING TO
TREAT ARBERY’S FAMILY FAIRLY
AND WITH DIGNITY
AND DIRECTING OFFICERS NOT TO
ARREST TRAVIS MCMICHAEL WHO IS
ALSO CHARGED IN
ARBERY’S MURDER. ATTORNEY LEE
MERRITT BELIEVES THE INDICTMENT
AGAINST JOHNSON FURTHER
SUPPORTS CLAIMS OF THE ARBERY
FAMILIES CIVIL LAWSUIT EXACTLY
WHAT LAID OUT ARE VERY ON THE
ANNIVERSARY OF THE MATER IS
MURDER.
>> IN THE CIVIL SUIT IS WHAT WE
SEE PLAYING
OUT NOW AND THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL CASE IN THE FEDERAL
CASE WILL BE ALLEGED WAS A
CONSPIRACY FROM THE BEGINNING
SINCE THE INVESTIGATION JOHNSON
MADE APPEARANCES ON A RADIO
SHOW OUT OF JESUP GEORGIA.
>> THE NEWS AND SPORTS EDITOR
BOB MORGAN INTERVIEW HER AND
CONSIDERS HER TO BE A FRIEND,
HE SENT US THIS STATEMENT
REACTING TO THE INDICTMENT
SAYING I’D BE SHOCKED IF SHE
DIDN’T FIGHT THE CHARGES
IN COURT. I BELIEVE SHE STILL
BELIEVES THAT SHE’S INNOCENT OF
ANY WRONGDOING IN
THE HANDLING OF AHMAD ARBERY
CASE THE FAMILY ATTORNEYS SAY
JOHNSON’S ACTIONS IN THIS CASE
ARE CONSIDERED A FELONY AND ARE
WORTHY OF JAIL TIME THIS WAS
A MURDER.
>> AND THE PEOPLE OF
LINN COUNTY.
>> PUT THE RESPONSIBILITY ON
JACKIE JOHNSON TO ENSURE.
THE THAT THESE KIND OF CASES
WILL BE.
THOROUGHLY WITHOUT
BY SOME THE BEST A GATED SHE’S
NICE TO HAVE THIS SAYING GOING
IN THE SAME REPERCUSSIONS AS
SOMETHING MICHAEL ISN’T RIGHT
AND BRIAN.
>> NEWS 4 JAX SPOKE WITH ONE ATTORNEY WHO SAYS WITH NO CRIMINAL HISTORY AND THE NATURE
OF THESE CHARGES. THEY DON’T
THINK
IT’S LIKELY THAT JOHNSON WILL
HAVE TO SERVE ANY JAIL TIME.
THE TRIAL FOR AHMAUD ARBERY’S
CASE STARTS
NEXT MONTH. EARLIER THIS WEEK,
A JUDGE RULED THAT ANY ODDS,
PREVIOUS HISTORY WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A RELEVANT
AND WILL NOT BE USED AS