The trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s killing raises a question: Can colorblind justice be done in this country?
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The trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s killing promises to be yet another high-stakes test of the proposition that such a thing as colorblind justice can exist in these United States.
Arbery, an unarmed Black man — where have we heard that before? — was chased down, accosted and killed near Brunswick, Ga., by White vigilantes in February 2020 for the offense of running for exercise through a White neighborhood. The vigilantes say they thought he looked like a burglar, having come to that conclusion even though Arbery, 25, was not carrying anything when they confronted him.
We must be shocked and appalled that “jogging while Black” is a capital crime in this country. But at this point, sadly, we can’t be surprised.
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