Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan speaks on the floor of the Georgia State Senate on Feb. 4.
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Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan speaks on the floor of the Georgia State Senate on Feb. 4.
John Bazemore/AP
The state of Georgia is juggling three crises: a rising number of COVID-19 cases, problems with voting access as the general election approaches, and the killings of two Black men, Ahmaud Arbery and Rayshard Brooks.
The state is also reckoning with the deaths of Arbery, who was chased by three white men and fatally shot while jogging in South Georgia in February, and Brooks, who was shot and killed by Atlanta police in June.
In the aftermath, Georgia state lawmakers met to push for a hate crimes law.