By: Alyssa Wilson Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed legislation Monday repealing the allowance of citizen's arrests after Ahmaud Arbery was killed by three white men in 2020. RELATED: Ahmaud Arbery memorialized in Georgia a year after slaying HB479 amends a law from the era of the Civil War which allowed residents to detain someone they thought committed a crime. Under the new legislation, private citizens cannot detain people. They are only allowed to use force if in self-defense or to prevent a 'forcible felony' like murder or armed robbery, HuffPost reported. Business owners can continue to detain individuals they suspect of theft and then […]
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