The national outcry over his death touched many here in the Triangle, and today, many are running to keep his memory alive.
Durham, N.C. — On the anniversary of Ahmaud Arbery’s death, his mother has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. Arbery was shot and killed while running in a neighborhood in Georgia. The lawsuit mentions the three men accused in his murder. It also claims prosecutors and police attempted to cover-up and delay charges in the case. The national outcry over his death touched many here in the Triangle, and today, many are running to keep his memory alive. Arbery was jogging along a road not too far from his home when he was chased, attacked and killed. Now, people are lacing up their shoes to complete the run he didn’t get a chance to finish. It would be months before the world came to know his name from a viral video of his shooting death. “What I wanted to do this year was create something To commemorate his death so he’s not forgotten,“ said Tyrone Irby, owner of the Choice Performance Center in Durham.
