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		</div><p>The social justice arm of Jay-Z’s Roc Nation entertainment company has called for state officials to take quick action in the case of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who authorities say was killed by two white men as he ran through a neighbourhood in Georgia.</p>
<p>Musicians Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Alicia Keys, Mario “Yo Gotti” Mims, Robert “Meek Mill” Williams and two lawyers signed Team Roc’s open letter, which was published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and directed at state officials.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Open letter to Georgia elected officials appearing in the Atlantic Journal-Constitution today, calling for justice to be served in the case of Ahmaud Arbery&#39;s murder. Convict his killers and show the world that hate and fear will lose. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JusticeforAhmaud?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JusticeforAhmaud</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/iRunWithMaud?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#iRunWithMaud</a> <a href="https://t.co/w0nuXthGEc">pic.twitter.com/w0nuXthGEc</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Roc Nation (@RocNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/RocNation/status/1259392732705042432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The letter said District Attorney Tom Durden should be recused from the case due to a conflict of interest because Gregory McMichael, one of the two men charged with murder, was a former police officer.</p>
<p>The letter urges state Attorney General Christopher Carr to instead appoint a special prosecutor to help achieve a fair trial. It also says a neighbour should be charged as an armed accomplice.</p>
<p>“<i>We are all Ahmaud Arbery,”</i> rapper Yo Gotti said in a statement. “<i>Everyday activities should not end in death sentences. We must hold people responsible for their actions. Ahmaud Arbery was unarmed and innocent and his killers must be brought to justice.”</i></p>
<p>Mr Arbery was shot dead in Brunswick on February 23 but no charges were brought for more than two months.</p>
<p>National outrage over the case swelled last week after video surfaced which appeared to show the shooting.</p>
<p>Shortly after the film was leaked, Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son, Travis McMichael, 34, were arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault.</p>
<p>The father and son said they thought Mr Arbery matched the appearance of a burglary suspect who they said had been recorded on a surveillance camera some time before.</p>
<p>Mr Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper Jones, has said she thinks her 25-year-old son, a former high school football player, was just jogging in the neighbourhood before he was killed.</p>
<p>“<i>If anybody saw that horrifying video of his killing, it is heartbreaking, unbelievably unacceptable and inhumane,”</i> singer Alicia Keys said in a statement to the Associated Press.</p>
<p>“<i>No human being should be murdered and not receive justice. I have black sons and they should be able to go on a jog or anywhere they want without the risk of being killed.”</i></p>
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