ATLANTA _ Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has asked the Department of Justice to investigate the investigation into Ahmaud Arbery's death.
"The request to the U.S. Department of Justice includes, but is not limited to, investigation of the communications and discussions by and between the Office of the District Attorney of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit and the Office of the District Attorney of the Waycross Judicial Circuit related to this case," the AG's office said in a statement released Sunday night.
Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson has disputed claims from two county commissioners who say her office stopped police officers from making arrests on the day Arbery, 25, was shot to death.
Commissioners Peter Murphy and Allen Booker on Friday said that police investigating the Feb. 23 shooting contacted Johnson's office to say they intended to arrest Greg McMichael, 64, and his son Travis McMichael, 34.
The AG's office alleges the state was kept in the dark by Johnson and Waycross Circuit District Attorney George Barnhill. Last month, Barnhill wrote there was insufficient probable cause to charge the McMichaels with murder.
"At the time of the request by the Brunswick Circuit District Attorney and acceptance by the Waycross Circuit District Attorney, neither revealed to the Office of the Attorney General that the Waycross Circuit District Attorney had already taken a role in the case in reviewing evidence and advising the Glynn County Police Department regarding whether to make arrests in the case," the AG's statement reads.
