Tom Brady and more than 20 New England Patriots players signed a letter last week requesting the FBI launch an immediate investigation into the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 23-year-old black man who was shot to death in a Georgia suburb on Feb. 23.
Outrage in the sports community over Arbery’s death built after a video of the shooting leaked, and on Wednesday, both LeBron James and Stephen Curry posted about Arbery’s death on social media.
“We’re literally hunted EVERYDAY/EVERYTIME we step foot outside the comfort of our homes!” James wrote on Twitter. “Can’t even go for a damn jog man! Like WTF man are you kidding me?!?!?!?!?!?”
Greg and Travis McMichael, a white father and son, were arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault on Thursday. According to Greg McMichael, the duo believed Arbery was responsible for a series of break-ins in the area and followed him in their truck. The Brunswick News reported there had only been one robbery in the area since January, which was the theft of a handgun out of Travis McMichael’s unlocked car.
The Players Coalition, a group of NFL players formed in 2017 by Anquan Boldin and Malcolm Jenkins in the wake of the league’s clash over players kneeling during the national anthem, sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray on Friday -- which would have been Arbery’s 26th birthday -- asking for immediate action.
“The local investigation into this case is marred by conflicts, inaction, (prosecutor George) Barnhill’s very deliberate attempt to ensure that Mr. Arbery received no justice, and the current prosecutor’s total failure to act until social media forced his hand,” the coalition wrote in the letter. “The local police force can never be independent, as the elder-McMichaels used to work there. And Mr. Barnhill’s statements about the case surely have tainted the local jury pool. If people are to have faith in the justice system, the Department of Justice must act with the FBI leading the investigation.”
Along with Brady, now a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the letter was signed by Julian Edelman, David Andrews, Patrick Chung, Stephon Gilmore, Shaq Jones, both Devin and Jason McCourty and Matthew Slater.
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