Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was shot while jogging in Georgia in February.
"There is no doubt in my mind that Ahmaud would be alive today if he were white," Sanders added, in comments posted on Twitter.Joe Biden called for a"swift, full, and transparent investigation" into the incident.Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders addresses supporters at a rally in Columbia, South Carolina, in February. He has commented on the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery.
A gunshot is fired as Arbery passes the front of the vehicle. He is then seen in an altercation with a man beside the truck, as another man stands in its bed also brandishing a weapon. Another two shots are heard. Arbery is then seen stumbling forward before falling down into the road. The other two men in the footage have been identified as former law enforcement officer Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son named Travis, 34.This video shows Ahmaud Arbery being shot by two white men who confronted him as he was out for a run. The men, who were parked in the street waiting for him say they believed he was a burglar.
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