Georgia voters oust prosecutor criticized in Arbery slaying

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Voters have ousted a Georgia prosecutor who was criticized for her office’s response to the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery. District Attorney Jackie Johnson says Arbery case played a large role in her defeat in the Brunswick Judicial Circuit. She lost to Keith Higgins, a former assistant prosecutor who gathered signatures to get on the ballot as an independent. Arbery was killed in February by a white father and son who pursued the young Black man as he ran in t