A group of 14 bicyclists held a remembrance ride Sunday for Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick. The slow 5-mile ride was organized by the Gullah/Geechee Club and BRAG Dream Team and led by Anita Collins.
The goal, Collins said, was to bring people together and protect the memory of Arbery, who was murdered in 2020. The ride included a visit to the Veterans Memorial Park and honorary Ahmaud Arbery Street, as well as stopping at murals of Mrs. Georgia Gibbs and Rev. Julius Ceasar Hope.
Marcus Arbery, Sr., Ahmaud Arbery’s father, said the ride is important for several reasons.
“I’m riding for my son, the one them three men chased down and killed for nothing, that’s what I’m riding for. He’d run two miles every day, so now I’m doing them for him today. That’s the purpose of me being on the bike ride.”
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