The lawyers for slain black jogger Ahmaud Arbery have saluted JAY-Z for helping them seek justice. In an Instagram post, they revealed he chartered a private jet for them so they could attend a probable cause hearing for the defendants in Brunswick, Georgia.
S. Lee Merritt took to Instagram on Thursday to confirm the 50-year-old rap mogul and entrepreneur covered the costs of transporting himself and a colleague to court in Georgia.
“When you absolutely have to be in Court to stand with your client and righteous protestors for justice… Jay Z sends his private jet,” he wrote under an Instagram snap of himself outside the plane.
When you absolutely have to be in Court to stand with your client & righteous protestors for justice … Jay Z sends his private jet. That’s part of the P.P.E plan to get us out of this Crisis (People Power Political Power Economic Power) #PPE @rocnation @grassrootslaw @shaunking pic.twitter.com/pMT6wp2PDF
— S. Lee Merritt, Esq. (@MeritLaw) June 4, 2020
“Court hearing in Brunswick, Georgia this morning. No flights to take us there last night. @leemerrittesq and I spent hours trying to find flights or cars. At 1am we started losing hope till we got a call from Jay Z’s people at Roc Nation who chartered a flight for us to attend this hearing with the family of Ahmaud Arbery,” civil rights attorney Blerim Elmazi added.
Merritt also tweeted a photo of himself wearing a black face covering with the words “George Floyd” sewn on it.
He captioned the photo: “An early motion made by the defendants to the court was that I remove my mask. The court declined to consider the motion.”
An early motion made by the defendants to the court was that I remove my mask. The court declined to consider the motion. pic.twitter.com/OXfPYA2voh
— S. Lee Merritt, Esq. (@MeritLaw) June 4, 2020
Arbery, 25, was shot and killed on February 23 in Glynn County, Georgia after being pursued and confronted by three white locals in pick-up trucks.
Three men were arrested in connection with the murder after video of the shooting surfaced online.
