Georgia: Houston County deputy Paul Urhahn suspended after social media comment on Ahmaud Arbery case

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Houston County deputy suspended after social media comment on Ahmaud Arbery case

10 January 2022

A deputy in Houston County is facing termination for what he wrote on a social media post about the latest development in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery's killing made national news almost two years ago after a cellphone video was leaked of the disturbing chase and gunning down of the 25-year-old unarmed Black man by three white men in Brunswick. His killers were sentenced this past Friday to life in prison, after having been convicted of his murder in November 2021. The now-suspended deputy, Paul Urhahn, made the comment on one of our social media posts about the sentencing ...

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Georgia deputy suspended over Ahmaud Arbery Facebook comment

12 January 2022

A Georgia Sheriff's deputy has been suspended over comments he made on Facebook about Ahmaud Arbery. After Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan were sentenced to life in prison last week for Arbery's murder, Houston County Deputy Paul Urhahn is accused of posting on Facebook "that criminal Arbery still got the death penalty though." The sheriff says that post violates their department's standard procedures for conduct. Urhahn has a few more days to appeal the suspension or face losing his job. His comment on Facebook has since been removed.

Georgia deputy suspended over Ahmaud Arbery Facebook comment

DEPUTY SUSPENDED: After three men were sentenced for Ahmaud Arbery's murder, the Georgia deputy is accused of posting "that criminal Arbery still got the death penalty." He's now suspended and could lose his job.

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Georgia deputy faces firing over Facebook comment about Ahmaud Arbery
The Houston County Sheriff’s Office investigated and subsequently suspended longtime deputy Paul Urhahn.

13 January 2022

A Georgia sheriff’s deputy was suspended and faces being fired over comments posted on social media after a judge sentenced three white men to life imprisonment in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, news outlets reported. Reacting to a story on WGXA-TV’s Facebook page after the men were sentenced on their murder convictions in the shooting of Arbery, a Black man who was jogging through a neighborhood, someone wrote: “That criminal arbery still got the death penalty though.” The comment was later deleted, but screenshots were shared with news outlets and the Houston County Sheriff’s Office, which investigated and subsequently suspended ...

Georgia deputy faces firing over Facebook comment about Ahmaud Arbery

The Houston County Sheriff’s Office investigated and subsequently suspended longtime deputy Paul Urhahn.

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Georgia deputy suspended over Facebook comment about Arbery
A Georgia sheriff’s deputy has been suspended and faces being fired over comments posted on social media after a judge sentenced three white men to life imprisonment in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery

13 January 2022

A Georgia sheriff's deputy was suspended and faces being fired over comments posted on social media after a judge sentenced three white men to life imprisonment in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, news outlets reported. Reacting to a story on WGXA-TV's Facebook page after the men were sentenced on their murder convictions in the shooting of Arbery, a Black man who was jogging through a neighborhood, someone wrote: “That criminal arbery still got the death penalty though.” The comment was later deleted, but screenshots were shared with news outlets and the Houston County Sheriff's Office, which investigated and subsequently suspended ...

Georgia deputy suspended over Facebook comment about Arbery

A Georgia sheriff’s deputy has been suspended and faces being fired over comments posted on social media after a judge sentenced three white men to life imprisonment in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery

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Houston County deputy suspended over Facebook comment about Ahmaud Arbery

14 January 2022

A Georgia sheriff’s deputy was suspended and faces being fired over comments posted on social media after a judge sentenced three white men to life imprisonment in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, news outlets reported. Reacting to a story on WGXA-TV’s Facebook page after the men were sentenced on their murder convictions in the shooting of Arbery, a Black man who was jogging through a neighborhood, someone wrote: “That criminal arbery still got the death penalty though.” The comment was later deleted, but screenshots were shared with news outlets and the Houston County Sheriff’s Office, which investigated and subsequently suspended ...

Houston County deputy suspended over Facebook comment about Ahmaud Arbery

A letter from the sheriff said the action was taken because of conduct that discredited the department and was unbecoming of an officer.

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Georgia deputy faces firing over Facebook comment about Ahmaud Arbery

The Houston County Sheriff’s Office investigated and subsequently suspended longtime deputy Paul Urhahn.

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