OVER 50 slab riders completed a two-mile circuit in Houston, Texas at the weekend to mark the two miles run by jogger Ahmaud Arbery before he was killed in Georgia.
Organisers said the slab ride – a slow parade involving brightly coloured customised cars playing loud music, which are a feature of local black culture – was in protest against hatred and violence against black people.
Mr Arbery was jogging when he was pursued and then shot dead by father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael on February 23. Local police initially said there was no case for prosecution as the pair claimed they suspected Arbery of burglary and were defending themselves when attacked.
But uproar following the release of a video of the killing led to state officials intervening and the McMichaels were charged with murder on May 7.
On Friday the man who shot the video, William Bryan, was also charged with murder, accused of being part of the chase that ended in Mr Arbery’s death.
