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Tom Brady joins athletes urging AG William Barr to intervene in Ahmaud Arbery murder case

The Players Coalition and a group of sports figures including Tom Brady and Steve Kerr have joined a groundswell of calls for justice for Ahmaud Arbery, whose shooting death sparked a national outcry.

Video emerged on social media on Tuesday showing two white men in a pickup truck chase down Arbery — a 25-year-old-black man — and fatally shoot him as he jogged through a residential Georgia neighborhood.

NFL, NBA players call for justice

The Players Coalition sent a letter to United States Attorney General William Barr on Friday, urging the Department of Justice to intervene in the case that saw the suspects go more than two months without being arrested.