Men Convicted of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery Also Found Guilty of Hate Crimes
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The three men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery because he was black were convicted of a federal hate crime Tuesday in Georgia.
Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William Bryan were found guilty of attempted kidnapping and interference with rights, which is a hate crime. Prosecutors alleged that they targeted Arbery because of his race. The defendants were found guilty on all counts; they maintained that they pursued Arbery because they suspected him of committing crimes in their neighborhood. The three had already been sentenced to life in prison for Arbery's murder; Arbery was shot and killed by the men after they chased him while he was jogging. Ahead of the verdict, evidence emerged of some of the men using racial slurs in the past.
Sources on all sides, particularly on the left and center, highlighted how the killers are white and Arbery is black, and focused on the racial themes of the crimes and trials. Right-rated sources tended to mention the defense's arguments more prominently than left- and center-rated ones.
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Three White men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery were found guilty of federal hate crimes charges Tuesday in a Georgia courtroom.
The jury of eight White people, three Black people and one Hispanic person deliberated for less than five hours after a one-week trial.
Prosecutor Christopher Perras argued that Travis McMichael, his father, Greg McMichael, and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan acted out of "pent-up racial anger" when they chased and killed Arbery, 25, after spotting the Black man on a jog near their homes in Satilla Shores, outside of Brunswick.
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Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan had been charged with attempted kidnapping and interference with rights, which is a hate crime, CNN reported. Prosecutors had alleged that they targeted Arbery because of his race.
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Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan were found guilty of interference of rights, a federal hate crime; and attempted kidnapping.
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