Ahmaud Arbery Verdict

“Three men were convicted of murder [last] Wednesday in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was running empty-handed through a Georgia subdivision when the white strangers chased him, trapped him on a quiet street and blasted him with a shotgun.” (AP News)

Both sides applaud the verdict:

“The defense strove mightily to remove all potential African-American jurors from this trial (and nearly succeeded) and complained about the paucity of ‘Bubba[s] and Joe Six Pack[s]’ on the jury; objected to the quiet presence of ‘black pastors’ in...