A jury on Tuesday found the three white men sentenced to life for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery guilty of federal hate crimes and attempted kidnapping.
Driving the news: Father and son, Gregory and Travis McMichael, and their former neighbor William Bryan, chased Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, and killed him while he was running in a neighborhood just out Brunswick, Ga., nearly two years ago.
Prosecutors argued that “pent-up racial anger" motivated the men to chase down and shoot Arbery.
They presented nearly two dozen racist messages and social media posts, including Travis McMichael's regular reference to Black people as "savages" and "monkeys"
Defense attorneys argued the three men did not chase and kill Arbery because of his race.
The men on Monday were found guilty of all counts, including interference with rights and and attempted kidnapping.
The McMichaels were also found guilty of firearm charges.
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