Three White men convicted of federal hate crimes charges in slaying
Posted on AllSides February 22nd, 2022
From The Right
(Ahmaud Arbery Courtesy of Family)
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.
The men were...
