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Feb 24 2022
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Hate crimes, Ahmaud Arbery’s murder, and why motive matters
If someone has been convicted of murder, why then prosecute them for violating a victim’s right to a public street? As hate crimes proliferate, there’s a growing push to shine a light on bigotry.
The foreman, the sole Black man on the panel, wept when the verdict was read.
The evidence in the federal hate crime trial was plain. The men who chased and killed a Black jogger named
Christian Science MonitorNov 24 2021
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Three Georgia men found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery
Three white Georgia men all face life in prison after being found guilty on Wednesday of chasing down and murdering Ahmaud Arbery , a 25-year-old black man.
Their lawyers argued self-defense, while prosecutors claimed Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan chased down and killed Arbery near the port city of Brunswick because of his race.
Washington ExaminerAug 08 2022
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Father and son involved in Ahmaud Arbery killing sentenced to life in prison
A father and son got additional life sentences in prison on Monday for the death of Ahmaud Arbery after a judge handed down a pair of sentences in federal court.
Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia sentenced Travis McMichael, 36, to life plus an additional 10 years in prison on federal hate crime charges. He will serve his sentence in
Washington ExaminerJan 07 2022
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Ahmaud Arbery’s killers sentenced to life in prison, two with no possibility of parole
The three White men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery nearly two years ago in a case that sparked nationwide outrage and protests, were sentenced Friday to life in prison, two of them without the possibility of parole.
Travis McMichael, his father Greg McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan chased and killed Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, in February 2020. Their
Washington PostNov 23 2021
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Jury gets case of white men charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s death
Jurors in the case of three white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery deliberated for about six hours Tuesday without reaching a verdict as they weighed prosecution arguments that the defendants provoked the fatal confrontation against defense attorneys’ insistence that their clients acted in self-defense.
After initially indicating they wanted to work into the evening, the jurors
Associated PressMay 11 2021
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Men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery plead not guilty to hate crime
The three men accused of hunting down Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia and fatally shooting him pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges Tuesday afternoon.
Greg McMichael, his adult son Travis McMichael, and William “Roddie” Bryan appeared before US Magistrate Judge Benjamin Cheesbro in a hearing at the Brunswick federal courthouse. The trio is already facing state murder charges in
New York Post (News)Jun 24 2020
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Three men indicted on murder charges in killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia
ATLANTA — A prosecutor on Wednesday announced that three men have been indicted on murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in coastal Georgia.
Speaking to reporters outside the Glynn County courthouse, prosecutor Joyette Holmes said a grand jury has indicted Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. on charges including malice and felony murder in the death
Portland Press HeraldMay 21 2020
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Georgia Man Who Filmed Ahmaud Arbery’s Killing Charged With Murder
The Georgia man who recorded the shocking video of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery being shot to death has been charged with murder, authorities announced Thursday.
William Bryan Jr. was arrested and charged with felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment on Thursday in connection with Arbery’s February slaying while he was jogging on a residential street in Brunswick,
Daily BeastMay 16 2020
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Protesters demand Georgia prosecutors resign over Ahmaud Arbery probe
Demonstrators rallied Saturday to demand the resignation of two Georgia prosecutors over the investigation into the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man who was shot while out jogging, per a JUSTGeorgia Coalition statement.
Why it matters: President Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden both spoke out over Arbery's Feb. 23 death after cellphone video of his
AxiosMay 08 2020
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Georgia man charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery previously investigated him
The white Georgia man who, along with his son, is charged with murdering unarmed black jogger Ahmaud Arbery had a past connection to the victim — he investigated him when he worked for the district attorney’s office, according to a new report.
Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney George Barnhill revealed Greg McMichael’s ties to the victim in a letter recusing himself from the
New York Post (News)