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Nov 24 2021
News
All 3 men in Arbery killing found guilty of murder
A Georgia jury on Wednesday found three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery guilty of multiple counts of murder.
The jury found Travis McMichael, 35, who fatally shot Arbery on Feb. 23, 2020, in a Brunswick, Ga., neighborhood, guilty of all nine counts brought against him, including malice murder.
His father, Gregory McMichael, 65, who was with him at the time of the
The HillNov 26 2021
News
Defense Attorneys in Arbery Trial Announce Plans to Appeal
The jury in the trial of the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery found all three defendants guilty of murder and several other charges on Wednesday. Soon after the verdict was read, defense attorneys announced plans to appeal.
Attorneys for Gregory McMichael were the first to publicly declare they would appeal the decision. Later, an attorney for Travis McMichael also announced he would do
NewsweekFeb 22 2022
Headline Roundup
Men Convicted of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery Also Found Guilty of Hate Crimes
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
Fox News (Online News) Newsweek CNN (Online News)Aug 09 2022
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Men Convicted in Hate Crime Murder of Ahmaud Arbery Get 2nd Life Sentence
The men convicted of federal hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery's 2020 murder were both given another sentence of life in prison Monday, while their neighbor was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
A U.S. District Court judge in Georgia handed down the life sentences to Travis and Greg McMichael, and the 35-year sentence to William “Roddie” Bryan, the McMichael's neighbor. The judge also
NBC News (Online) Newsweek Washington ExaminerNov 19 2021
News
Vigilance or vigilantism? Old laws’ legacy in modern US.
The Rittenhouse trial, the trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers, and Texas’ controversial abortion law all point to some Americans’ increasing desire to aggressively police others’ behavior. The trend has echoes of vigilantism’s long history in the U.S.
Two high-profile murder trials coming to a close in the U.S. pose a challenging question: To what extent can a regular citizen legally take
Christian Science MonitorFeb 22 2022
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Three White men convicted of federal hate crimes charges in slaying
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
Fox News (Online News)May 10 2020
Opinion
The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying
Six weeks ago, ahmaud arbery went out and never came home. Gregory and Travis McMichael, who saw Arbery running through their neighborhood just outside of Brunswick, Georgia, and who told authorities they thought he was a burglary suspect, armed themselves, pursued Arbery, and then shot him dead.
The local prosecutor, George E. Barnhill, concluded that no crime had been committed.
The AtlanticMay 16 2023
News
Conservative pundits are increasingly open about who they think should be killed
Right-wing media figures are celebrating both Florida’s expansion of the death penalty for people who have sexually assaulted children as well as the extrajudicial homicide of Jordan Neely, a Black homeless man killed by a white former Marine on the New York City subway on May 1. The two stories illustrate a growing trend in right-wing media to argue that the deaths of marginalized and
Media MattersNov 18 2021
Analysis
Bracing for protests over racial justice and “stand your ground”
America is bracing for a sequel to the protests ignited after George Floyd's murder, with the focus now less on police and more on the nation's broader criminal justice system and self-defense laws.
Why it matters: Activists and law enforcement officials warn that two ongoing national trials have the ingredients to reignite racial tensions and public protests when verdicts are handed
AxiosMar 24 2021
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Would stronger hate crime laws help prevent violence?
Authorities in Georgia drew intense criticism this week when they announced the shootings at three Atlanta-area spas that left eight people dead — including six women of Asian descent — may not qualify as a hate crime. The suspect, a white man, told law enforcement he was motivated by a desire to rid himself of “sexual addiction” rather than animus toward Asian women, a spokesman for the local
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