Sentenced to life in prison for murder, the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery will soon stand trial on federal hate crimes charges in which jurors will have to decide whether the slaying of the running Black man was motivated by racism.
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Sentenced to life in prison for murder, the three white men who chased and killedwill soon stand trial on federal hate crimes charges in which jurors will have to decide whether the slaying of the running Black man was motivated by racism.
when the video leaked online two months later. Though an investigator testified at a pretrial court hearing that Bryan said he heard Travis McMichael utter a racist slur as Arbery lay dying in the street, state prosecutors never presented that information to the jury during the murder case. Despite those severe penalties, Arbery's family said the hate crimes case remains important. At the time of his death,Story continues
Georgia Bureau of Investigation Agent Richard Dial testified in June 2020, more than a year before the state trial, that Bryan told investigators he heard Travis McMichael say “f—ing n—er” after shooting Arbery. Attorneys for Travis McMichael have denied he made the statement. “Today your son has made history, because we have people who are being held accountable for lynching a Black man in America,” Benjamin Crump, a civil attorney for Arbery's family, told the slain man's parents after the sentencing hearing.
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