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Associated Press All 3 defendants convicted of hate crimes in Arbery killing RUSS BYNUM Tue, February 22, 2022, 8:18 AM·5 min read BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The three men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting were found guilty of federal hate crimes Tuesday for violating Arbery’s civil rights and targeting him because he was Black. The jury reached its decision after several hours of deliberation on the charges against father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan. During the trial, prosecutors showed roughly two dozen text messages and social media posts in which Travis...

A federal judge rejected a plea deal Monday afternoon that would have allowed one of the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery to avoid a federal hate crime trial. U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood heard arguments Monday from Arbery’s family and prosecutors after the Department of Justice struck a plea deal with Arbery’s killers Gregory and Travis McMichael over the weekend. Travis McMichael, the man who fatally shot Arbery, had his plea deal tossed out by Wood. A decision was not yet made on Gregory McMichael’s plea deal. Arbery’s family was outraged that the plea would allow the McMichaels to...

The lead prosecutor in the Ahmaud Arbery trial is already preparing to defend the three guilty verdicts on appeal. “It’s never over. You know that,” Cobb County Senior Assistant District Attorney Linda Dunikoski told the Daily Report Thursday during a phone interview that also included her boss, Cobb County District Attorney Flynn Broady Jr. “Once sentencing takes place—and we don’t actually have a firm date for sentencing—they’ll have 30 days to file their motions for new trial, which I’m assuming all of them will do,” Dunikoski said. Defense attorneys said they planned to appeal after the jury returned guilty verdicts...

Two high profile trials concluded recently and in my opinion both verdicts were just. In the second the killers of Ahmaud Arbery were convicted of murder. I felt from the beginning that the killers were wrong and they deserved to be convicted. Subsequently and to his great credit, Marcus Arbery, the father of Ahmaud Arbery, crushed the basic racist premise of Black Lives Matter. He said“For real, all life matters. Not just black children, we don’t want to see nobody go through this.” and he added I don’t want to see no daddy to watch his kid get shot down...

On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Velshi,” Rep. Troy Carter (D-LA) argued that if the races in the Ahmaud Arbery case were reversed, “there wouldn’t have even been media about it. There would have been a conviction in the media and a conviction in the court and it probably would not have had the level of deliberation.”

President Biden said Wednesday that the conviction of three men for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery “reflect our justice system doing its job,” but added “that alone is not enough.” “Instead, we must recommit ourselves to building a future of unity and shared strength, where no one fears violence because of the color of their skin,” the president added in a statement released by the White House. “My administration will continue to do the hard work to ensure that equal justice under law is not just a phrase emblazoned in stone above the Supreme Court, but a reality for all...

There were five key arguments the court ruled could not be presented to the 12-juror panel who will decide the fate of the three white men charged They included Arbery's mental health records and criminal history, and the fact that trace amounts of THC were found in his blood after his death The judge also refused evidence claiming Arbery was known as 'The Jogger' because he would jog to convenience stores, and run out with stolen goods

President Biden on Wednesday said the verdict that found the three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery guilty of multiple counts of murder is not enough, and called for a future of unity. “While the guilty verdicts reflect our justice system doing its job, that alone is not enough. Instead, we must recommit ourselves to building a future of unity and shared strength, where no one fears violence because of the color of their skin,” Biden said in a statement. He said his administration “will continue to do the hard work to ensure that equal justice under...

Jurors in the Ahmaud Arbery slay case started deliberating Tuesday over the fate of the three white men accused of killing the black unarmed jogger in Georgia last year. Gregory McMichael, 65, his son Travis McMichael, 35, and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan, 52, are charged with murder, aggravated assault and other crimes in the shooting death of Arbery, 25, who they suspected was fleeing a burglary as he ran through their neighborhood near Brunswick. Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley told the jurors Tuesday, “It is your duty to consider the facts objectively without favor, affection, or sympathy to anyone.”...

McMichael describes fatally shooting Arbery(Excerpted) McMichael said he was at home with family on Feb. 23 when his father came into the room and told him the man they believed had been breaking into houses in their neighborhood was back. McMichael grabbed his shotgun and got into his truck with his father, Gregory, in the passenger seat. Although they didn't know Arbery's name at the time, they were looking for him. When McMichael caught up with Arbery, he said he drove beside him and asked him to "please stop" but that Arbery didn't stop or speak to him. At one...

Both sides have rested their case and they proceed to try to convince the jury that their client is either guilty as charged (including lesser offenses) or Not Guilty by reason of self-defense. So far, my favorite line from the trial came from the prosecution: ADA Binger: "Mr. Rittenhouse, you play Call of Duty, right? Isn't the goal of that game to kill everyone in sight?" KYLE: "Well, yea, but it is a game . . . it isn't reality."

The jury that will consider the fates of three white men accused of killing a Black jogger consists of 11 white people and a single Black member. Prosecutors in the Ahmaud Arbery case, which drew national attention last year, blame defense attorneys for rejecting Black jurors, according to The New York Times. Lee Merritt, an attorney for Arbery's family, said on Twitter that the defense team had 24 strikes and 11 of the strikes were directed at Black people who might otherwise have been placed on the jury.

8 potential jurors advance in Ahmaud Arbery slaying trialBRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — "A judge found eight potential jurors qualified to advance Tuesday following intense questioning aimed at finding an impartial jury for the trial of three white men charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery, whose slaying last year sparked a national outcry. Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and a neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, are charged with murder and other crimes in the 25-year-old Black man’s death after a cellphone video of the Feb. 23, 2020, killing was leaked online two months later. Two of those qualified Tuesday...

New Court Filing — Ahmed Arbery had a history of claiming to be a jogger to cover up ‘criminal activity’New evidence introduced in the criminal case against the father & son in Georgia accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery show that Arbery had a history of claiming to be a jogger to cover for criminal activities. #BLM pic.twitter.com/AHIqOPoCPn— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) April 2, 2021

A Georgia Grand Jury indicted three men in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery.The grand jury took about an hour-and-a-half in deliberations to indict the three men involved in his death. Arbery was a thief who was caught several times snooping around homes and properties even in the daylight. –Of course, our hearts go out to his family.The Atlanta Journal Constitution released security video of Ahmaud Arbery breaking into homes on McMichael’s Street. Jack Posobiec reported– New AJC video appears to show Ahmaud Arbery entering new house on McMichael’s street, running out after spotted by neighbor. Video continues: Police...

The family of Ahmaud Arbery, the Georgia black jogger killed by white neighbors, met with President Trump Tuesday before he signed an executive order on police reforms on Tuesday. Joining a handful of other prominent victims of racist violence, Arbery’s relatives met Trump and some of his GOP allies behind closed doors at the White House. “To all of the hurting families, I want you to know that all Americans mourned by your side, your loved ones will not have died in vain,” Trump said at a ceremony in the Rose Garden. “We are one nation. We grieve together. And...

WATCH LIVE: Men charged in Ahmaud Arbery death face preliminary hearing

Before Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot, the three men charged in his murder engaged in an elaborate chase, hitting the unarmed black man with a truck before the killing, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent testified Thursday during preliminary hearings. As Travis and Greg McMichael attempted to head him off, Arbery turned and ran past the truck of William Bryan, who filmed the killing, and Bryan struck Arbery with the side of his truck, Assistant Special Agent in Charge Richard Dial said. Investigators found a swipe from a palm print on the rear door of Bryan's truck, cotton fibers near...

A special prosecutor for the state of Georgia said Thursday that evidence in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery shows the young black man was repeatedly boxed in by two pickup trucks as he desperately tried to escape. The lead Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent in the case also testified that the gunman said a racial slur as Arbery lay dying. Agent Richard Dial testified that the white driver of the first pickup, Travis McMichael, finally got out and shot Arbery in the chest, the first of three shots with a pump-action shotgun that sent Arbery staggering and falling onto the...

Court dates have been set for Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William Bryan, according to the Glynn Clerk Court of Magistrate Court. Chief Magistrate Judge, Wallace E. Harrell, scheduled the preliminary hearing for the three Wednesday morning. The preliminary hearing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. in the Magistrate Court.