In essence, the DOJ pursued the defendants for being racists, without linking this reprehensible attitude and their reprehensible acts. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T hree Georgia men already facing life sentences after their state-court convictions for murdering Ahmaud Arbery have been
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Killers found guilty of federal hate crimes
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A jury found three white men guilty of hate crimes and other charges in the 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery, who was Black. Father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan — all already serving life in
Jury in federal hate crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers excused after first day of deliberations
“This wasn’t about trespassing. This wasn’t about neighborhood crimes, either. … It was about race — racial assumptions, racial resentment, and racial anger,” Justice Department civil rights division counsel Christopher J. Perras told a jury in court Monday morning in
Opening statements begin in federal hate crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers
The jury was finalized Monday morning and consists of eight White jurors, three Black jurors and one Hispanic juror, according to details provided in court. Three White people and one Pacific Islander have also been selected as alternates. Opening statements
Hate Crimes Trial to Proceed After Arbery Killers Withdraw Guilty Pleas
Court documents and hearings over the past two years have hinted at some of the details that the federal jury may hear. An F.B.I. agent this week said that Travis McMichael’s cellphone contained racist messages referring to Black people as
No, Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Are Not ‘Strikingly Similar’
A recent New York Times story compares the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse with that of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers, asserting that they are “strikingly similar stories: men took up guns in the name of protecting the public and when they wound