Ahmaud Arbery's murderers found guilty of federal hate crimes charges

[TexasTowelie]

A federal jury in Glynn County Tuesday found three white men guilty of race-based hate crimes in the 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery after chasing him and gunning him down in a Brunswick-area neighborhood.

The hate crimes verdicts against father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan caps off a week of testimony where prosecutors argued that the defendants’ history of using racial slurs against Black people in text messages and conversations factored into their decision to pursue the 25-year-old, unarmed Arbery.

Just one day before the two-year anniversary of Arbery’s murder on Feb. 23, 2020, a jury of eight white people, three Black people, and one Hispanic person rendered the guilty verdicts after a few hours of deliberation.

The three defendants were convicted of violating Arbery’s civil rights on counts of attempted kidnapping and interference with rights and using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during the relation of a violent crime.

Read more: https://georgiarecorder.com/2022/02/22/ahmaud-arberys-murderers-found-guilty-of-federal-hate-crimes-charges/

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1. So what happens now? Their victim's family will sue for sure. Will the murderer'...

homes and possessions have to be sold to pay for what they did? What happens to the racists' families?

[Claire Oh Nette]

3. the McMichaels were renting. nt

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4. That's a surprise. They'll probably still be included in a suit, along with the DA and LEOs...

who took months to arrest them.

[SYFROYH]

5. There will be civil suits. One of their lawyes said so.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Justice has been done! What a relief. No matter what happens next, they are guilty. n/t