A jury on Tuesday found the 3 white men sentenced to life for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery guilty of federal hate crimes & attempted kidnapping.
Father & son, Gregory & Travis McMichael & their former neighbor William Bryan, chased Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, & killed him while he was running in a neighborhood just out Brunswick, Ga., nearly 2 years ago.
Prosecutors argued that “pent-up racial anger" motivated the men to chase down & shoot Arbery.
*They presented nearly 2 dozen racist messages and social media posts, including Travis McMichael's regular reference to Black people as "savages" & "monkeys"
*Defense attorneys argued the 3 men did not chase & kill Arbery because of his race.
The men on Monday were found guilty of all counts, including interference with rights & attempted kidnapping.
*The McMichaels were also found guilty of firearm charges.
*The jury in the hate crimes trial included 8 white people, 3 Black people & 1 Hispanic person.
What they're saying: Speaking to reporters after trial testimony last week, Arbery's father, Marcus, said “I ain’t really in shock.”
*“I knew all that hate was in those men. ... It’s hard, but I’m just glad the world can see this.”
The 3 men were convicted last November for Arbery's Feb. 23, 2020, murder on a street in the Satilla Shores neighborhood in Glynn County, Ga.
*The McMichaels were sentenced to life in state prison without parole, while Bryan was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole.
*Prosecutors only pursued the case after a video of the killing went viral in May 2020, sparking national anger.
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