(CNN) Three White men accused of chasing down & killing Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man out for a jog, are set to stand trial for murder in Georgia this week in a case thick with issues of racism, self-defense & cellphone video.
Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael & their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan Jr. are charged with malice & felony murder & have pleaded not guilty. They also face charges of aggravated assault, false imprisonment & criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.
Jury selection in their state trial begins Monday.
Arbery was fatally shot February 23, 2020, while out jogging in Brunswick, Georgia, in an incident partly captured on video. The McMichaels said they were conducting a citizen's arrest on Arbery, who they suspected of burglary & that Travis McMichael shot him with a shotgun in self-defense. Bryan, who recorded the video, allegedly hit Arbery with his truck after he joined the McMichaels in chasing Arbery.
After the shooting, the three men were allowed to leave the scene & weren't arrested until after video of the incident was made public in early May.
The video and the delay in making the arrests, along with the killings of George Floyd & Breonna Taylor last year, helped spark nationwide Black Lives Matter protests that challenged how the legal system treats Black people.
The McMichaels & Bryan have also been indicted on federal hate crime & attempted kidnapping charges. They have pleaded not guilty to those charges as well.
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