A Brunswick jury found the three white men, who are serving life in state prison for the murder Ahmaud Arbery, guilty on Tuesday of federal hate crimes. The verdict came the day before the two-year mark of the high-profile killing.
The jury found Travis and Gregory McMichael and William Bryan violated Arbery’s civil rights when they chased him for five minutes before Travis McMichael shot and killed him. The panel said the men used dangerous weapons, including their trucks to attempt to detain Arbery.
Prosecutors had presented a history of violent racist language in social media posts and text messages from the men, arguing that fueled their pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man.
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