A stunning end to the federal trial of Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan all of whom have been convicted of federal hate crime charges. The trio of white men notably killed Ahmaud Arbery in Feb 2020 on the basis that he was Black and somehow a danger when he wasn’t to their neighborhood. At the time of his death, Arbery was jogging through their neighborhood all but minding his business — he did not make it out alive.
On top of that all three were found guilty of attempted kidnapping charges along with Travis McMichael was found guilty of brandishing and firing a firearm. Gregory McMichael was also found guilty of brandishing a firearm.
“They didn’t just make racial assumptions, they made racial decisions,” Christopher Perras, a special litigation counsel for the Department of Justice’s civil rights division, said.
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