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Ladybbird · 08-01-22, 16:39

Three White Men Sentenced to Life in Prison for Ahmaud Arbery’s Murder

Judge rules William ‘Roddie’ Bryan can seek parole after 30 years while Travis and Gregory McMichael cannot

The Guardian UK 8 JAN 2022.

Ahmaud Arbery

A judge in Georgia sentenced Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan to life in prison on Friday for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was running through their mostly white neighborhood in February 2020 when they chased him down and killed him.

Under Georgia law, murder carries a mandatory life sentence unless prosecutors seek the death penalty.

For the judge, Timothy Walmsley, the main decision was whether to grant father and son Greg McMichael, 66, and Travis McMichael, 35, and their neighbor, Bryan, 52, a chance to earn parole.

Arbery’s family had made powerful statements, asking Walmsley to show no leniency.

Before sentencing, Walmsley said: “Ahmaud Arbery was hunted down and shot, and he was killed because individuals here in the courtroom took the law into their own hands.”

Walmsley said Arbery left his home for a jog and ended up running for his life for five minutes as the men chased him in pickup trucks then cornered him. The judge paused for a minute, to help drive home a sense of what that time must have been like for Arbery.

“When I thought about this,” he said, “I thought from a lot of different angles. I kept coming back to the terror that must have been in the mind of the young man running through Satilla Shores.”

The McMichaels will spend the rest of their lives in prison. Walmsley ruled that Bryan could seek parole after 30 years, the minimum sentence allowed....

Arbery’s mother said she suffered an intense loss made worse by a trial where the men’s defense was that Arbery made bad choices.

“This wasn’t a case of mistaken identity or mistaken fact,” Wanda Cooper-Jones said.

“They chose to target my son because they didn’t want him in their community. They chose to treat him differently than other people who frequently visited their community. And when they couldn’t sufficiently scare or intimidate him, they killed him.”

Cooper-Jones rebutted a point made by a defense lawyer that caused outrage. During the trial in November, Laura Hogue made a reference to Ahmaud Arbery’s appearance many found egregious and racist.

Hogue said: “Turning Ahmaud Arbery into a victim after the choices that he made does not reflect the reality of what brought Ahmaud Arbery to Satilla Shores in his khaki shorts, with no socks, to cover his long dirty toenails.”

On Friday, Cooper-Jones said her son was sometimes messy.

“He sometimes refused to wear socks or take good care of his good clothing. I wish he would have cut and cleaned his toenails before he went out for that jog that day. I guess he would have if he knew he would be murdered.”

Marcus Arbery Sr, Ahmaud’s father, also addressed the court. He said: “When I close my eyes, I see his execution in my mind, over and over. I will see that for the rest of my life.

“Not only did they lynch my son in broad daylight, they killed him while he was doing what he loved more than anything: running. That’s when he felt most alive, most free, and they took all that from him.”

Arbery’s sister, Jasmine Arbery, described her brother as a positive thinker with a big personality. Weeping, she told the judge her brother had dark skin “that glistened in the sunlight” and “thick, curly hair and an athletic build”.

“These are the qualities that made these men assume that Ahmaud was a dangerous criminal and chase him with guns drawn,” she said. “To me, those qualities reflect a young man full of life and energy who looked like me and the people I loved.”

Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski asked the judge for life without parole for the McMichaels and the possibility of parole for Bryan. But she said all deserved that mandatory life sentence.

The McMichaels grabbed guns and jumped in a truck to chase Arbery, 25, after spotting him running on 23 February 2020. Bryan joined the pursuit and recorded video of Travis McMichael firing close-range shotgun blasts.

The killing went largely unnoticed until two months later, when video was leaked, touching off a national outcry. The Georgia bureau of investigation arrested all three men.

The attorney Robert Rubin argued that Travis McMichael deserved the possibility of parole as he fired only after “Mr Arbery came at him and grabbed the gun”.

“This was not a planned murder,” Rubin said. “This was a fight over a gun.”

Hogue, for Greg McMichael, said her client “did not view his son firing that shotgun with anything other than fear and sadness”.

Bryan’s lawyer said he showed remorse and cooperated with police.

Next month, the McMichaels and Bryan face a second trial on federal hate crime charges. Prosecutors will argue that the men targeted Arbery because he was Black.

On Friday, Ben Crump, a leading civil rights attorney, said: “These brutal crimes nearly went unpunished because of the deep corruption that pervades so many of our systems.”

He added: “The tragic murder of Ahmaud Arbery must not be in vain. America, we are showing progress. Now is not the time to retreat. We must continue to demand better from law enforcement, from our justice system and from our society as a whole.”

Ahmaud Arbery Murder: Five Key Moments From the Trial

Ladybbird · 23-02-22, 09:20

Ahmaud Arbery: Jury Finds Killers Guilty on Federal Hate Crimes Charges

Three white men convicted of killing a black man in the US state of Georgia have been found guilty of federal hate crimes.

BBC 23 FEB 2022

Gregory McMichael, 66, his son Travis, 36, and their neighbour, William Bryan, 52, had already been found guilty last year of Arbery's murder.

Jurors found the defendants targeted Ahmaud Arbery, 25, because of his race.

Tuesday's verdict was over a separate set of federal charges filed by the US justice department.

Arbery was jogging in the coastal city of Brunswick when he was confronted and shot dead by the three men in February 2020.

The jurors in this latest trial - a panel of eight white people, three black people and one Hispanic person - considered five separate federal charges and found the defendants guilty on every count.

The first two involved federal hate-crime statutes, and charged the three men with using force and threats to deprive Arbery of his right to use a public street because of his race. The third count charged the men with kidnapping.

The McMichaels also faced firearms charges. Travis McMichael was convicted of discharging a shotgun and his father was convicted with brandishing a revolver.

They may be sentenced to life in prison - in addition to the life sentences they received in January for Arbery's murder.

During closing arguments on Monday, lawyers for the three defendants argued that the men had pursued Arbery because they believed he was involved in criminal activity - not for any racially motivated purpose.

"Would Travis McMichael have grabbed a gun and done this to a white guy?" asked defence lawyer Amy Lee Copeland at trial. "The answer is yes."

But the jurors accepted the prosecution's argument that the McMichaels and Bryan were driven by "racial assumptions, racial resentment and racial anger".

At a news conference later on Tuesday, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said the justice department would use its resources to "confront unlawful acts of hate".

"No-one in this country should have to fear the threat of hate-fuelled violence," he said, adding "no-one should fear that if they go out for a run they will be targeted and killed because of the colour of their skin".

A lawyer for William Bryan declined to comment when reached by the BBC and lawyers for the McMicheals did not return a request for comment.

An End to The Family's Fight For Justice.....

Chelsea Bailey, BBC News

I spent weeks reporting from Georgia on the killing of Ahmaud Arbery and it's hard to overstate the importance of this guilty verdict for his family - especially because it almost didn't happen.

During the murder trial for the three defendants last year, state prosecutors chose not to focus on evidence that the McMichaels and Bryan pursued and killed Arbery because he was black. Instead, that evidence was to be saved and presented during the federal hate crimes trial.

For weeks jurors heard evidence of all three men's history of "racial resentment" - from the frequent use of racial slurs, to texts and social media posts that urged violence against black Americans.

On Tuesday, that same jury returned a guilty verdict.

In America, it's difficult to secure convictions for hate crimes because evidence of racial motivation has to be presented "beyond a reasonable doubt". And what constitutes "a reasonable doubt" can often be subjective.

In fact, Georgia didn't pass a state hate crimes law until after Arbery was killed in 2020. Wednesday will mark the second anniversary of his murder, and an end to his family's fight for justice.

Speaking after the verdict was announced, Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, reiterated how important it was that the world now knows her son was killed because he was black.

"We got a victory today but there's so many families out there who don't get victories," she said.

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Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,639 Thanks: 27,645 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Ahmaud Arbery: Killers GUILTY on FED Hate Crimes Three White Men Sentenced to Life in Prison for Ahmaud Arbery’s Murder Judge rules William ‘Roddie’ Bryan can seek parole after 30 years while Travis and Gregory McMichael cannot The Guardian UK 8 JAN 2022. Ahmaud Arbery A judge in Georgia sentenced Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan to life in prison on Friday for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was running through their mostly white neighborhood in February 2020 when they chased him down and killed him. Under Georgia law, murder carries a mandatory life sentence unless prosecutors seek the death penalty. For the judge, Timothy Walmsley, the main decision was whether to grant father and son Greg McMichael, 66, and Travis McMichael, 35, and their neighbor, Bryan, 52, a chance to earn parole. Arbery’s family had made powerful statements, asking Walmsley to show no leniency. Before sentencing, Walmsley said: “Ahmaud Arbery was hunted down and shot, and he was killed because individuals here in the courtroom took the law into their own hands.” Walmsley said Arbery left his home for a jog and ended up running for his life for five minutes as the men chased him in pickup trucks then cornered him. The judge paused for a minute, to help drive home a sense of what that time must have been like for Arbery. “When I thought about this,” he said, “I thought from a lot of different angles. I kept coming back to the terror that must have been in the mind of the young man running through Satilla Shores.” *The McMichaels will spend the rest of their lives in prison. Walmsley ruled that Bryan could seek parole after 30 years, the minimum sentence allowed....* Arbery’s mother said she suffered an intense loss made worse by a trial where the men’s defense was that Arbery made bad choices. “This wasn’t a case of mistaken identity or mistaken fact,” Wanda Cooper-Jones said. “They chose to target my son because they didn’t want him in their community. They chose to treat him differently than other people who frequently visited their community. And when they couldn’t sufficiently scare or intimidate him, they killed him.” Cooper-Jones rebutted a point made by a defense lawyer that caused outrage. During the trial in November, Laura Hogue made a reference to Ahmaud Arbery’s appearance many found egregious and racist. Hogue said: “Turning Ahmaud Arbery into a victim after the choices that he made does not reflect the reality of what brought Ahmaud Arbery to Satilla Shores in his khaki shorts, with no socks, to cover his long dirty toenails.” On Friday, Cooper-Jones said her son was sometimes messy. “He sometimes refused to wear socks or take good care of his good clothing. I wish he would have cut and cleaned his toenails before he went out for that jog that day. I guess he would have if he knew he would be murdered.” Marcus Arbery Sr, Ahmaud’s father, also addressed the court. He said: “When I close my eyes, I see his execution in my mind, over and over. I will see that for the rest of my life. “Not only did they lynch my son in broad daylight, they killed him while he was doing what he loved more than anything: running. That’s when he felt most alive, most free, and they took all that from him.” Arbery’s sister, Jasmine Arbery, described her brother as a positive thinker with a big personality. Weeping, she told the judge her brother had dark skin “that glistened in the sunlight” and “thick, curly hair and an athletic build”. “These are the qualities that made these men assume that Ahmaud was a dangerous criminal and chase him with guns drawn,” she said. “To me, those qualities reflect a young man full of life and energy who looked like me and the people I loved.” Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski asked the judge for life without parole for the McMichaels and the possibility of parole for Bryan. But she said all deserved that mandatory life sentence. The McMichaels grabbed guns and jumped in a truck to chase Arbery, 25, after spotting him running on 23 February 2020. Bryan joined the pursuit and recorded video of Travis McMichael firing close-range shotgun blasts. The killing went largely unnoticed until two months later, when video was leaked, touching off a national outcry. The Georgia bureau of investigation arrested all three men. The attorney Robert Rubin argued that Travis McMichael deserved the possibility of parole as he fired only after “Mr Arbery came at him and grabbed the gun”. “This was not a planned murder,” Rubin said. “This was a fight over a gun.” Hogue, for Greg McMichael, said her client “did not view his son firing that shotgun with anything other than fear and sadness”. Bryan’s lawyer said he showed remorse and cooperated with police. Next month, the McMichaels and Bryan face a second trial on federal hate crime charges. Prosecutors will argue that the men targeted Arbery because he was Black. On Friday, Ben Crump, a leading civil rights attorney, said: “These brutal crimes nearly went unpunished because of the deep corruption that pervades so many of our systems.” He added: “The tragic murder of Ahmaud Arbery must not be in vain. America, we are showing progress. Now is not the time to retreat. We must continue to demand better from law enforcement, from our justice system and from our society as a whole.” Ahmaud Arbery Murder: Five Key Moments From the Trial __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

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Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,639 Thanks: 27,645 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Re: Ahmaud Arbery: Killers GUILTY on FED Hate Crimes Ahmaud Arbery: Jury Finds Killers Guilty on Federal Hate Crimes Charges Three white men convicted of killing a black man in the US state of Georgia have been found guilty of federal hate crimes. BBC 23 FEB 2022 Gregory McMichael, 66, his son Travis, 36, and their neighbour, William Bryan, 52, had already been found guilty last year of Arbery's murder. Jurors found the defendants targeted Ahmaud Arbery, 25, because of his race. Tuesday's verdict was over a separate set of federal charges filed by the US justice department. Arbery was jogging in the coastal city of Brunswick when he was confronted and shot dead by the three men in February 2020. The jurors in this latest trial - a panel of eight white people, three black people and one Hispanic person - considered five separate federal charges and found the defendants guilty on every count. The first two involved federal hate-crime statutes, and charged the three men with using force and threats to deprive Arbery of his right to use a public street because of his race. The third count charged the men with kidnapping. The McMichaels also faced firearms charges. Travis McMichael was convicted of discharging a shotgun and his father was convicted with brandishing a revolver. They may be sentenced to life in prison - in addition to the life sentences they received in January for Arbery's murder. During closing arguments on Monday, lawyers for the three defendants argued that the men had pursued Arbery because they believed he was involved in criminal activity - not for any racially motivated purpose. "Would Travis McMichael have grabbed a gun and done this to a white guy?" asked defence lawyer Amy Lee Copeland at trial. "The answer is yes." But the jurors accepted the prosecution's argument that the McMichaels and Bryan were driven by "racial assumptions, racial resentment and racial anger". At a news conference later on Tuesday, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said the justice department would use its resources to "confront unlawful acts of hate". "No-one in this country should have to fear the threat of hate-fuelled violence," he said, adding "no-one should fear that if they go out for a run they will be targeted and killed because of the colour of their skin". A lawyer for William Bryan declined to comment when reached by the BBC and lawyers for the McMicheals did not return a request for comment. An End to The Family's Fight For Justice..... Chelsea Bailey, BBC News I spent weeks reporting from Georgia on the killing of Ahmaud Arbery and it's hard to overstate the importance of this guilty verdict for his family - especially because it almost didn't happen. During the murder trial for the three defendants last year, state prosecutors chose not to focus on evidence that the McMichaels and Bryan pursued and killed Arbery because he was black. Instead, that evidence was to be saved and presented during the federal hate crimes trial. For weeks jurors heard evidence of all three men's history of "racial resentment" - from the frequent use of racial slurs, to texts and social media posts that urged violence against black Americans. On Tuesday, that same jury returned a guilty verdict. In America, it's difficult to secure convictions for hate crimes because evidence of racial motivation has to be presented "beyond a reasonable doubt". And what constitutes "a reasonable doubt" can often be subjective. In fact, Georgia didn't pass a state hate crimes law until after Arbery was killed in 2020. Wednesday will mark the second anniversary of his murder, and an end to his family's fight for justice. Speaking after the verdict was announced, Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, reiterated how important it was that the world now knows her son was killed because he was black. *"We got a victory today but there's so many families out there who don't get victories," she said.* __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

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