A suspect in the Ahmaud Arbery case used a racist slur after the shooting, an investigator testified

[SummerMadness]

A suspect in the Ahmaud Arbery case used a racist slur after the shooting, an investigator testified

A Georgia investigator testified on Thursday that one of the three defendants accused of chasing down and killing Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was jogging in Brunswick, Ga., heard another defendant use a racist slur after shooting Mr. Arbery.

At a preliminary hearing in the case, the investigator said that William Bryan, who used his cellphone to film the fatal encounter, heard the remark by Travis McMichael, the man who pulled the trigger.

From the witness stand, Richard Dial, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation assistant special agent in charge of the case, said that Mr. Bryan heard Mr. McMichael use the slur after the shooting took place, and before the police arrived on the scene.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

So, the murder was racially motivated.

 

[ToddNotTodd]

A suspect in the Ahmaud Arbery case used a racist slur after the shooting, an investigator testified

How ridiculously unsurprising...

 

[DaisyDay]

How ridiculously unsurprising...

True, but this is actual evidence that may be used to convict on a hate crime charge.

 

[iluvatar5150]

How ridiculously unsurprising...

I'm glad I was sitting down when I read that. I was so taken aback that I felt light-headed.

 

[ToddNotTodd]

I'm glad I was sitting down when I read that. I was so taken aback that I felt light-headed.

What I am surprised at is the fact that no one has yet made an attempt to hand wave this away, or deny it outright...

 

[SarahsKnight]

What I am surprised at is the fact that no one has yet made an attempt to hand wave this away, or deny it outright...

Well, I certainly hope that no one here will!

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

Here is video.

 

[KCfromNC]

What I am surprised at is the fact that no one has yet made an attempt to hand wave this away, or deny it outright...

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[trunks2k]

And from this article:Man 'used racial slur' after shooting black jogger

Agent Dial said Mr McMichael had used the same slur many times on social media.

Investigators had also found racially derogatory texts on Mr Bryan's phone, he said.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Racist slur? Probably all an innocent mistake!

• Prosecutors introduced November 2019 text messages from Travis McMichael to a friend in which he talks about 'shooting a crackhead [rhymes with spoon] with gold teeth'
• Witness Zachary Langford claimed it was in reference to a raccoon

 

[SummerMadness]

As more information comes out, the racism becomes more evident. Of course, those that reflexively attacked Ahmaud Arbery will ignore this and then find another African American to generalize as a criminal.

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

They were denied bond as well.

 

[SummerMadness]

3 Men Are Found Guilty of Hate Crimes in Arbery Killing

A jury on Tuesday determined that the three white Georgia men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery violated a federal hate-crime statute by depriving Mr. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, of his right to use a public street because of the color of his skin.

The jury also found the three men — Travis McMichael, 36, his father, Gregory McMichael, 66, and their neighbor William Bryan, 52 — guilty of attempted kidnapping and found the McMichaels guilty of one count each of brandishing or discharging a firearm during a violent crime.

The men now face up to life in prison for the federal crimes, on top of the life sentences they received earlier this year in state court after being convicted of Mr. Arbery’s murder, with only Mr. Bryan eligible for parole. The federal convictions ensure that the defendants will receive significant prison time even if their state convictions are overturned or their sentences reduced on appeal.

 

[jayem]

3 Men Are Found Guilty of Hate Crimes in Arbery Killing

It’s a just verdict. Whatever federal sentence is imposed is intended to be insurance in case the state conviction is overturned. But if some far right-wing zealot should become President, they could be pardoned, or the sentence could be commuted.

 

[Goonie]

It’s a just verdict. Whatever federal sentence is imposed is intended to be insurance in case the state conviction is overturned. But if some far right-wing zealot should become President, they could be pardoned, or the sentence could be commuted.

But not the life sentences with no parole/30 years for murder.

 

[durangodawood]

But not the life sentences with no parole/30 years for murder.

Leave that to the governor.