There is no other way to describe what happened here as a lynching. This is mob behavior with people just joining in not knowing the purpose or reason. Even and mean even if Ahmaud was guilty of something this ending in his death deserves jail time for all those involved.
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Defense rests after man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery says he wasn't under threat during chase. After Travis McMichael testified under cross-examination that Arbery did not threaten him during a pickup chase that led to his shooting death last year in the Satilla Shores neighborhood of Brunswick, the defense rested its case on Thursday. The attorneys for McMichael's co-defendants, his father, Gregory, and neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan, did not present cases. Source 8b.
All three men found guilty of murder in February 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia. Father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan were charged with murder and other crimes in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020. Source 6w.
3 men sentenced to life in prison for murder of Ahmaud Arbery; judge denies possibility for parole for father and son. The minimum sentence for all three men in the murder of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery is life in prison. A judge on Friday decided whether to grant the possibility of parole to Travis and Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan. Source 4w.
Ahmaud Arbery's killers found guilty on all federal hate crimes charges. Father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan — all already serving life in prison for Arbery's murder — were found guilty of federal hate crimes charges. Source 8n.
Good, let that be a lesson to people who think they are better than others because their skin color is different.
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