GREGORY MCMICHAEL

The three men convicted in state court of murdering Ahmaud Arbery face sentencing Monday on federal hate crimes charges connected to the killing.

Travis McMichael, 36, faces sentencing Monday in U.S. District Court after his conviction on federal hate crime charges in February. In Georgia, the McMichaels and Bryan were sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of Arbery's murder in a state court last fall. For Travis McMichael, “his concern is that he will promptly be killed upon delivery to the state prison system for service of that sentence,” Copeland wrote in her sentencing request. Arbery's family family has insisted the McMichaels and Bryan should serve their sentences in a state prison, arguing a federal penitentiary wouldn’t be as tough. His parents objected forcefully before the federal trial when both McMichaels sought a plea deal that would have included a request to transfer them to federal prison.

The jury is deliberating in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, joined the pursuit in his own truck and recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael blasting Arbery with a shotgun. But Ransom said he cried when prosecutors showed a video Travis McMichael had shared online that mocked a young Black boy dancing. “Just seeing that it was so much hatred that they had, not only for Ahmaud, but to other people of the Black race,” Ransom said. When the case ended and the jury prepared to begin deliberations, Ransom said, the others quickly chose him to serve as foreman.

The Black man who served as foreman of the jury that returned hate crime convictions against the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery says he believes the verdicts show no one is above the law.

Ahmaud Arbery-Hate Crimes FILE - This photo combo shows, from left, Travis McMichael, William "Roddie" Bryan, and Gregory McMichael during their trial at at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. The jury is deliberating in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. The three men are serving life sentences for the murder of the 25-year-old Black man. Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael armed themselves after spotting Arbery running past their home and chased him in a pickup truck. Bryan joined his neighbors in his own truck and recorded the video of Travis McMichael firing at point-blank range.

She added that most of the evidence showing Travis McMichael’s views on race were private messages or communications made to like-minded people. AJB: What Greg McMichael knew Feb. 23 2020: He knew #AhmaudArbery had been in Larry English's home four times. >> Related: Ahmaud Arbery: 3 charged with killing jogger found guilty of murderLast week, a jury consisting of eight white people, three Black people and one Hispanic person was seated to hear the case, WJAX-TV reported. >> Related: Ahmaud Arbery case: Judge rejects hate crime plea deal for Travis, Greg McMichaelJurors in state court convicted the McMichaels and Bryan of felony murder and other charges on Nov. 24. In September, a grand jury indicted former Glynn County District Attorney Jackie Johnson on charges related to the handling of the case.

Ahmaud Arbery Hate Crimes FILE - This combo of booking photos provided by the Glynn County, Ga., Detention Center, shows from left, Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan Jr. There was no mention of a deal with the third defendant in the case, William “Roddie” Bryan. In text and Facebook conversations with friends, Travis McMichael frequently used the N-word to describe Black people. In messages sent in the days surrounding Arbery's killing, Bryan was clearly upset that his daughter was dating a Black man. A neighbor, Bryan, joined the pursuit in his own truck and recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael blasting Arbery with a shotgun.

Ahmaud Arbery Hate Crimes FILE - This combo of booking photos provided by the Glynn County, Ga., Detention Center, shows from left, Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan Jr. The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery and his father have reached a plea deal that could avoid their trial on federal hate crime charges. There was no mention of a deal with the third defendant in the case, William “Roddie” Bryan. A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, joined the pursuit in his own truck and recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael blasting Arbery with a shotgun. All three pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges accusing them of violating Arbery's civil rights and targeting him because he was Black.

Ahmaud Arbery Hate Crimes FILE - This combo of booking photos provided by the Glynn County, Ga., Detention Center, shows from left, Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan Jr. The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery and his father have reached a plea deal that could avoid their trial on federal hate crime charges. There was no mention of a deal with the third defendant in the case, William “Roddie” Bryan. (Glynn County Detention Center via AP, File) (Uncredited)BRUNSWICK, Ga. — (AP) — Prosecution witnesses were to retake the stand Wednesday in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, joined the chase in his own truck and recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael blasting Arbery with a shotgun.

The defendants have already been convicted for what they did. A guilty verdict in this hate crime trial would be an indictment of who they are.

A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, joined the chase in his own truck and recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael shooting Arbery. Albenze testified that when he grabbed his cellphone to call police he also slipped a handgun into the pocket of his overalls. Asked by prosecutor Bobbi Bernstein if he ever shouted at Arbery to stop, drew his gun or pointed it at Arbery, Albenze said no. Travis McMichael’s lawyer, Amy Lee Copeland, argued unsuccessfully that showing the jurors three back-to-back versions of the video would be excessive. “I'm more pissed off that the guy put me in this situation,” Travis McMichael said in a recorded police interview.

A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, joined the chase in his own truck and recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael shooting Arbery. Albenze testified that when he grabbed his cellphone to call police he also slipped a handgun into the pocket of his overalls. Asked by prosecutor Bobbi Bernstein if he ever shouted at Arbery to stop, drew his gun or pointed it at Arbery, Albenze said no. Travis McMichael’s lawyer, Amy Lee Copeland, argued unsuccessfully that showing the jurors three back-to-back versions of the video would be excessive. “I'm more pissed off that the guy put me in this situation,” Travis McMichael said in a recorded police interview.

Ahmaud Arbery Hate Crimes FILE - This combo of booking photos provided by the Glynn County, Ga., Detention Center, shows from left, Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan Jr. The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery and his father have reached a plea deal that could avoid their trial on federal hate crime charges. There was no mention of a deal with the third defendant in the case, William “Roddie” Bryan. (Glynn County Detention Center via AP, File) (Uncredited)BRUNSWICK, Ga. — (AP) — Prosecutors began calling witnesses Tuesday in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, joined the chase in his own truck and recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael blasting Arbery with a shotgun.

Ahmaud Arbery Hate Crimes FILE - This combo of booking photos provided by the Glynn County, Ga., Detention Center, shows from left, Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan Jr. The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery and his father have reached a plea deal that could avoid their trial on federal hate crime charges. There was no mention of a deal with the third defendant in the case, William “Roddie” Bryan. (Glynn County Detention Center via AP, File) (Uncredited)BRUNSWICK, Ga. — (AP) — Prosecutors were to begin calling witnesses Tuesday in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, joined the chase in his own truck and recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael blasting Arbery with a shotgun.

Ahmaud Arbery Hate Crimes FILE - This combo of booking photos provided by the Glynn County, Ga., Detention Center, shows from left, Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan Jr. The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery and his father have reached a plea deal that could avoid their trial on federal hate crime charges. There was no mention of a deal with the third defendant in the case, William “Roddie” Bryan. (Glynn County Detention Center via AP, File) (Uncredited)BRUNSWICK, Ga. — (AP) — Prosecutors were to begin calling witnesses Tuesday in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, joined the chase in his own truck and recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael blasting Arbery with a shotgun.

“I'm not going to ask you to like Travis McMichael,” Amy Lee Copeland, the defense attorney for the man who fatally shot Arbery, told the jury. A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, joined the pursuit in his own truck and recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael blasting Arbery with a shotgun. Yet the McMichaels assumed Arbery must be a criminal and kept a lookout for him, prosecutor Bobbi Bernstein told the jury. Travis McMichael's attorneys denied he said it, and state prosecutors never brought up the comment during the murder trial. Arbery’s father, Marcus Arbery, told reporters outside the courthouse in the port city of Brunswick that he was “very pleased” with the federal jury.

Trial will focus on whether whether Gregory and Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan were motivated to kill Ahmaud Arbery because he was Black.

Ahmaud Arbery Hate Crimes FILE - This combo of booking photos provided by the Glynn County, Ga., Detention Center, shows from left, Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan Jr. The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery and his father have reached a plea deal that could avoid their trial on federal hate crime charges. (Glynn County Detention Center via AP, File) (Uncredited)BRUNSWICK, Ga. — (AP) — A jury was seated Monday for the federal hate crimes trial of three white men who were convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood said Friday that attorneys should be prepared to make opening statements Monday. Travis McMichael testified that he opened fire in self-defense after Arbery attacked him with fists and grabbed for his shotgun.

Ahmaud Arbery Hate Crimes FILE - This combo of booking photos provided by the Glynn County, Ga., Detention Center, shows from left, Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan Jr. The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery and his father have reached a plea deal that could avoid their trial on federal hate crime charges. (Glynn County Detention Center via AP, File) (Uncredited)BRUNSWICK, Ga. — (AP) — A jury was seated Monday for the federal hate crimes trial of three white men who were convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood said Friday that attorneys should be prepared to make opening statements Monday. Travis McMichael testified that he opened fire in self-defense after Arbery attacked him with fists and grabbed for his shotgun.

The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery and his father have reached a plea deal that could avoid their trial on federal hate crime charges. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood said Friday she's ready to start the trial with 64 people deemed qualified to serve as impartial jurors. But they still face a federal trial on hate crime charges, which allege that they violated Arbery's civil rights and targeted him because he was Black. The search for an impartial jury in federal court came just a week after attorneys announced the McMichaels planned to plead guilty in the federal case in a deal with prosecutors that quickly fell apart. Travis McMichael testified that he opened fire in self-defense after Arbery attacked him with fists and grabbed for his shotgun.

The federal judge presiding over the hate crimes trial in the death of Ahmaud Arbery says she plans to seat a jury Monday, and expects attorneys to make their opening statements as well.

The man convicted of murder for shooting Ahmaud Arbery is withdrawing his guilty plea on a federal hate crime charge.

Greg McMichael: Greg McMichael has decided not to plead guilty to federal hate crime charges and has opted to stand trial. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, Pool) (OCTAVIO JONES/AP)Gregory McMichael, the retired police officer convicted in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, told a federal court on Thursday night that he has withdrawn his plans to plead guilty in federal court. >> Read more trending newsAccording to The Associated Press, McMichael will not plead guilty to a federal hate crime charge and plans to stand trial, according to a legal filing by his attorney late Thursday. McMichael reversed his plan days after a U.S. District Court judge rejected terms of a plea deal between defense attorneys and prosecutors that was objected to by Arbery’s parents. ©2022 Cox Media Group

The man who initiated the deadly chased that led to the killing of Ahmaud Arbery says he won't plead guilty to a federal hate crime charge.

A federal judge on Monday rejected a plea agreement reached by federal prosecutors and one of the three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was shot and killed while jogging on south Georgia street.Driving the news: Travis McMichael offered to plead guilty to violating Arbery's civil rights when he chased him through Brunswick's Satilla Shores neighborhood in 2020. But after hearing from Arbery's parents, who opposed the deal, U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Wood

A federal hate crime trial for father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael is scheduled to begin in February.

A federal hate crime trial for father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael is scheduled to begin in February.

Ahmaud Arbery case: Travis, Greg McMichael reach plea agreements with federal prosecutors This photo combo shows, from left, Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael during their trial at at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. (Pool, file)BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Travis and Greg McMichael, two of three men charged with hate crimes in the southeast Georgia slaying of jogger Ahmaud Arbery, have reached plea agreements with federal prosecutors, WSB-TV is reporting. Defense attorneys said the McMichaels and Bryan suspected Arbery of burglary and chased after him in an attempt to hold him under a citizen’s arrest. On the stand, Travis McMichael claimed he shot Arbery in self-defense as they struggled over Travis McMichael’s shotgun. The role that race played in Arbery’s death was set to be the focus of the federal trial scheduled for Feb. 7, according to WSB-TV. Court documents filed Sunday do not specify the details of the McMichaels’ plea agreement, which must be reviewed and approved by a judge.

Two of Ahmaud Arbery's killers Travis and Gregory McMichael have reached plea agreements with prosecutors in their federal hate crimes case concerning the Black jogger's 2020 murder in Georgia, according to court filings submitted Sunday night.Why it matters: Attorneys for Arbery's family released a statement saying they're "vehemently against" the plea deals ahead of the hate crimes trial that's scheduled for Feb. 7. and that they plan to oppose the agreement in court Monday.Stay on top of the

A Georgia sheriff’s deputy has been suspended and faces being fired over comments posted on social media after a judge sentenced three white men to life imprisonment in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

The three white men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery, a black man, during a February 2020 encounter were sentenced in a Georgia court on Friday. Gregory McMichael and his son Travis McMichael were both sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. William "Roddie" Bryan Jr., was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Video is courtesy of Court TV.

A judge sentenced three white men to life in prison for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, in Georgia in 2020.

Ahmaud Arbery-Georgia Trial This photo combo shows, from left, Travis McMichael, William "Roddie" Bryan, and Gregory McMichael during their trial at at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. For Travis McMichael, who is 35, “that could make a significant difference,” said Page Pate, an Atlanta criminal defense attorney who isn't involved in the case. "For the two older guys, it’s effectively a full life sentence.”Greg McMichael recently turned 66, and Bryan is 52. Travis McMichael testified that he shot Arbery in self-defense. Prosecutors will argue that the three men violated Arbery's civil rights and targeted him because he was Black.

Ahmaud Arbery-Georgia Trial This photo combo shows, from left, Travis McMichael, William "Roddie" Bryan, and Gregory McMichael during their trial at at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. For Travis McMichael, who is 35, “that could make a significant difference,” said Page Pate, an Atlanta criminal defense attorney who isn't involved in the case. Travis McMichael testified that he shot Arbery in self-defense. He said Arbery turned and attacked with his fists while running past the truck where McMichael stood with his shotgun. Next month, the McMichaels and Bryan face a second trial, this time in U.S. District Court on federal hate crime charges.

Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery have been sentenced to life in prison, with a judge denying any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man.

(Pool, file) (Uncredited)BRUNSWICK, Ga. — (AP) — A judge in coastal Georgia has set a sentencing date early next year for the three men convicted of murder in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, are set to be sentenced Jan. 7, according to an order signed Monday by Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley. At the November trial, the three white men were convicted of murder and other crimes in the Feb. 23, 2020, killing of the 25-year-old Black man. Travis McMichael was convicted of all nine charges. Even if a chance of parole is granted, a person convicted of murder must serve 30 years before becoming eligible.

A judge in coastal Georgia has set a sentencing date early next year for the three men convicted of murder in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

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But the murder convictions of the three white men who chased him may have been secured by their own words to investigators the day of the shooting. Greg McMichael, who was in the bed of a pickup truck when his son killed Arbery, told police the Black man "was trapped like a rat" and he told Arbery: "Stop, or I'll blow your f---ing head off!" Statements like that allowed prosecutors to give context to the short video that didn't show the entire shooting and had little of the five minutes that the men chased Arbery. But he keeps going back over and over again to this damn house," Greg McMichael said, according to a transcript of the interview that Glynn County police Sgt. Phone records show Greg McMichael called his former boss, District Attorney Jackie Johnson, just after the shooting.

The video of Ahmaud Arbery’s shotgun death was a shocking piece of evidence that suddenly brought the Black man’s killing into the national consciousness.

Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan were found guilty in the death of Ahmaud Arbery Wednesday.

Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan were found guilty in the death of Ahmaud Arbery Wednesday.

Jurors on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021 convicted the three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was chased and fatally shot while running through their neighborhood in an attack that became part of the larger national reckoning on racial injustice. As the first of 23 guilty verdicts were read, Arbery's father had to leave the courtroom after leaping up and shouting. The jury deliberated for about 10 hours before convicting Greg McMichael, son Travis McMichael and neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan. “I can tell you honestly, these men are sorry for what happened to Ahmaud Arbery,” attorney Jason Sheffield said. He said Arbery turned and attacked with his fists while running past the truck where McMichael stood with his shotgun.

Across the country, widespread sense of justice served in murder convictions of Ahmaud Arbery's killers. But will there be real semblance of healing?

The mother of Ahmaud Arbery was shocked at defense attorney Laura Hogue during closing arguments on Monday when she told […] The post Mother of Ahmaud Arbery calls attorney’s ‘long dirty toenails’ comment ‘very disturbing’ appeared first on TheGrio.

Three white men were found guilty of murder Wednesday in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man

It took the jury less than two days to find three white men guilty of chasing down and murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, in Brunswick, Ga.

The disproportionately white jury received the case around midday Tuesday and spent about six hours deliberating before adjourning without a verdict. The McMichaels told police they suspected Arbery was a fleeing burglar when they armed themselves and jumped in a pickup truck to chase him on Feb. 23, 2020. Bryan joined the pursuit when they passed his house and recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael blasting Arbery at close range with a shotgun as Arbery threw punches and grabbed for the weapon. Travis McMichael testified that he shot Arbery in self-defense, saying the running man turned and attacked with his fists while running past the idling truck where Travis McMichael stood with his shotgun. Prosecutors said there was no evidence Arbery had committed crimes in the defendants’ neighborhood.

The McMichaels told police they suspected Arbery was a fleeing burglar when they armed themselves and jumped in a pickup truck to chase him on Feb. 23, 2020. Bryan joined the pursuit when they passed his house and recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael blasting Arbery at close range with a shotgun as Arbery threw punches and grabbed for the weapon. Travis McMichael testified that he shot Arbery in self-defense, saying the running man turned and attacked with his fists while running past the idling truck where Travis McMichael stood with his shotgun. Prosecutors said there was no evidence Arbery had committed crimes in the defendants’ neighborhood. He had enrolled at a technical college and was preparing at the time to study to become an electrician like his uncles.

"I'll just say this, regardless of how long and how dirty his toenails were, that's still my son, and he didn't deserve to die the way that he died," Wanda Cooper-Jones told "CBS Mornings."

"I'll just say this, regardless of how long and how dirty his toenails were, that's still my son, and he didn't deserve to die the way that he died," Wanda Cooper-Jones told "CBS Mornings."

"I'll just say this, regardless of how long and how dirty his toenails were, that's still my son, and he didn't deserve to die the way that he died," Wanda Cooper-Jones told "CBS Mornings."

The three men charged with the February 2020 slaying of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery. Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael grabbed guns and pursued Arbery in a pickup truck after spotting him running through their subdivision on Feb. 23, 2020. A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, joined the chase and recorded the video of Travis McMichael opening fire as Arbery threw punches and grabbed for McMichael's shotgun. “This is a misstatement of the law and the argument is improper,” Franklin Hogue, an attorney for Greg McMichael, told the judge. Attorney Jason Sheffield said his client, Travis McMichael, fired his shotgun in self-defense after Arbery charged at him, threw punches and tried to grab the weapon.

The three men charged with the February 2020 slaying of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery. >> Related: Ahmaud Arbery: Defense concludes closing arguments, court adjourned until TuesdayDefense attorneys said the defendants were trying to hold Arbery on a citizen’s arrest under the suspicion that he had burglarized a home under construction in the neighborhood. >> Related: Ahmaud Arbery: Defense rests for 3 charged in death of joggerSpeaking on the courthouse steps, Cooper-Jones criticized Hogue’s description of her son, according to WSB. Travis McMichael said he wanted to talk to Arbery on Feb. 23, 2020, and that he repeatedly tried to tell Arbery to stop running. In September, a grand jury indicted former Glynn County District Attorney Jackie Johnson on charges related to the handling of the case.

The three men charged with the February 2020 slaying of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton) (Stephen B. Morton)BRUNSWICK, Ga. — (AP) — Prosecutors went before a jury one last time Tuesday before the panel begins deliberations in the trial of three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery's killing became part of a larger national reckoning on racial injustice after a graphic video of his death leaked online two months later. Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael grabbed guns and pursued Arbery in a pickup truck after spotting him running through their subdivision on Feb. 23, 2020. Attorney Jason Sheffield said his client, Travis McMichael, fired his shotgun in self-defense after Arbery charged at him, threw punches and tried to grab the weapon.

Arbery’s killing became part of a larger national reckoning on racial injustice after a graphic video of his death leaked online two months later. A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, joined the chase and recorded the video of Travis McMichael opening fire as Arbery threw punches and grabbed for his shotgun. They met in front of the truck, which blocked the camera's view, when Travis McMichael fired the first of three shotgun blasts. Then Travis McMichael had his own “horrifying experience,” Sheffield said, “when he encountered Arbery in the yard at night 12 days before the shooting. She said it was Travis McMichael who attacked Arbery — first with his truck, then by pointing a shotgun at him as Arbery ran toward him.

The three men charged with the February 2020 slaying of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery. A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, joined the chase and recorded the video of Travis McMichael opening fire as Arbery threw punches and grabbed for his shotgun. Jason Sheffield, a defense attorney for Travis McMichael, said his client had no intention of killing Arbery until forced to make a life-or-death decision to defend himself. Then Travis McMichael had his own “horrifying experience,” Sheffield said, “when he encountered Arbery in the yard at night 12 days before the shooting. She said it was Travis McMichael who attacked Arbery — first with his truck, then by pointing a shotgun at him as Arbery ran toward him.

Closing arguments are underway in the trial of the three white men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery last year in Georgia.

The judge in the trial of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery has declined to override decisions in jury selection that left just one Black juror on the final panel of 12.

A Georgia judge has ruled that Ahmaud Arbery's mental health records can't be used as trial evidence by the men who chased and killed him.

A Georgia judge says he won't allow attorneys for the men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery to use evidence of the slain Black man's troubled past when they stand trial for murder.

In this image made from video, from left, father and son, Gregory and Travis McMichael, accused in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia on Feb. 2020, listen via closed circuit tv in the Glynn County Detention center in Brunswick, Ga., on Thursday, Nov. 12, as lawyers argue for bond to be set at the Glynn County courthouse. The McMichaels chased and fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, after they spotted him running in their neighborhood just outside the port city of Brunswick. (AP Photo/Lewis Levine)

The McMichaels chased and fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, after they spotted him running in their neighborhood just outside the port city of Brunswick. Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory McMichael, have been jailed since their arrests in May, more than two months after Arbery was slain. They also contended Travis McMichael was defending himself when he blasted Arbery three times with a shotgun. “You would think that the race of Ahmaud Arbery is the only thing that makes the state of Georgia concerned about a serious event on Feb 23,” Hogue said. Travis McMichael never confronted people "unless he himself was put in danger," Rubin said.

Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory McMichael, have been jailed since their arrests in May, more than two months after Arbery was slain. Then prosecutor Jesse Evans asked Langford about a text message Travis McMichael had sent him last year that used a slur for Black people when referring to a “crackhead ... with gold teeth." “We have substantial evidence that, on the day in question, Mr. Arbery was not a jogger,” said Robert Rubin, one of Travis McMichael's attorneys. Langford's wife, Ashley Langford, testified that Travis McMichael expressed remorse about shooting Arbery. Travis McMichael's mother, Lee McMichael, testified that he lived with her and his father, has a 4-year-old son and doesn't have a passport.

This photo combo of images taken Thursday, May 7, 2020, and provided by the Glynn County Detention Center, in Georgia, show Gregory McMichael, left, and his son Travis McMichael. A prosecutor on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 announced that three men have been indicted on murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in coastal Georgia. Speaking to reporters outside the Glynn County courthouse, prosecutor Joyette Holmes said a grand jury has indicted Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William Roddie Bryan Jr. on charges including malice and felony murder in the death of the African American man. (Glynn County Detention Center via AP)

This photo combo of images taken Thursday, May 7, 2020, and provided by the Glynn County Detention Center, in Georgia, show Gregory McMichael, left, and his son Travis McMichael. Cellphone video of Travis McMichael shooting Arbery three times at close range with a shotgun further fueled a national outcry over racial injustice. Gregory McMichael told police after the shooting that he and his son pursued Arbery because they suspected him of being a burglar. They stopped in the road in front of Arbery, who kept running until he came face-to-face with Travis McMichael. Rubin called Travis McMichael “a man who's lived a very good life, a life helping others,” not a caricature of “Southern vigilante racism.”

BRUNSWICK, Ga. The commissioners of a coastal Georgia county where Black man Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot after being pursued by armed white men are suing to stop a referendum on abolishing the county police department. The Glynn County Commission filed the lawsuit Friday, The Brunswick News reports. Glynn County commissioners have opposed that effort, saying two local Republican lawmakers are trying to help their political ally, Sheriff Neal Jump. A Glynn County narcotics officer was found to have been having sex with two confidential informants. The county also argues the law is improperly targeted at only Glynn County.

It wasn't until May 7 that those men Greg McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34 were charged with felony murder and aggravated assault. The neighbor who filmed the video, 50-year-old William Roddie Bryan, was also arrested and charged with felony murder and illegally using a vehicle to try to confine and detain Arbery. Georgia law defines felony murder as a killing caused by the commission of an underlying felony. Brian Kemp promised a strong state law enforcement presence in the Brunswick area Thursday to coincide with the court hearing. Defense attorneys requested the hearing to make prosecutors show whether they have probable cause to charge the men with murder.

Federal officers stand outside the Department of Justice as Attorney General William Barr speaks during a virtual press conference inside the building Thursday, June 4, 2020, in Washington. But he vowed that the Justice Department would do its part to investigate and prosecute civil rights crimes. I believe that police chiefs and law enforcement officials and leaders around the country are committed to ensuring that racism plays no part in law enforcement, and that everyone receives equal protection of the laws, Barr said. President Donald Trump has called Floyds killing a terrible, terrible thing that happened and called on the Justice Department to expedite its investigation of his death. Federal agents have made 51 riot-related arrests, Barr said, and 114 law enforcement officers have been injured in protests in Washington.

“Unfortunately, many questions and concerns have arisen" about the actions of the district attorneys, Carr said Tuesday in a statement. Gregory McMichael told police he and his grown son armed themselves and pursued the young man because they they thought he matched the description of a burglary suspect. Johnson said Glynn County police contacted two of her assistant prosecutors on the day of the shooting, seeking legal advice. Johnson said she could not recall if she had told Carr's office that she enlisted Barnhill's help before recusing herself. On Monday, Carr replaced him with Cobb County District Attorney Joyette M. Holmes, one of only seven black district attorneys in Georgia.

No arrests were made until this month after national outrage over the case swelled when video surfaced that appeared to show the shooting. “We are committed to a complete and transparent review of how the Ahmaud Arbery case was handled from the outset,” Attorney General Chris Carr said in a statement. On Saturday, the GBI confirmed that it has obtained other photos of video that might shed light on the case. Also Sunday, Georgia authorities said they had arrested a 20-year-old man after investigating an online threat against people protesting the killing of Arbery. Several hundred people had protested the case Friday in Brunswick, near the site where Arbery was fatally shot.