The gunman convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man in Georgia, repeatedly used racist language in text messages with friends, and also shared a music video of a white supremacist singer, jurors at his federal hate crimes trial heard on Wednesday.
Highlights
- Jurors in federal hate-crime trial of Georgia man convicted of murdering Black man Ahmaud Arbery in 2020.
- Gunman Travis McMichael repeatedly used racist language in text messages with friends, jurors heard on Wednesday.
- McMichael, his father and neighbor are on trial for chasing Arbery through the streets of their mostly white neighborhood and shooting him dead.
- Prosecutors in the new federal trial say Arbery was targeted because he was Black.
- Defense attorneys for the three men say their clients were not motivated by Arbery’s race, but rather by security fears after a series of break-ins in their Satilla Shores neighborhood.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register now