Feb 17 Cop told hate crime defendants no evidence of Arbery stealing By Russ Bynum, Associated Press A police officer testified at the hate crimes trial of three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. Continue reading
Feb 16 FBI expert says defendants in Ahmaud Arbery killing used repeated racial slurs over text By Russ Bynum, Associated Press An FBI intelligence analyst is going through dozens of text messages and social media posts in which two of the three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery repeatedly used racial slurs. Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch 6:16 News Wrap: Federal judge dismisses Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against New York Times In our news wrap Monday, a federal judge in New York dismissed Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, the federal hate-crimes trial of three white men for killing Ahmaud Arbery got underway, a 22-year drought in the… Continue watching
Feb 14 Judge for Arbery killing hate crimes trial to seat jury By Russ Bynum, Associated Press A jury with three Black members was sworn in Monday for the federal hate crimes trial of the white men previously convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, whose killing prosecutors will argue was motivated by racism. Continue reading
Feb 07 Watch 6:05 Jury selection begins in federal hate crimes trial for murder of Ahmaud Arbery By William Brangham, Ryan Connelly Holmes Last month, three men were sentenced in Georgia state court to life in prison for murdering Ahmaud Arbery. On Monday, jury selection began in the federal hate crimes trial that will look at whether the killings were racially motivated. Former… Continue watching
Feb 07 Jury selection begins in federal hate crimes trial of men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery By Associated Press Jury selection has started in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men already convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. The judge ordered the first 50 potential jurors to report Monday to the courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia. Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch 5:49 News Wrap: GOP censures Cheney, Kinzinger for taking part in the Jan. 6 investigation In our news wrap Friday, the Republican National Committee censured Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for taking part in the Jan. 6 investigation, new COVID cases in the U.S. are falling in 49 states, the Winter Olympics are officially… Continue watching
Feb 04 Arbery’s shooter withdraws guilty plea on hate crime charge By Russ Bynum, Associated Press The reversal came days after a judge rejected terms of a plea deal between defense attorneys and prosecutors that was met with stiff objections by Arbery's parents. Continue reading
Jan 31 Judge rejects plea deal for man who killed Ahmaud Arbery in federal hate crime trial By Russ Bynum, Associated Press Arbery’s parents denounced the proposed deal for Travis McMichael, with mother Wanda Cooper-Jones and father Marcus Arbery emotionally asking the judge to reject agreements filed for McMichael and his father, Greg McMichael. Continue reading
Jan 31 WATCH: Ahmaud Arbery’s parents object to DOJ hate crime plea deal By Russ Bynum, Associated Press The parents of Ahmaud Arbery are speaking out against a proposed plea deal with their son's killers. Continue reading