Posted on Feb 15, 2022
Hate crime prosecutor details Ahmaud Arbery killers' racist history
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The three white men who were convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger whose shooting death in 2020 sparked protests and calls for racial justice, had histories of making racist comments and slurs in text messages, a federal prosecutor said in court Monday.
A multiracial jury was seated in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men as defense attorneys admitted their clients had used offensive language and opinions about Black people.
But the defense attorneys insisted the three men's pursuit of the 25-year-old was prompted by "honest, though erroneous, suspicion" that he "committed crimes" and not solely based on his race, The Associated Press reported.
The three white men who were convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger whose shooting death in 2020 sparked protests and calls for racial justice, had histories of making racist comments and slurs in text messages, a federal prosecutor said in court Monday.
A multiracial jury was seated in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men as defense attorneys admitted their clients had used offensive language and opinions about Black people.
But the defense attorneys insisted the three men's pursuit of the 25-year-old was prompted by "honest, though erroneous, suspicion" that he "committed crimes" and not solely based on his race, The Associated Press reported.
Hate crime prosecutor details Ahmaud Arbery killers' racist history
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“ Ms. Bernstein also laid out some of the evidence of the men’s racist thinking — thinking that the prosecution will use to buttress the argument that the men chased Mr. Arbery because he was Black.
She said Travis McMichael referred to Black people as “animals,” “criminals,” “monkeys,” “subhuman savages” and “niggers,” including in an electronic exchange with a friend who had sent a video of a Black man sticking a firecracker up his nose.
It would have been “cooler,” Mr. McMichael replied, using a racial slur, if the firecracker had blown the man’s head off.
Ms. Bernstein, in her arguments, repeated the racial epithets aloud, underscoring the ugliness of the men’s language. Although some of the evidence had been foreshadowed in court documents, it was jarring to hear it spoken for the first time in open court.
Ms. Bernstein also described a time that Gregory McMichael had ranted against Black people to a work colleague and described his animosity toward the civil rights leader Julian Bond, who had recently died.”
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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/14/us/arbery-hate-crime-trial#defendants-racial-slurs
“ Ms. Bernstein also laid out some of the evidence of the men’s racist thinking — thinking that the prosecution will use to buttress the argument that the men chased Mr. Arbery because he was Black.
She said Travis McMichael referred to Black people as “animals,” “criminals,” “monkeys,” “subhuman savages” and “niggers,” including in an electronic exchange with a friend who had sent a video of a Black man sticking a firecracker up his nose.
It would have been “cooler,” Mr. McMichael replied, using a racial slur, if the firecracker had blown the man’s head off.
Ms. Bernstein, in her arguments, repeated the racial epithets aloud, underscoring the ugliness of the men’s language. Although some of the evidence had been foreshadowed in court documents, it was jarring to hear it spoken for the first time in open court.
Ms. Bernstein also described a time that Gregory McMichael had ranted against Black people to a work colleague and described his animosity toward the civil rights leader Julian Bond, who had recently died.”
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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/14/us/arbery-hate-crime-trial#defendants-racial-slurs
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