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More than 200 potential jurors summoned for trial of prosecutor in Ahmaud Arbery's death
Read full article: More than 200 potential jurors summoned for trial of prosecutor in Ahmaud Arbery's deathA judge is dismissing some of the more than 200 potential jurors summoned for the trial of a prosecutor accused of meddling with the investigation of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
Ex-prosecutor charged with meddling in Ahmaud Arbery case appears in court ahead of trial
Read full article: Ex-prosecutor charged with meddling in Ahmaud Arbery case appears in court ahead of trialA former Georgia district attorney charged with interfering in the police investigation of the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery has made her first court appearance more than three years after being indicted.
After Arbery killing, 16 calls between DA, shooter's dad
Read full article: After Arbery killing, 16 calls between DA, shooter's dadGeorgia prosecutors say the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery was followed by 16 phone calls between the local district attorney and a former employee later convicted of murder in the shooting.
Attorney accuses Arbery advocates of `lynching' defendants
Read full article: Attorney accuses Arbery advocates of `lynching' defendantsA defense attorney in the murder trial over Ahmaud Arbery's death is likening a large courthouse rally and other actions supporting the slain Black man's family to a “public lynching” of the white defendants.
Officer: Ahmaud Arbery would have received trespass warning
Read full article: Officer: Ahmaud Arbery would have received trespass warningA police officer says he would have given Ahmaud Arbery a warning for trespassing inside the unfinished home from which the young Black man was seen running before he was chased and fatally shot.
Videos of Ahmaud Arbery roaming vacant home shown to jury
Read full article: Videos of Ahmaud Arbery roaming vacant home shown to juryJurors in the trial over Ahmaud Arbery's death are watching security camera videos from a home under construction that the 25-year-old Black man was seen running from before he was fatally shot.
Arbery death trial dominated by race before it even begins
Read full article: Arbery death trial dominated by race before it even beginsThe trial hasn't even started and yet issues of race are at the forefront of the case in which three white men are charged with murder for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery.
One Black juror, 11 whites to hear trial over Arbery slaying
Read full article: One Black juror, 11 whites to hear trial over Arbery slayingThe 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.
Jury selection begins in trial over Ahmaud Arbery's death
Read full article: Jury selection begins in trial over Ahmaud Arbery's deathJury selection has begun in Georgia, where hundreds of people were ordered to report for what could be a long, laborious effort to find jurors for the trial of three white men charged with fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery.
3 men indicted on murder charges in killing of Ahmaud Arbery
Read full article: 3 men indicted on murder charges in killing of Ahmaud ArberyATLANTA – Three white men have been indicted on murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man fatally shot while running in a neighborhood near Georgia's coast. Prosecutor Joyette Holmes announced Wednesday that a grand jury has indicted Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. on charges including malice and felony murder in Arbery's death. Arbery was slain Feb. 23 when the Greg and Travis McMichael, a father and son, armed themselves and pursued the 25-year-old Black man running in their neighborhood. Greg McMichael told police he suspected Arbery was a burglar and that Arbery attacked his son before being shot. Lawyers for Greg McMichael, 64, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment Wednesday afternoon.
3 charged in slaying of Ahmaud Arbery face court hearing
Read full article: 3 charged in slaying of Ahmaud Arbery face court hearingIt 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.