Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was chased by three men in pickup trucks before he was shot and killed in Brunswick, Georgia, on Feb. 23, 2020. Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael and William Bryan were convicted in his death.
Travis McMichael reversed his plan to plead guilty in the federal case days after a U.S. District Court judge rejected terms of a plea deal between defense attorneys and prosecutors that was met with passionate objections by Arbery’s parents. More
February 4, 2022
The man who initiated the deadly chase that ended in the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery won't plead guilty to a federal hate crime in the 2020 killing of the unarmed Black man, according to a legal filing late Thursday. More
February 3, 2022
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A federal judge rejected a plea agreement Monday that would have averted a hate crimes trial for the man convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery’s parents denounced the proposed deal for Travis McMichael, with mother Wanda Cooper-Jones and father Marcus Arbery emotionally asking the […] More
January 31, 2022
Court documents filed late Sunday by prosecutors for the U.S. Justice Department say plea agreements were reached with Travis and Greg McMichael. More
January 31, 2022
A federal judge closed his courtroom to the public Friday to hear attorneys debate whether "racially insensitive" text messages should be allowed as evidence in the hate crimes trial of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery. More
January 21, 2022
A Georgia sheriff's deputy was 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, news outlets reported. More
January 13, 2022
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Three white men convicted of murder for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced to life in prison Friday, 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. […] More
January 7, 2022
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Court TV) — Thea Brooks has long used fashion as an outlet for self-expression, designing T-shirts for special occasions and doing her own alterations to store-bought clothing. When her nephew, Ahmaud Arbery, was gunned down in February 2020, Brooks poured her grief into creating wearable tributes to her beloved “Quez.” “Posters […] More
January 6, 2022
The three men convicted of felony murder and other violent crimes for the 2020 death of Ahmaud Arbery will return to court Friday for a hearing to determine their punishment. More
January 6, 2022
The federal judge presiding over the upcoming hate crimes trial of three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery said Monday she plans to summon a jury pool of roughly 1,000 people scattered across an expansive area that covers 43 Georgia counties. More
December 20, 2021
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. More
December 14, 2021
Attorneys in upcoming federal hate crimes trial of the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery want jury pool to come from an expansive area of Georgia that covers 43 counties. More
December 10, 2021
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The killing was captured on video and shared around the world: Ahmaud Arbery running toward and then around an idling pickup truck before its driver blasted him at close range with a shotgun. Soon after Travis McMichael fatally shot Arbery on Feb. 23, 2020, his father, Greg […] More
November 24, 2021
All three men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were convicted of murder Wednesday. More
November 24, 2021
Jury deliberations continue for a second day Wednesday in the trial of three white men charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery. More
November 24, 2021
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Before jurors in the trial of the three men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery retired to the jury room to begin their deliberations, the judge read them specific instructions on the law that’s applicable to this case. The jury instructions, also called the jury charge, […] More
November 23, 2021
“You can’t claim self-defense if you are the unjustified aggressor,” Linda Dunikoski said. “Who started this? It wasn’t Ahmaud Arbery.” More
November 23, 2021
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys made a final push Monday to persuade the jury in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, with the prosecution saying that three white men chased him solely “because he was a Black man running down the street” and defense attorneys repeatedly blaming Arbery for his own […] More
November 22, 2021
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — None of the three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery had cause to make a citizen’s arrest when they saw him in their neighborhood, according to a prosecutor, who said Monday in closing arguments that the defendants decided to pursue him “because he was a […] More
November 22, 2021
The trial of father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan is nearing an end. More
November 22, 2021
Attorneys were scheduled to give closing arguments Monday in the murder trial of three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. More
November 22, 2021
Former top public defender whose firing 5 years ago was condemned by local NAACP chapter Kevin Gough is known in legal circles for pushing the envelope if he thinks it will benefit client. More
November 19, 2021
Defense attorneys rested their case in the Ahmaud Arbery trial after calling seven witnesses, including the shooter. More
November 18, 2021
Three men are charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, and jurors will have to decide whether one, two, three or none of them is guilty. More
November 18, 2021
By RUSS BYNUM and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man who killed Ahmaud Arbery testified Thursday that Arbery did not speak, show a weapon or threaten him in any way before he raised his shotgun and pointed it at the 25-year-old Black man. Under cross-examination by the prosecution on his second […] More
November 18, 2021
Travis McMichael - man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery - testified Arbery attacked him and grabbed his shotgun after he and his father pursued the Black man in their Georgia neighborhood. More
November 17, 2021
Race was going to be at forefront of trial of 3 white men charged with killing Arbery but lawyer's rejected call to kick out Black pastors including Jesse Jackson intensified frustrations. More
November 17, 2021
Defense lawyers were expected to build on arguments that their clients were lawfully trying to stop burglaries in their neighborhood as they began presenting their case Wednesday in the murder trial of three white men for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. More
November 17, 2021
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday in the trial of three white men charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery after the jury saw graphic photos of the shotgun wounds that punched a gaping hole in his chest and unleashed bleeding that stained his white T-shirt entirely […] More
November 16, 2021
GBI medical examiner Dr. Edmund Donoghue testified that Ahmaud Arbery was hit by two of the three shotgun blasts fired at him. More
November 16, 2021
