Judge denied mistrial requests - 3 white men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery after defense attorneys claimed jurors tainted by weeping from gallery as parents sat with Jesse Jackson. More
November 15, 2021
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.
Judge denied mistrial requests - 3 white men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery after defense attorneys claimed jurors tainted by weeping from gallery as parents sat with Jesse Jackson. More
November 15, 2021
Travis and Greg McMichael said they armed themselves and sped after Ahmaud Arbery because they thought he was a burglar, and they wanted to catch him and hold him until police arrived. More
November 15, 2021
The trial of father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan wrapped up its first full week of testimony Friday. More
November 15, 2021
A police officer testified Friday he planned to give Ahmaud Arbery a trespass warning for repeatedly entering a home under construction before he was chased and shot dead. More
November 12, 2021
Jurors in trial of three white men charged in Ahmaud Arbery's killing watched security videos showing other people entering home under construction in months before Arbery was killed. More
November 11, 2021
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Court TV) — The Satilla Shores resident who called police on Ahmaud Arbery expressed regret on the witness stand Wednesday for his part in the chain of events that led to Arbery’s death. Matt Albenze was the first civilian witness to testify in the murder trial of Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael and William […] More
November 11, 2021
In Kenosha, Wisconsin, the prosecution calls Gaige Grosskreutz, the man Kyle Rittenhouse shot, who survived. More
November 11, 2021
One of the three white men standing trial for the death of Ahmaud Arbery said they had him “trapped like a rat” before he was fatally shot, a police investigator testified Wednesday. More
November 10, 2021
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man who initiated the chase that ended in Ahmaud Arbery’s death quickly changed his story about why he suspected the 25-year-old Black man running in his neighborhood was a criminal, two police officers testified Tuesday. Glynn County police Officer Jeff Brandeberry told a […] More
November 9, 2021
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Jurors were shown graphic, closeup police photos Monday of the gunshot wounds that killed Ahmaud Arbery, while the first officer to find the 25-year-old Black man bleeding in the road testified he did not try to render medical aid because it would not have been safe. […] More
November 8, 2021
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys on Friday presented dueling portraits of Ahmaud Arbery, who was either an innocent Black runner fatally shot by three white strangers or “a scary mystery” who had been seen prowling around a Georgia neighborhood. >>>READ MORE: The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: Daily […] More
November 5, 2021
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — White men in pickup trucks chased Ahmaud Arbery for five minutes, and one threatened to shoot him, as they cut off the jogger’s escape from a Georgia subdivision and ultimately killed the 25-year-old Black man with a shotgun, a prosecutor told a trial jury Friday. >>>READ […] More
November 5, 2021
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Court TV) — Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan are on trial for the February 23, 2020, killing of Ahmaud Arbery. DAY 14 – 11/24/21 The jury requests to see two videos, three times each: original cellphone video (shortened version) and high contrast version. The jury also requests to hear Greg […] More
November 5, 2021
The killing of Ahmaud Arbery has became part of a broader reckoning on racial injustice in the criminal legal system. More
November 5, 2021
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The trial hasn’t even started and yet issues of race are dominating the case in which three white men are charged with murder for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery. The 25-year-old Black man’s slaying has become part of the broader reckoning on racial injustice […] More
November 4, 2021
Judge seats one Black juror and 11 whites in trial of men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery despite prosecutors' objections that several Black potential jurors were cut due to race. More
November 3, 2021
Jury selection for the three white men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery was disrupted when prosecutors accused the defense of using race. More
November 3, 2021
BRUNSWICK, Ga (Court TV) – A jury of 12 have been selected in the murder trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s accused killers. Ahead of the opening statements, the court will hear arguments on outstanding motions. The defendants’ “use of force” experts, introducing polygraph examinations, and the victim’s toxicology report on the date of the incident, are […] More
November 3, 2021
By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — As jurors in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse listened to opening statements in a Wisconsin courtroom Tuesday, attorneys in south Georgia questioned potential jurors for a third week in the trial of three men charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s slaying. It took the judge and […] More
November 2, 2021
Hard to overstate importance of video recording of Ahmaud Arbery's death and evidentiary weight the short sometimes shaky clip will carry at the trial of three men who chased and shot him. More
November 2, 2021
Under Georgia law, potential jurors are not automatically disqualified for showing up with preconceived opinions about a case, as long as they pledge to set those opinions aside and remain fair and impartial while hearing the trial evidence. More
November 1, 2021
Teachers mechanics and retirees summoned to jury duty in slaying of Ahmaud Arbery are questioned about thoughts on racism social media habits and whether they own guns. More
October 21, 2021
Judge found eight potential jurors qualified to advance following intense questioning aimed at finding an impartial jury for trial of three white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery. More
October 19, 2021
Attorneys resumed questioning potential jurors in trial of three white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery -- several pool members say they know defendants or people close to the case. More
October 19, 2021
Jury selection got underway to find jurors in the trial of three white men charged with fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery as he was running in their Georgia neighborhood. More
October 18, 2021
Jury selection could last two weeks or more. Once a jury is seated, the trial itself could reportedly take more than two weeks. More
October 18, 2021
Framed photo on wall of Travis Riddle's restaurant shows sheriff arresting gray-bearded white man with hands cuffed -- a reminder that justice still waits to be served in slaying of Arbery. More
October 15, 2021
In a blow to the defense for the men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery Georgia judge rules Gregory McMichael Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan's jailhouse calls be admissible. More
October 13, 2021
Court officials preparing for trial of Gregory McMichael Travis McMichael and William "Roddie Bryan -- 3 men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery -- mailed jury duty notices to 1000 people. More
October 12, 2021
Ahmaud Arbery's mental health records can't be used as trial evidence by the white men who chased and killed the 25-year-old Black man as he was running in their neighborhood a judge ruled. More
October 1, 2021