Jury Selection Begins Monday In Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial
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Three men face murder charges after Arbery was shot and killed last year while jogging through a Georgia neighborhood.
Jury selection in the murder trial of Ahmaud Arbery is scheduled to begin Monday. For many, it’s not just the three white defendants on trial, but rather a justice system that allowed them to remain free for weeks after they pursued and killed a Black man.
Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan are charged with chasing Arbery in a pickup truck and fatally shooting him after spotting him running in their neighborhood. More than two months passed before their arrests after video of the shooting was leaked online and sparked a national outcry.
Local activists plan a weekend rally at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia, a working-class port city 70 miles south of Savannah, and a car caravan through the neighborhood where Arbery was slain.
