
Racist messages were key evidence in the hate crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery's killers
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The federal hate crimes trial for the three White men convicted of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, will soon go to the jury after testimony from more than 20 witnesses -- several of whom spoke about racist messages used by the defendants.
A former Coast Guard colleague told jurors Travis McMichael, who shot and killed Arbery, called her a racist slur for dating a Black man. A New York woman testified that during a visit she made to Brunswick, Georgia, Gregory McMichael went on an angry rant about Black people. An FBI agent said in court that William "Roddie" Bryan's word of choice was "bootlip," which she described as a derogatory term for a Black person, referencing a stereotypical characterization of their face.
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