Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan were convicted on the additional charges on Tuesday after pleading not guilty to targeting Arbery because of his race. The 25-year-old, who was out jogging in Brunswick, Georgia, was followed by the three men in their vehicles before they confronted and shot him.
“They were motivated by racial assumption, racial resentment and racial anger,” Justice Department special litigator Christopher Perras said on Monday during his closing arguments, claiming “they saw a black man in their neighborhood and they thought the worst of him.”
However, Amy Lee Copeland, attorney for Travis McMichael, countered that the three men would have killed Arbery even if he had been white, arguing it was his behavior, not his race, that drew their attention. The three men recognized Arbery from previous videos a neighbor had shot of a person “lurking” around a vacant house under construction in the area, their lawyers said, insisting they were merely trying to protect the neighborhood.
The prosecution pointed out that Travis’ social media included multiple posts in which he called black people “monkeys” and “subhuman savages,” while his father’s included “a racist rant about black people.” Bryan, too, deployed a racial slur online when he discovered his daughter was dating a black man.
While the men had initially agreed to plead guilty to the hate crimes charges, the judge rejected the deal – though not before Travis McMichael admitted in court that he had singled out Arbery due to his “race and color.” Last month, all three men were convicted on multiple counts of murder, along with attempted kidnapping charges, receiving sentences of life in prison. The two McMichaels were sentenced to life without parole.
source: RT
Împotriva articolelor redacției noastre, persoanele nemulțumite pot formula Contestație în termen de 10 zile de la publicarea articolului, la judecătoria Orășenească nr. 1 München Bayern Deutschland, in conformitate cu Legea federală Germană. Considerăm că nu se pot formula acțiuni la instanțele din România deoarece nici o persoană care activează în trustul nostru nu poate fi extrasă de sub jurisdicția federală germană. Considerăm că redacția noastră nu răspunde în fața autorităților din România ci doar celor federale sau civile germane. deoarece legea română nu are efecte de extraneitate asupra redacției chiar dacă subiectul știrilor face obiectul unor evenimente sau persoane din România și sunt scrise în limba română. Limba română nu este izvor de extraneitate a legii.
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