The three men on trial for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia in February 2020 have been found guilty of their crimes. Arbery was out for a jog and the three men (Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and William Bryan) assumed he was a burglar, got in their pickup truck and shot him dead in cold blood. For their actions, the three men could face life in prison. One only hopes this will come to pass. The day before Thanksgiving, the Arbery family gets some measure of justice.
The defense team did their best to dehumanize Arbery even bringing up his "long, dirty toenails" in their closing argument. One can only be grateful that this didn't work with the nearly all-white jury. Unlike the the jury in the Rittenhouse trial, this one could tell the difference between self-defense and vigilantism. There is some hope for this country though this is probably cold comfort to Arbery's family. Nevertheless, these three men will not go unpunished for their deeds.
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