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JSO officer injured, armed robbery suspect killed after chase in Northwest Jacksonville: sheriff

AHMAUD ARBERY


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Black Lives Matter street murals stand as an enduring reminder of protests against racism

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In 2020, Black Lives Matter street murals appeared in cities across the U.S. following the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery.

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Ahmaud Arbery’s father critical of ‘appalling’ film inspired by son’s murder

Read full article: Ahmaud Arbery’s father critical of ‘appalling’ film inspired by son’s murder

Marcus Arbery was critical of a film that depicts his son’s murder, according to the Savannah Morning News.

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‘We fought so hard for justice’: Ahmaud Arbery’s family ‘devastated’ after charges dropped against ex-prosecutor

Read full article: ‘We fought so hard for justice’: Ahmaud Arbery’s family ‘devastated’ after charges dropped against ex-prosecutor

Family and friends of Ahmaud Arbery expressed their disappointment Wednesday following a judge’s decision to end the trial of a former Georgia prosecutor who was accused of using her influence to protect the men who chased and killed the 25-year-old in February 2020.

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Judge tosses last charge against ex-prosecutor accused of misconduct in Ahmaud Arbery case

Read full article: Judge tosses last charge against ex-prosecutor accused of misconduct in Ahmaud Arbery case

A judge has thrown out a felony indictment against a former Georgia prosecutor, ending her trial on charges that she abused her power to protect the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in 2020.

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Ex-prosecutor denies on the witness stand that she tried to protect Ahmaud Arbery's killers

Read full article: Ex-prosecutor denies on the witness stand that she tried to protect Ahmaud Arbery's killers

A former Georgia prosecutor has denied using her power to shield the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in 2020.

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Judge orders acquittal of ex-prosecutor on 1 of 2 counts in misconduct trial over Ahmaud Arbery case

Read full article: Judge orders acquittal of ex-prosecutor on 1 of 2 counts in misconduct trial over Ahmaud Arbery case

A judge has ordered the acquittal of a former Georgia prosecutor on one of two misconduct charges she faced at trial over whether she abused her power to shield the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in 2020.

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Former Georgia district attorney testifies ex-prosecutor never told him how to handle Ahmaud Arbery investigation

Read full article: Former Georgia district attorney testifies ex-prosecutor never told him how to handle Ahmaud Arbery investigation

The trial for the former Georgia District Attorney charged with interfering in the Ahmaud Arbery investigation on Friday.

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A police officer testifies that an ex-prosecutor never obstructed her in the Ahmaud Arbery case

Read full article: A police officer testifies that an ex-prosecutor never obstructed her in the Ahmaud Arbery case

The case against a former Georgia district attorney charged with discouraging police from arresting the man who killed Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 took a blow Thursday as a police supervisor testified that the accused prosecutor never obstructed her during the investigation.

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A police officer testifies that an ex-prosecutor never obstructed her in the Ahmaud Arbery case

Read full article: A police officer testifies that an ex-prosecutor never obstructed her in the Ahmaud Arbery case

The case against a former Georgia prosecutor accused of interfering with the police investigation into the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery has taken a blow in the courtroom.

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`You’re going home,’ police tell Ahmaud Arbery’s killer in video shown to jury

Read full article: `You’re going home,’ police tell Ahmaud Arbery’s killer in video shown to jury

A jury watched video Wednesday of a police investigator telling the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery that he wasn’t being arrested soon after he, his father, and a neighbor had chased and killed the Black man after spotting him running in their neighborhood.

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Did Ahmaud Arbery's killers get help from a prosecutor? A jury hears clashing accounts

Read full article: Did Ahmaud Arbery's killers get help from a prosecutor? A jury hears clashing accounts

Prosecutors and defense attorneys are battling in court over whether a former district attorney tried to protect the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in 2020.

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More than 200 potential jurors summoned for trial of prosecutor in Ahmaud Arbery's death

Read full article: More than 200 potential jurors summoned for trial of prosecutor in Ahmaud Arbery's death

A judge is dismissing some of the more than 200 potential jurors summoned for the trial of a prosecutor accused of meddling with the investigation of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

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Ex-prosecutor charged with meddling in Ahmaud Arbery case appears in court ahead of trial

Read full article: Ex-prosecutor charged with meddling in Ahmaud Arbery case appears in court ahead of trial

A former Georgia district attorney charged with interfering in the police investigation of the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery has made her first court appearance more than three years after being indicted.

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Attorneys for ex-prosecutor charged with meddling in Ahmaud Arbery investigation want AG’s office removed from case

Read full article: Attorneys for ex-prosecutor charged with meddling in Ahmaud Arbery investigation want AG’s office removed from case

The final pretrial hearing for a former Georgia district attorney charged with interfering with police investigating the killing of Ahmaud Arbery is scheduled for Wednesday in Glynn County.

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Judge sets early 2025 trial for ex-prosecutor charged with meddling in Ahmaud Arbery investigation

Read full article: Judge sets early 2025 trial for ex-prosecutor charged with meddling in Ahmaud Arbery investigation

A judge has set an early 2025 trial date for a former Georgia district attorney charged with interfering with police investigating the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

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Georgia men who killed Ahmaud Arbery want a new trial, claim ineffective counsel, juror bias

Read full article: Georgia men who killed Ahmaud Arbery want a new trial, claim ineffective counsel, juror bias

Three white men serving life sentences for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery are asking a Georgia judge for a new trial.

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Defense for father, son convicted in murder of Ahmaud Arbery to present amended arguments Thursday in push for new trial

Read full article: Defense for father, son convicted in murder of Ahmaud Arbery to present amended arguments Thursday in push for new trial

The lawyers for the father, son and neighbor who are serving a life sentence for chasing down and killing 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia, will be back in court Thursday as they push to get a new trial.

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Ahmaud Arbery's family is still waiting for ex-prosecutor's misconduct trial after 3 years

Read full article: Ahmaud Arbery's family is still waiting for ex-prosecutor's misconduct trial after 3 years

The family of Ahmaud Arbery is waiting for stalled court proceedings to resume in the case of a former Georgia prosecutor accused of interfering with the police investigation into the Black man's killing.

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'Where's Ronald Greene's justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist's deadly arrest

Read full article: 'Where's Ronald Greene's justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist's deadly arrest

Ronald Greene’s deadly arrest on a rural Louisiana roadside in 2019 sparked outrage after The Associated Press published long-suppressed body-camera video showing white state troopers stunning, beating and dragging the Black motorist as he wailed, “I’m scared!”.

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Ahmaud Arbery’s killers ask a US appeals court to overturn their hate crime convictions

Read full article: Ahmaud Arbery’s killers ask a US appeals court to overturn their hate crime convictions

Three white men are asking a U.S. appeals court to throw out their hate crime convictions in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

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Ahmaud Arbery’s family plans to travel to Atlanta before convicted killers appeal hate crime

Read full article: Ahmaud Arbery’s family plans to travel to Atlanta before convicted killers appeal hate crime

The family of Ahmaud Arbery gathered in Southeast Georgia days before his three killers prepare to appeal their federal hate crime convictions in court.

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Brunswick prayer vigil held for ‘Ahmaud Arbery Day,’ 4 years after deadly encounter in Georgia

Read full article: Brunswick prayer vigil held for ‘Ahmaud Arbery Day,’ 4 years after deadly encounter in Georgia

Four years after Ahmaud Arbery was gunned down while jogging in the Satilla Shores neighborhood, near Brunswick, a prayer vigil is planned to honor his memory on the day named for the 25-year-old.

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Georgia governor signs bill that would define antisemitism in state law

Read full article: Georgia governor signs bill that would define antisemitism in state law

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a law defining antisemitism in state law.

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Judge rejects effort to dismiss case against former DA charged in Ahmaud Arbery killing’s aftermath

Read full article: Judge rejects effort to dismiss case against former DA charged in Ahmaud Arbery killing’s aftermath

A judge Tuesday refused to dismiss misconduct charges against a former Georgia prosecutor accused of hindering the investigation into the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

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Mississippi judge declares mistrial for 2 white men charged in attack on Black FedEx driver

Read full article: Mississippi judge declares mistrial for 2 white men charged in attack on Black FedEx driver

A Mississippi judge has cited police errors in declaring a mistrial for two white men accused of chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx employee who was making a delivery.

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Trial begins for 2 white Mississippi men charged with shooting at Black FedEx driver

Read full article: Trial begins for 2 white Mississippi men charged with shooting at Black FedEx driver

Attorneys made brief opening arguments Tuesday in the trial of two white men in Mississippi who are accused of chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx driver who had dropped off a package at a home.

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Tom Durden, Georgia DA who ordered takeover of stalled Ahmaud Arbery investigation, dies at 66

Read full article: Tom Durden, Georgia DA who ordered takeover of stalled Ahmaud Arbery investigation, dies at 66

The longtime Georgia prosecutor who called in state investigators to build a case against the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery has died.

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Ahmaud Arbery's killers deny racist motives in appeals

Read full article: Ahmaud Arbery's killers deny racist motives in appeals

Three white men sentenced to prison in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery are asking an appeals court to throw out their federal hate crime convictions.

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Attorney says it’s unlikely that 3 men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery can overturn case after they file appeal

Read full article: Attorney says it’s unlikely that 3 men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery can overturn case after they file appeal

The men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia in 2020 are now looking to have their hate crime convictions overturned.

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One of Arbery’s killers moved to medical prison in Georgia

Read full article: One of Arbery’s killers moved to medical prison in Georgia

One of the men convicted of chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood in 2020 has been moved to a medical prison, according to Georgia Department of Corrections records.

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Hearing delayed for ex-DA charged in wake of Ahmaud Arbery killing

Read full article: Hearing delayed for ex-DA charged in wake of Ahmaud Arbery killing

A judge has postponed a court hearing this week for a former Georgia prosecutor charged with meddling in the police investigation of the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

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Garland: Justice Dept.'s civil rights work is key priority

Read full article: Garland: Justice Dept.'s civil rights work is key priority

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says the early work of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division meant confronting white supremacists who were intimidating Black voters, and the division's work remains urgent 65 years later amid a surge of hate crimes.

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Chauvin moved to Arizona federal pen in George Floyd killing

Read full article: Chauvin moved to Arizona federal pen in George Floyd killing

Derek Chauvin has been moved from a Minnesota state prison where he was often held in solitary confinement to a medium-security federal prison in Arizona, where the former police officer convicted in George Floyd’s killing may be held under less restrictive conditions.

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Brunswick mayor, advocacy group leader hope positive change will follow end of hate crime case

Read full article: Brunswick mayor, advocacy group leader hope positive change will follow end of hate crime case

The city of Brunswick is focusing on how to move forward and address racial inequalities in the community following the federal sentencing of the three men responsible in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

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Brunswick honors Ahmaud Arbery day after end of hate crimes case

Read full article: Brunswick honors Ahmaud Arbery day after end of hate crimes case

A crowd of dozens chanted on a sweltering street corner Tuesday as Ahmaud Arbery’s hometown unveiled new street signs honoring the young Black man who was fatally shot after being chased by three white men in a nearby neighborhood — a crime local officials vowed to never forget.

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Town honors Ahmaud Arbery day after end of hate crimes case

Read full article: Town honors Ahmaud Arbery day after end of hate crimes case

Ahmaud Arbery is being honored by his hometown after stiff sentences for hate crimes against the white men who chased and killed him.

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Attorney explains: Why would McMichaels, Bryan request federal over state prison?

Read full article: Attorney explains: Why would McMichaels, Bryan request federal over state prison?

The father and son convicted of murder in 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting were sentenced Monday to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime.

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Father, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death

Read full article: Father, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death

The white father and son convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting after they chased the 25-year-old Black man through a Georgia neighborhood have been sentenced to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime.

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Breonna Taylor supporters relieved by charges against police

Read full article: Breonna Taylor supporters relieved by charges against police

Louisville activists who put in long hours protesting the death of Breonna Taylor at the hands of police say they felt relief this week when federal officials charged four officers.

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Lawyer: Arbery shooter fears he’ll be killed in state prison

Read full article: Lawyer: Arbery shooter fears he’ll be killed in state prison

The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing him in a Georgia neighborhood says he's afraid fellow inmates will kill him if he's sent to a state prison to serve a life sentence for murder.

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McMichaels’ motion to acquit men of hate crimes charges denied

Read full article: McMichaels’ motion to acquit men of hate crimes charges denied

A federal judge has denied a request to acquit three men convicted of hate crimes against Ahmaud Arbery.

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Ahmaud Arbery pursuer seeks leniency in hate crimes sentence

Read full article: Ahmaud Arbery pursuer seeks leniency in hate crimes sentence

The white man who initiated the neighborhood chase that resulted in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery is asking a federal judge to show leniency when he’s sentenced next week for a federal hate crime conviction.

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Kansas equity efforts bring little change after George Floyd

Read full article: Kansas equity efforts bring little change after George Floyd

Elected leaders in Kansas convened community groups and held town hall conversations after demonstrators protested George Floyd’s death statewide.

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Hate crime laws vary by state & are prosecuted differently

Read full article: Hate crime laws vary by state & are prosecuted differently

According to the FBI, 7,759 hate crimes happened in the United States. More than 100 happened in Florida and nearly 200 in Georgia.

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Ex-Oklahoma officers charged in fatal shooting of Black man

Read full article: Ex-Oklahoma officers charged in fatal shooting of Black man

Two former Oklahoma police officers have been charged with first-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man in December while responding to a 911 call of an alleged protective order violation.

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After Arbery killing, 16 calls between DA, shooter’s dad

Read full article: After Arbery killing, 16 calls between DA, shooter’s dad

Georgia prosecutors say the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery was followed by 16 phone calls between the local district attorney and a former employee later convicted of murder in the shooting.

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Louisville mayor's race plays out amid lingering tensions

Read full article: Louisville mayor's race plays out amid lingering tensions

Louisville's mayoral race is taking place in a city roiled by racial tension, a spike in gun violence and deep misgivings many harbor about the Louisville police department.

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Arbery killers' sentencing for hate crimes moved to August

Read full article: Arbery killers' sentencing for hate crimes moved to August

A federal judge has postponed sentencing for the white men convicted of hate crimes in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery until Aug. 8.

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Arbery's killers scheduled for August hate crimes sentencing

Read full article: Arbery's killers scheduled for August hate crimes sentencing

Sentencing is set for Aug. 1 for three white men convicted of federal hate crimes for chasing and killing Black man Ahmaud Arbery.

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Former pastor Ken Adkins demanding new trial, claims prosecutorial misconduct on part of Jackie Johnson

Read full article: Former pastor Ken Adkins demanding new trial, claims prosecutorial misconduct on part of Jackie Johnson

Former church leader Ken Adkins, who was convicted at a trial in 2017 of child molestation and sentenced to 35 years in prison, plus life on probation, is demanding a Georgia court give him a new trial on his child molestation charges.

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NBA at 75: 2010s featured seismic shifts on, off the court

Read full article: NBA at 75: 2010s featured seismic shifts on, off the court

Two of the NBA’s most significant dynasties emerged in the second decade of the 2000s.

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EXPLAINER: What's behind the new federal anti-lynching law?

Read full article: EXPLAINER: What's behind the new federal anti-lynching law?

The history of racial violence in the U.S. is the backdrop as President Joe Biden signs the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act into law.

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Attorneys: Ex-prosecutor never hindered Arbery investigators

Read full article: Attorneys: Ex-prosecutor never hindered Arbery investigators

Attorneys for a former Georgia prosecutor charged with misconduct in the investigation of Ahmaud Arbery’s killing say she never tried to discourage police from making arrests in the shooting of the 25-year-old Black man.

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EXPLAINER: What's behind federal anti-lynching legislation?

Read full article: EXPLAINER: What's behind federal anti-lynching legislation?

The history of racial violence in the U.S. is the backdrop as President Joe Biden is expected to sign the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act into law.

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Breonna Taylor’s family, supporters sustain push for justice

Read full article: Breonna Taylor’s family, supporters sustain push for justice

Breonna Taylor’s family has joined with demonstrators and other supporters to honor the two-year anniversary of the Black woman’s passing in a botched police raid.

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Greg, Travis McMichael asks district court for judgement of acquittal in federal trial

Read full article: Greg, Travis McMichael asks district court for judgement of acquittal in federal trial

Greg and Travis McMichael, the white father and son who were convicted of committing a racially motivated hate crime in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, have asked a federal judge to overrule the jury’s guilty verdicts.

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Georgia Bar dismisses complaints against attorneys involved in Ahmaud Arbery death investigation

Read full article: Georgia Bar dismisses complaints against attorneys involved in Ahmaud Arbery death investigation

Georgia State Representatives Sandra Scott, Viola Davis and two other lawmakers filed complaints in January to the State Bar of Georgia against attorney Jackie Johnson and George Barnhill following their handling of Ahmaud Arbery’s death investigation.

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Breonna Taylor's family, protesters upset over acquittal

Read full article: Breonna Taylor's family, protesters upset over acquittal

The acquittal of an ex-Louisville officer tied to the botched drug raid that ended with Breonna Taylor’s death is stirring the frustrations of her family and protesters.

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Ex-officer cleared in shooting during Breonna Taylor raid

Read full article: Ex-officer cleared in shooting during Breonna Taylor raid

A Kentucky jury has cleared a former police officer who fired shots during the 2020 drug raid that ended with Breonna Taylor’s death.

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Jury foreman: Ahmaud Arbery killers showed `so much hatred'

Read full article: Jury foreman: Ahmaud Arbery killers showed `so much hatred'

The Black man who served as foreman of the jury that returned hate crime convictions against the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery says he believes the verdicts show no one is above the law.

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For 3 more officers at Floyd killing, jury says: Guilty

Read full article: For 3 more officers at Floyd killing, jury says: Guilty

The three Minneapolis police officers alongside Derek Chauvin at the scene of George Floyd’s killing offered a variety of reasons why they weren’t to blame, including experience, bad training and the supposed threat of angry bystanders.

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For world, Floyd's death was about race. Why not the trials?

Read full article: For world, Floyd's death was about race. Why not the trials?

For people around the world, the killing of George Floyd was about race.

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Trayvon Martin, 10 years later: Teen's death changes nation

Read full article: Trayvon Martin, 10 years later: Teen's death changes nation

The killing of Trayvon Martin at the hands of a stranger still reverberates 10 years later -- in protest, in partisanship, in racial reckoning and reactionary response, in social justice and social media.

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I-TEAM: What will prison life be like for 3 men convicted of federal hate crimes?

Read full article: I-TEAM: What will prison life be like for 3 men convicted of federal hate crimes?

The News4JAX ITEAM is looking into what life will be like for the 3 men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery and NOW convicted of federal hate crimes.

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Ahmaud Arbery's hometown hopes for change after convictions

Read full article: Ahmaud Arbery's hometown hopes for change after convictions

Back-to-back convictions of the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery have bolstered civil rights activists who viewed the case as a test of the criminal justice system.

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In wake of federal hate crime convictions, family, supporters mark 2 years since Arbery’s murder

Read full article: In wake of federal hate crime convictions, family, supporters mark 2 years since Arbery’s murder

Wednesday marks two years since Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed while running in the Satilla Shores neighborhood just outside Brunswick. It’s also the day after a jury affirmed what Arbery’s family has been saying all along -- that he was chased down and killed because he was Black.

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Ex-officer charged in Breonna Taylor raid begins trial

Read full article: Ex-officer charged in Breonna Taylor raid begins trial

Nearly two years after the botched police raid that killed Breonna Taylor, the only officer facing criminal charges is standing trial.

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Jury ends 1st day, no verdict for 3 cops in Floyd killing

Read full article: Jury ends 1st day, no verdict for 3 cops in Floyd killing

Jurors at the federal trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights went home Wednesday without reaching a verdict.

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Arbery family, supporters set sights on former Brunswick DA after hate crimes verdicts

Read full article: Arbery family, supporters set sights on former Brunswick DA after hate crimes verdicts

Jackie Johnson was indicted in September. She’s charged with violating her oath as a public officer and obstructing police.

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Almost 2 years to day of fatal shooting, 3 men convicted of hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery killing

Read full article: Almost 2 years to day of fatal shooting, 3 men convicted of hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery killing

Nearly two years to the day that their son was shot dead in the street while jogging through a neighborhood in Satilla Shores, the parents of Ahmaud Arbery embraced in a federal courthouse in Brunswick on Tuesday as the verdicts were read against the three men convicted of taking his life.

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Arbery killers convicted of federal hate crimes in his death

Read full article: Arbery killers convicted of federal hate crimes in his death

The three white men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting have been found guilty of federal hate crimes.

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Prosecutor: 3 cops in Floyd killing 'chose to do nothing'

Read full article: Prosecutor: 3 cops in Floyd killing 'chose to do nothing'

A prosecutor says three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights “chose to do nothing” as Officer Derek Chauvin squeezed the life out of Floyd.

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Jury adjourns for day without verdict in hate crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers

Read full article: Jury adjourns for day without verdict in hate crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers

A jury in Georgia has adjourned without a verdict in the federal hate crimes trial over the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

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Jury adjourns for day without verdict in hate crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers

Read full article: Jury adjourns for day without verdict in hate crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers

A jury in Georgia has adjourned without a verdict in the federal hate crimes trial over the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

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The government and defense rest their case in federal hate crimes trial

Read full article: The government and defense rest their case in federal hate crimes trial

Witnesses in the federal hate crimes trial of the men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery say they recall racist statements by two of the defendants.

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Witnesses recall racist comments by men in Arbery killing

Read full article: Witnesses recall racist comments by men in Arbery killing

Witnesses in the federal hate crimes trial of the men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery say they recall racist statements by two of the defendants.

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Arbery not seen stealing, cop told hate crime defendants

Read full article: Arbery not seen stealing, cop told hate crime defendants

A police officer testifying at the hate crimes trial of three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery says he told two of the defendants just days before the shooting that there was evidence the young Black man had done anything worse than trespassing.

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Wallace grudgingly relives 2020 turmoil in new Netflix doc

Read full article: Wallace grudgingly relives 2020 turmoil in new Netflix doc

Bubba Wallace revisits his role in the national racial reckoning in an upcoming Netflix documentary.

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FBI: Defendants in Arbery killing used repeated racial slurs

Read full article: FBI: Defendants in Arbery killing used repeated racial slurs

An FBI intelligence analyst is going through dozens of text messages and social media posts in which two of the three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery repeatedly used racial slurs.

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Jury being sequestered in Arbery federal hate crimes trial: court order

Read full article: Jury being sequestered in Arbery federal hate crimes trial: court order

According to a court order signed Monday by Judge Lisa Godbey Wood, the jury in the Ahmaud Arbery federal hate crimes trial is being sequestered “throughout the course of the trial.”

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`I felt guilty': Neighbors recall Arbery's killing in court

Read full article: `I felt guilty': Neighbors recall Arbery's killing in court

Neighbors of the three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery testified at the trio's federal hate crime trial about the shock they felt when gunshots rang out in their neighborhood.

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Prosecutor: Arbery's killers known to use racist slurs

Read full article: Prosecutor: Arbery's killers known to use racist slurs

A federal prosecutor says the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery had all expressed negative views toward Black people and used racist slurs in the past.

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Prosecutor: Ahmaud Arbery’s killers known to use racist slurs

Read full article: Prosecutor: Ahmaud Arbery’s killers known to use racist slurs

The three white men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery had histories of making racist comments or using slurs in text messages that stunned their friends and colleagues, a federal prosecutor told jurors Monday as the trio stood trial on hate crime charges in the 25-year-old Black man’s death.

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S Carolina push to be 49th state with hate crime law stalls

Read full article: S Carolina push to be 49th state with hate crime law stalls

South Carolina remains one of only two states without a hate crimes law, and proponents worry that efforts in the Legislature are stalling to increase penalties for crimes committed against minorities and others victimized by prejudice.

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Judge in Arbery death federal trial to seat jury Monday

Read full article: Judge in Arbery death federal trial to seat jury Monday

The federal judge presiding over the hate crimes trial in the death of Ahmaud Arbery says she plans to seat a jury Monday, and expects attorneys to make their opening statements as well.

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Judge in Ahmaud Arbery death federal trial to seat jury Monday

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The federal judge presiding over the hate crimes trial of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery said she will seat a jury Monday after a week spent asking potential jurors what they already know about the Black man’s death as well as their views on racism in America.

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Hate crime probe sought in Mississippi attempted shooting

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Attorneys for a Black delivery driver are calling for a federal hate crimes investigation into the attempted shooting of the driver in Mississippi.

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Jury selection could wrap up soon in Arbery death federal trial

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With 57 potential jurors qualified so far, jury selection in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery could wrap up soon.

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Jury selection resumes in Arbery death federal trial

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Jury selection is off to a fast start in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men already convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.

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July selection moving quickly in Arbery death federal trial

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The questioning of potential jurors in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery is moving quickly.

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In Ahmaud Arbery death case, possible jurors question hate crimes

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Several potential jurors in the hate crimes trial of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery said in court Tuesday that they believe problems with racism in America are exaggerated and questioned whether there should be special charges or punishments for crimes motivated by race.

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Black colleges alarmed by bomb threats, but undeterred

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Numerous historically Black colleges and universities across the U.S. temporarily locked down their campuses last week in response to at least 17 threats of bombs and gun violence.

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Jury selection begins in federal hate crimes trial for convicted Ahmaud Arbery killers

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The judge plans to bring in 1,000 potential jurors from more than 40 Georgia counties.

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Jury selection to begin in federal hate crimes trial for convicted Ahmaud Arbery killers

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Three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery are heading for a second trial in federal court, where jury selection could be complicated by failed plea bargains in the case.

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Arbery killers' failed pleas may complicate hate crime trial

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Three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery are heading for a second trial in federal court, where jury selection could be complicated by failed plea bargains in the case.

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Ahmaud Arbery’s shooter withdraws guilty plea on hate crime charge

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The man convicted of murder for shooting Ahmaud Arbery withdrew his guilty plea on a federal hate crime charge Friday, electing to stand trial for a second time in the 2020 killing of a Black man that became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice.

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Arbery’s shooter withdraws guilty plea on hate crime charge

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The man convicted of murder for shooting Ahmaud Arbery is withdrawing his guilty plea on a federal hate crime charge.

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Greg McMichael won’t plead to hate crime in Arbery death

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The man who initiated the deadly chased that led to the killing of Ahmaud Arbery has reversed course and decided not to plead guilty to a federal hate crime charge.

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Parkland school shooter’s trial delayed again

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The penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be delayed until April.

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Justice Department won't reopen probe into Tamir Rice death

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The Justice Department says it will not reopen the federal investigation into the 2014 death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was shot to death by Cleveland police.

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