Crowd outside US court yells "justice" and "yes" as verdicts in Ahmaud Arbery murder trial were read, some waving flags including one for Black Lives Matter movement. Here are some initial reactions to judgment.
Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, a retired police officer, and William Bryan face minimum sentences of life in prison for the February 2020 shooting of the 25-year-old Black man.
Case of three white men accused of murdering the 25-year-old Black man goes to a predominantly white jury after a racially charged trial.
Jury hears closing arguments over whether the three white men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery had any right to chase and shoot unarmed Black man in their mostly white Georgia neighbourhood.
Notices were mailed to 1,000 potential jurors and the selection could take more than two weeks in the trial of three white men charged with chasing and killing Black man Ahmaud Arbery.
Gregory McMichael, his son Travis, and their neighbour William Bryan, have been charged with murder and other offences after chasing 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery and shooting him during a confrontation in February 2020.
A Judge ruled probable cause existed and the case of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black man killed while running in his neighbourhood could go to trial.
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