The father and son convicted of federal hate crimes in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced to life in prison.
A demonstrator holds a sign at the Glynn County Courthouse as jury selection begins in the trial of the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Ga., Oct. 18, 2021.Gregory McMichael, 66, chased 25-year-old Arbery on Feb.
23, 2020, with his son, Travis McMichael, 36, who fired the fatal shot. From left, Travis McMichael, William"Roddie" Bryan, and Gregory McMichael during their trial at at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. The jury is deliberating in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.The McMichaels' neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, 52, who joined the chase and recorded video and was also convicted of federal hate crimes, was sentenced Monday to 35 years. "I would like to say to Mr. Ahmaud Arbery's family and friends how sorry I am for what happened to him on that day," Bryan said in court, according to WSB radio. "I never intended any harm to him, and never would've played any role if I knew then what I know now." Wanda Cooper-Jones and Marcus Arbery, the parents of Ahmaud Arbery, are flanked by Rev. Jesse Jackson and Attorney Lee Merritt while addressing the media following the sentencing of Travis McMichael in federal court in Brunswick, Ga. on Aug. 8, 2022.Arbery's father, Marcus Arbery, told reporters after the sentencing, "When you get caught up and it's looking bad for you, that's when you're trying to apologize? That's a long time." "He should've did it day one," he said. "'Cause Ahmaud was lying on the ground dying and he didn't do nothing to help him." Rev. Jesse Jackson escorts Wanda Cooper Jones, second from left, Ahmaud Arbery's mother, into the federal courthouse, Aug. 8, 2022, in Brunswick, Ga., for the sentencing hearings of the 3 white men convicted of federal hate crimes in the killing of Arbery.Gregory McMichael said in court to the Arbery family, "I’m sure my words mean very little to you but I want to assure you I never wanted any of this to happen."Travis McMichael did not make a statement. Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, told reporters outside the Brunswick, Georgia, courthouse, "I feel every shot every day that I wake up." Marcus Arbery, second from left, father of Ahmaud Arbery, arrives at the federal courthouse, Aug. 8, 2022, in Brunswick, Ga., for the sentencing hearings of the 3 white men convicted of federal hate crimes in the killing of Arbery.
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