The three White men who killed Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger, had previously used racist language and followed Arbery because of their perceptions of Black people, a federal prosecutor said in opening statements of their federal hate crimes trial.
"At the end of the day, the evidence in this case will prove that if Ahmaud Arbery had been White, he would have gone for a jog, checked out a cool house under construction, and been home in time for Sunday supper," Assistant US Attorney Barbara Bernstein told the jury."Instead, he went out for a jog and ended up running for his life.
Bernstein said the witness recalled his reaction to the 2015 news that civil rights leader Julian Bond had died.Federal judge rejects plea deal on hate crime charges in Ahmaud Arbery's killing over sentencing concernsBernstein said the witness quoted Greg McMichael as saying,"I wish he'd been put in the ground years ago. He was nothing but trouble. Those Blacks are nothing but trouble.
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