Father, Son Get Life For Hate Crime In Ahmaud Arberys Death
Brunswick, Georgia. (AP) - A white father and son convicted of fatally shooting Ahmed Arberry after being chased by a 25-year-old black man in a Georgia area were sentenced Monday to life in prison on federal hate crime charges. U.S. District Judge Lisa Godby Wood sentenced Travis McMichael, 36, and his father, Greg McMichael, 66, of Brunswick. Both had previously been sentenced to life in prison in state courts for Arbery's murder. "A young man died. Ahmet Arberi will be 25 years old forever. And what happened to the jury happened because he was black," Wood said. In February, a federal jury found that the McMichaels and neighbor William "Roddy" Bryan violated Arberry's civil rights because he was harassed because of his race. All three were convicted of attempted kidnapping, and McMichaels was convicted of using a weapon in a crime of violence. On February 23, 2020, the McMichaels armed themselves with a gun and used a pickup truck to apprehend Arberr...