Current Events > Ahmaud Arbery killer gets life sentence for federal hate crime conviction

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UnlikedMonkey
08/08/22 12:21:03 PM
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Travis McMichael, one of the three White men convicted in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, was sentenced Monday to life in prison plus 10 years after his federal convictions this year on interference with rights -- a hate crime -- along with attempted kidnapping and weapon use charges.
His father Gregory McMichael and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan are due to be sentenced later Monday at the same Georgia courthouse on convictions of the same federal charges. All three already are serving life sentences for their convictions in state court on a series of charges related to the killing of the 25-year-old Black man, including felony murder.
Travis McMichael, his father and Bryan were found guilty of the federal charges in February, with the jury accepting prosecutors' argument the defendants acted out of racial animus toward Arbery. Travis McMichael, who fatally shot Arbery, was also found guilty of using and carrying a Remington shotgun while his father, Gregory was found guilty of using and carrying a .357 Magnum revolver.
Travis McMichael's life sentence, along with 20 years on the attempted kidnapping charge, is to be served concurrently with his state sentence, US District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood ruled Monday, with the additional 10 years on the weapons charge to be served consecutively. The judge ruled Travis McMichael did not have the funds to pay a fine.
Arbery's killing, months before the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, were in some ways harbingers of the nationwide protests that erupted that summer as demonstrators decried how people of color sometimes are treated by law enforcement.
To make their case, federal prosecutors focused on how each defendant had spoken about Black people in public and in private, using inflammatory, derogatory and racist language.
Prosecutors and Arbery's family had said he was out for a jog -- a common pastime for the former high school football player -- on February 23, 2020, when the defendants chased and killed him in their neighborhood outside Brunswick, Georgia.
Defense attorneys argued the McMichaels pursued Arbery in a pickup truck through neighborhood streets to stop him for police, believing he matched the description of someone captured in footage recorded at a home under construction. Prosecutors acknowledged Arbery had entered the home in the past, but he never took anything.
The defense also argued Travis McMichael shot Arbery in self-defense as they wrestled over McMichael's shotgun. Bryan joined the pursuit in his own truck after seeing the McMichaels follow Arbery in their pickup as he ran; Bryan recorded video of the shooting.
Two prosecutors initially instructed Glynn County police not to make arrests, and the defendants weren't arrested for more than two months -- and only after Bryan's video of the killing surfaced, sparking the nationwide outcry.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/us/ahmaud-arbery-hate-crime-federal-sentencing/index.html

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ZMythos
08/08/22 12:22:28 PM
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The optimist in me hopes that this sends a message to all racists that there are consequences for their actions.

But I know it wont really.

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I4NRulez
08/08/22 12:22:39 PM
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I still remember there being people on this board that defended the killers lol.

Like "WHY WAS HE RUNNING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD!?"

or

"WHY WAS HE NEAR A CONSTRUCTION SITE" when the answer was he was getting water or some basic shit lol.

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Tyranthraxus
08/08/22 12:26:46 PM
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Fuck these guys so hard that the whole world loses virginity

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Jupiter
08/08/22 12:27:48 PM
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I4NRulez posted...
I still remember there being people on this board that defended the killers lol.

Like "WHY WAS HE RUNNING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD!?"

or

"WHY WAS HE NEAR A CONSTRUCTION SITE" when the answer was he was getting water or some basic shit lol.
It kills me when people try to look into the victim's past and expose dirt in order to "justify" being wrongly killed. As if that had anything to do with why he was murdered.

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BuckVanHammer
08/08/22 12:28:15 PM
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nice.

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Smashingpmkns
08/08/22 12:28:39 PM
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Hope he enjoys his stay

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Ratchetrockon
08/08/22 12:29:32 PM
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Yay

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metralo
08/08/22 12:32:26 PM
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Jupiter posted...
It kills me when people try to look into the victim's past and expose dirt in order to "justify" being wrongly killed. As if that had anything to do with why he was murdered.

literally only when black people are murdered too. hmm wonder why

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CableZL
08/08/22 12:33:16 PM
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Remember when people were saying there was no chance it was racially motivated

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dummy420
08/08/22 12:33:57 PM
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Did they ever pursue anything against the AG who swept this under the rug?

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legendary_zell
08/08/22 12:35:42 PM
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Everyone who defended a blatant hate crime will never look inwardly at themselves and wonder what parts of their worldview led them so far astray.

If you defended this, you publicly defended a lynching in 2020.

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SauI_Goodman
08/08/22 12:36:55 PM
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ZMythos posted...
The optimist in me hopes that this sends a message to all racists that there are consequences for their actions.

But I know it wont really.
Yeah right more like they just wont film the evidence.

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MrAndersonWb
08/08/22 12:36:56 PM
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I4NRulez posted...
I still remember there being people on this board that defended the killers lol.

Like "WHY WAS HE RUNNING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD!?"

or

"WHY WAS HE NEAR A CONSTRUCTION SITE" when the answer was he was getting water or some basic shit lol.

every single time.

well he/she returned a book to the library 2 weeks late in 1998, and rumors say he smoked pot once in high school.

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Alucard188
08/08/22 12:40:25 PM
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To think this never would have happened if the killers didn't release the video because they thought they were in the right.

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hockeybub89
08/08/22 12:42:56 PM
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MrAndersonWb posted...
every single time.

well he/she returned a book to the library 2 weeks late in 1998, and rumors say he smoked pot once in high school.
"He did a stint in jail 10 years ago, so it's not like we're losing an upstanding member of society"

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thronedfire2
08/08/22 12:43:31 PM
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ZMythos posted...
The optimist in me hopes that this sends a message to all racists that there are consequences for their actions.

But I know it wont really.

yeah, itll tell them not to record their murders since this would have just been swept under the rug without video evidence

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hockeybub89
08/08/22 12:45:40 PM
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We're so lucky these bumpkins were stupid enough to show the video. An innocent man's death would have never received proper justice.

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InTheEyesOfFire
08/08/22 12:46:23 PM
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Alucard188 posted...
To think this never would have happened if the killers didn't release the video because they thought they were in the right.


Really effed up. Its insane those prosecutors wont face any scrutiny for that shit.

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Jupiter
08/08/22 12:47:24 PM
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Imagine how often this happens where the murderers DON'T record themselves. It's saddening.

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El_Marsh
08/08/22 12:49:47 PM
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Pretty easy call. I'm still surprised that they didn't fuck it up.

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Ruvan22
08/08/22 12:53:32 PM
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I4NRulez posted...
I still remember there being people on this board that defended the killers lol.

Like "WHY WAS HE RUNNING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD!?"

or

"WHY WAS HE NEAR A CONSTRUCTION SITE" when the answer was he was getting water or some basic shit lol.

Don't forget the "If he had just answered their questions/not tried to grab the gun he would have lived!!!"
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Ruvan22
08/08/22 12:53:56 PM
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CableZL posted...
Remember when people were saying there was no chance it was racially motivated

Pepperidge Farms and Ruvan 22 remembers...
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CableZL
08/08/22 1:01:31 PM
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dummy420 posted...
Did they ever pursue anything against the AG who swept this under the rug?
Jackie Johnson was arrested, but I can't find any trial info

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CADE_FOSTER
08/08/22 1:27:50 PM
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ZMythos posted...
The optimist in me hopes that this sends a message to all racists that there are consequences for their actions.

But I know it wont really.

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Mearcstapa
08/08/22 1:31:21 PM
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UnlikedMonkey posted...
life in prison plus 10 years

Lol, they really should just leave his corpse rotting in the cell for 10 years after he dies

anyway, good riddance to bad garbage.

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A_Good_Boy
08/08/22 1:31:57 PM
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Ruvan22 posted...
Don't forget the "If he had just answered their questions/not tried to grab the gun he would have lived!!!"
Oh god that was especially infuriating.

"He deserved to die because he tried grabbing the gun they were shoving in his face!"

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Darkprince21
08/08/22 1:32:27 PM
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That whole story is still crazy to believe. Like some ye olde shit. Straight up gathered the boys in a pickup truck and went chasing. Then the guy releases the video and fucked them all lol
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Ilishe
08/08/22 1:33:04 PM
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UnlikedMonkey posted...
and only after Bryan's video of the killing surfaced, sparking the nationwide outcry.

He posted a video of the murder?

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CADE_FOSTER
08/08/22 1:34:00 PM
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I imagine none of them make it very long in prison
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ThePieReborn
08/08/22 1:34:49 PM
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Ilishe posted...
He posted a video of the murder?
Somehow their attorney thought it would do them some sort of favor.

I genuinely can't fathom what sort of shit that dumbass had been smoking.

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A_Good_Boy
08/08/22 1:35:39 PM
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Ilishe posted...
He posted a video of the murder?
The killers posted the video online thinking it would exonerate them.


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Tyranthraxus
08/08/22 1:36:33 PM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
The killers posted the video online thinking it would exonerate them.
It was actually their attorney that did it which is even dumber.

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Zero_Destroyer
08/08/22 1:39:53 PM
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there were actual CE users saying Trump should pardon these guys

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CADE_FOSTER
08/08/22 1:40:27 PM
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Zero_Destroyer posted...
there were actual CE users saying Trump should pardon these guys
you dont think he will if re elected cuz he def will
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CableZL
08/08/22 1:41:21 PM
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I've learned in recent years that you can be dumb AF, but still do pretty well in as an attorney.
  • Sidney Powell
  • Rudy Giuliani
  • John Eastman
  • Alex Jones' lawyers in the defamation case
  • Jenna Ellis
  • Jeffrey Clark

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A_Good_Boy
08/08/22 1:41:34 PM
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Zero_Destroyer posted...
there were actual CE users saying Trump should pardon these guys
Too bad none of those users can come in and defend their opinions cause they've all since been banned.

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yusiko
08/08/22 1:41:55 PM
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Yeah he pardoned that sheriff who let a woman die in her cell
He would pardon them all if he won again


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KnightofShikari
08/08/22 1:47:55 PM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
Too bad none of those users can come in and defend their opinions cause they've all since been banned.
but if they use their alts they'll say they were banned unfairly for "perfectly normal conservative views"

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yusiko
08/08/22 1:48:55 PM
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KnightofShikari posted...
but if they use their alts they'll say they were banned unfairly for "perfectly normal conservative views"


and they are telling the truth
its just that the normla conservative views are terrifying and horrible

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Interstella5555
08/08/22 1:49:06 PM
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ZMythos posted...
The optimist in me hopes that this sends a message to all racists that there are consequences for their actions.

But I know it wont really.

Nope, they'll just scream about how woke/cencel culture won't let them straight up murder minorities anymore.
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dioxxys
08/08/22 1:50:09 PM
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CableZL posted...
Remember when people were saying there was no chance it was racially motivated
Well that was before we had undeniable video proof.

Glad this 3rd idiot showed up and decided recording was a good job or they may have not had the proper evidence to put these scumbags away.
Its so hard to accept people can be this evil...
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yusiko
08/08/22 1:52:50 PM
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dioxxys posted...
Well that was before we had undeniable video proof.


this case wasnt really a big thing until the video proof came out since it was covered up until the tape got posted
remember the cops told the family he was shot while doing a home invasion
no one would have known he was murdered in a hate crime because one of his killers was a former cop and cops protect their own instead of upholding the law

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Umbreon
08/08/22 1:53:19 PM
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Jupiter posted...
Imagine how often this happens where the murderers DON'T record themselves. It's saddening.

Didn't a sheriff also try to cover this up or something?

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dioxxys
08/08/22 1:54:19 PM
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yeesh

I thought I remembered people discussing it before the video came out because I also remembered people arguing it wasnt racially motivated but itd hard to deny when you have people on video dropping the N word, but I could be wrong.
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thronedfire2
08/08/22 2:19:54 PM
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dioxxys posted...
yeesh

I thought I remembered people discussing it before the video came out because I also remembered people arguing it wasnt racially motivated but itd hard to deny when you have people on video dropping the N word, but I could be wrong.

yeah the guy literally said fucking (n-word) right after he shot him and people were trying to say it wasnt a racially motivated thing

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Cocytus
08/08/22 2:20:52 PM
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If he were in Texas I would've went further if I were on the jury.
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mybbqrules
08/08/22 2:28:21 PM
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Good, justice was done.

It'll never bring an innocent man back, but maybe it'll dissuade the next racist MAGA shitbag from vigilante "justice".

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CADE_FOSTER
08/08/22 2:29:50 PM
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mybbqrules posted...
Good, justice was done.

It'll never bring an innocent man back, but maybe it'll dissuade the next racist MAGA shitbag from vigilante "justice".
Will it they almost got away with this one if not for recording it
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mybbqrules
08/08/22 2:31:54 PM
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CADE_FOSTER posted...
you dont think he will if re elected cuz he def will
Was it federal or state? Because if it's state they're fucked regardless.

A_Good_Boy posted...
Too bad none of those users can come in and defend their opinions cause they've all since been banned.
Ask their alts. Guarantee you every one of those shitposters has at least one.

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