First officer to find Ahmaud Arbery wounded says he heard "death rattle"
Jurors were shown graphic, closeup police photos Monday of the gunshot wounds that killed Ahmaud Arbery.
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Jurors were shown graphic, closeup police photos Monday of the gunshot wounds that killed Ahmaud Arbery.
The trial of the three White men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery is underway in Brunswick, Georgia. Prosecutors started the trial by showing a graphic video of Arbery being chased down and killed. It was the first time Arbery's mother had seen the video. Omar Villafranca reports.
Ahmaud Arbery's mother watched graphic footage of her son being chased down and killed by three White men as their trial began. Omar Villafranca has the latest.
A murder trial is underway for three white Georgia men, accused of killing 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, who was black. CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman joins CBSN to discuss.
"All three of these defendants did everything they did based on assumptions — not on fact, not on evidence, on assumptions," the prosecutor said.
There are accusations of discrimination in the trial of the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery. One Black juror and 11 White jurors were seated, despite prosecutors objections that some Black jurors were cut because of their race. Omar Villafranca reports.
Prosecutors had asked Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley to reinstate eight Black potential jurors, arguing that defense lawyers struck them from the final jury because of their race.
The three men charged with the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old black man who was shot and killed while jogging in Georgia, made their first appearance in court today. Omar Villafranca has the latest.
Ahmaud Arbery was chased, shot and killed while running through his Georgia neighborhood in February. Now the man whose home Arbery entered shortly before he was killed says nothing was stolen. Omar Villafranca reports.
Georgia’s attorney general appointed a district attorney from the Atlanta area to take over the Ahmaud Arbery case after a father and son are changed with murder, more than 10 weeks after the killing. Omar Villafranca reports.
Georgia state investigators are reviewing additional footage from the neighborhood where Ahmaud Arbery was shot to death while jogging in February. On Friday, people marked what would have been Arbery's 26th birthday by jogging in white T-shirts. Omar Villafranca reports.
Jury selection in the Ahmaud Arbery case is now underway, and could take weeks. Three men have been charged with murder in the killing of Arbery, which was caught on video. Omar Villafranca has the details.
Jury selection has begun in the Ahmaud Arbery case. Three White men are accused of killing the 25-year-old Black man in 2020. Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and William Bryan, who filmed the deadly shooting, have pleaded not guilty to murder charges. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca joined CBSN from Brunswick, Georgia, to discuss.
Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday with 600 people reporting to a Glynn County courthouse.
In Georgia, jury selection begins Monday for the trial of three white men charged with shooting and killing 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man. Arbery was killed on February 23, 2020 while jogging. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca joins CBSN AM to discuss.
The former Brunswick prosecutor faces charges of violation of oath of public officer and obstruction of a police officer.
A mother fights for the truth behind her son’s killing – captured on video. Ahmaud Arbery was jogging when he was chased and shot. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports for "48 Hours." Watch Saturday, June 19 at 10/9c on CBS.
Prosecutors argued against allowing the evidence at the suspects' October trial, calling it an attempt to smear Arbery's character.
The three men were already facing state murder counts in the death of Arbery, who was pursued and gunned down last year.
The three men charged in the killing of the Black man as he jogged through a Georgia neighborhood already face state murder charges.
A federal grand jury indicted three men on hate crime charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was fatally shot while jogging in February 2020.
The House voted 173-0 for House Bill 479 after a debate weighted with Georgia's white supremacist history.
"For nearly three months, Glynn County police officers, the chief of police, and two prosecutors conspired to hide the circumstances surrounding Ahmaud's death and to protect the men who murdered him," the complaint says.
Newly-obtained body camera footage appears to contradict the account presented by one of the men charged in Ahmaud Arbery's killing. William "Roddie" Bryan filmed Gregory and Travis McMichael chasing down and shooting Arbery in February. Bryan's attorney has insisted his client was "never more than a witness" to Arbery's death. Omar Villafranca reports on the new video that suggests Bryan was more involved.
William "Roddie" Bryan told police he tried to "block" Ahmaud Arbery while he was being chased by two other men.