Three men indicted on murder charges over shooting of jogger Ahmaud Arbery

A grand jury has indicted Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr on charges including malice and felony murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s death
via Reuters
Michael Howie25 June 2020

Three white men have been accused of murder after a black man was shot dead as he jogged near his home in the US state of Georgia.

Prosecutors announced that a grand jury has indicted Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr on charges including malice and felony murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s death.

Video footage showing the killing of the 25-year-old in the coastal town of Brunswick emerged on social media and went viral last month, 10 weeks after his death, sparking a national outcry.

Days later, the two men seen confronting Mr Arbery in the video, former police officer George McMichael, 64, and his son, Travis, 34, were taken into custody and charged with murder.

Bryan Jr, 50, who recorded the shooting on February 23, was later arrested and also charged with murder.

The killing has been invoked during protests against racial injustice that have broken out across the US since George Floyd’s death last month in Minneapolis.

A grand jury yesterday returned a nine-count indictment against all three men, charging each with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and false imprisonment.

A statue of a 19th century US vice president and slavery advocate John C Calhoun in Charleston, South Carolina, has been pulled down.

The council and mayor voted unanimously to move it to “an appropriate site where it will be protected and preserved”.

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