Men found guilty in Ahmaud Arbery murder case file appeals for hate crime convictions
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 10, 2023
Arbery, a Black man, was shot dead in February 2020.
March 10, 2023, 11:33 AM ET
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The three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery have filed appeals against their hate crime convictions.
According to court documents filed on March 3, Gregory McMichael and William Bryan argue that race did not factor into their decisions to chase and shoot Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, on Feb. 23, 2020.
Travis McMichael's appeal focuses on whether the streets where Arbery was shot were . . .