The three white men accused of violating Ahmaud Arbery’s civil rights and targeting him because he was Black were convicted of a federal hate crime on Tuesday in Brunswick, Georgia, the Associated Press reported.
Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan had been charged with attempted kidnapping and interference with rights, which is a hate crime, CNN reported. Prosecutors had alleged that they targeted Arbery because of his race.
The defendants were found guilty on all counts, and the McMichaels were also convicted of an additional…
