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Ahmaud Arbery’s killers repeatedly used racial slurs, court hears

A mural in Brunswick, Georgia depicting Ahmaud Arbery, who was fatally shot while out jogging in 2020 [File: Sarah Blake Morgan/AP Photo]

Two of the three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery repeatedly used racial slurs in text messages and social media posts, including violent comments about Black people, an FBI agent has testified in a United States courtroom.

Travis McMichael, who along with his father and neighbour is on trial on federal hate crime charges, left a racist digital footprint dating back to at least 2013, FBI agent Amy Vaughan told a US court in Georgia on Wednesday.

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