US Attorney General Merrick Garland has described how Ahmaud Arbery’s killers “targeted, chased, shot and killed” the Black jogger because of the colour of his skin, as he welcomed the three white men’s convictions on federal hate crimes charges.
AG Garland appeared to choke up with emotion on Tuesday as he held a press conference after a jury found that Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr were motivated by racial hate when they chased down and murdered Mr Arbery in a neighbourhood in Brunswick, Georgia, in February 2020.
