Men Guilty of Ahmaud Arbery’s Murder File Appeals for Hate Crime Convictions

The three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery have filed appeals of their federal hate crime convictions.

In court documents obtained by NPR, the three men — Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William Bryan — argue that race did not play a role in their decisions to chase and shoot the 25-year-old Black man in February 2020.

“Every crime committed against an African American by a man who has used racist language in the past is not a hate crime,” said defense attorney Pete Theodocion in an appellate brief written on behalf of William Bryan.

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