BRUNSWICK, Ga. - A federal grand jury has found the three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery guilty on all counts of interfering with the victim's civil rights Tuesday in connection to the deadly shooting of the jogger in Georgia.Tuesday morning, the jury told Judge Lisa Godbey Wood that they found father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan guilty of violating Arbery's civil rights and targeting the 25-year-old man because he was Black.
All three men were previously convicted of murder in a Georgia state court and sentenced to life in prison for the fatal shooting.All three men were found guilty of interference with Arbery's rights and attempted kidnapping.
Both Greg and Travis McMichael were also found guilty of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence with Travis guilty of an additional charge of discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.
The trial closed Monday just before 11 a.m. with prosecutors saying 25-year-old Arbery’s slaying on a residential street was motivated by "pent-up racial anger," revealed by the defendants’ electronic messages as well as by witnesses who testified to hearing them make racist tirades and insults."All three defendants told you loud and clear, in their own words, how they feel about African Americans," prosecutor Tara Lyons told the jury Monday.Closing arguments in the case began Monday as prosecutors worked to prove race was a factor in Ahmaud Arbery's death.