Today in Georgia Federal court, one of the murderers of Ahmaud Arbery, Travis McMichael received a sentence of Life plus 10 years. Recently, Travis and Greg McMichael, the father and son who chased, trapped, and subsequently murdered Arbery by shooting him with a shotgun attempted to circumvent life sentences in Georgia’s state penitentiary by seeking the opportunity to alternatively serve their sentences in federal prisons, stating they felt “unsafe”...
Ahmaud Arbery
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The three suspects in the Ahmaud Arbery case have officially been indicted by a Georgia grand jury on murder chargers, Cobb County District Attorney Joyette Holmes announced on Wednesday. Gregory McMichael, 64, Travis McMichael, 34, and William “Roddie” Bryan, 50, all face allegations of malice and felony murder in the Feb. 23 death of Arbery. Ahmaud Arbery, aged 25, was shot and killed in Brunswick, Georgia after being gunned...
The black community has always faced criticism when speaking out about the oppressive forces we face in the world. Yet, the music we make, the art and fashion trends we create, and the slang that originated within our communities are heavily used amongst our critics. After the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012, the Black Lives Matter Movement was founded the following year by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and...
By now we’ve probably all heard about the cases of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and the international protests that followed. I think it’s safe to say that most of us are hurt but not surprised. Their stories are only recent additions to America’s long history of violence against African Americans. The first viral case of police brutality that I was old enough to actually process was Trayvon...
