Charging the Men who Killed Ahmaud Arbery with a Hate Crime Almost Does Not Feel Extreme Enough

A federal grand jury has indicted Travis and Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan with hate charges in the death of Ahmaud Arbery. If only the charges could be more severe.

Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William ‘Roddie’ Bryan are walking, breathing scum. Subhuman. Fecal matter that speaks in the type of rural Southern twang that Black ears have heard for centuries before taking their last breaths at the hands of virulent racists. This trio of murderers are repulsive reminders that anti-Blackness is as American as…