Travis and Greg McMichael Talked Like Racists Talk and Their Words Informed Their Actions.
The federal hate crime trial for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery is underway and the documented racist language of his murderers is spelling out their intent .
"I can't stand before you today and say that my client has never used the n-word. That he's never said anything derogatory about people of another race. You may think these words and these opinions are absolutely wrong. I do. And no one is going to tell you, the government even told you, that saying these words or expressing these opinions is a crime, no matter how hard to stomach these words and these opinions are going to be." - Amy Lee Copeland, defense attorney for Travis McMichael
The federal hate crime case for Travis and Gregory McMichael is currently underway, and the information that is coming out about who they are and how they spoke about Black Americans is painting a clear picture as to why they hunted and murdered Ahmaud Arbery. The McMichaels were convicted of murder this past November for the death of Ahmaud Arbery in criminal court, and are now being tried to see if their slaughter against Ahmaud meets the threshold of a hate crime.
Here are a few things that have come to the surface about how disparagingly both men regularly talked about Black people:
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