Ahmaud Arbery's family asks judge to give his killers maximum punishment.
Ahmaud Arbery's parents and sister said in court Friday that he died doing what he loved most — running — and that the features they loved most about him, including his dark skin and athletic physique, are what prompted the three white mento chase and kill him as he ran through their neighborhood in Georgia in February 2020.
"The man who killed my son has sat in this courtroom every single day next to his father. I'll never get that chance to sit next to my son ever again. Not at a general table. Not at a holiday. And not at a wedding," Marcus Arbery said, adding that he hoped no one in the courtroom would ever have to bury their child.
Prosecutors said Arbery spent five minutes running from the men. Travis McMichael shot Arbery, 25, with a shotgun at close range. Bryan filmed the encounter on his cellphone. She wept as she said:"The loss of Ahmaud has devastated me and my family. So I'm asking that the men who killed him be given the maximum sentence available to the court."
"Son, I love you as much today as I did the day that you were born," she continued."Raising you was the honor of my life, and I'm very proud of you.""Your honor, these men have chosen to lie and attack my son and his surviving family," she said."They each have no remorse and do not deserve any leniency. This wasn't a case of mistaken identity or mistaken fact. They chose to target my son because they didn't want him in their community.
Cooper-Jones said Arbery had a smile so bright it lit up a room. On her blazer was a pin with a photo of her and Arbery.
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