Jury selection is beginning in Georgia for the federal hate crimes trial of the three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man whose death became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice.
, a Black man whose death became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice.
Given extensive pretrial publicity, U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood ordered roughly 1,000 jury duty notices to be mailed to residents across 43 Georgia counties — some of them a roughly four-hour drive from the courthouse in coastal Brunswick. The first 50 jury pool members were to report for questioning Monday to determine if they’re able to serve as fair and impartial jurors. The judge plans to seat a jury of 12 plus four alternate jurors.
Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael armed themselves and used a pickup truck to chase the 25-year-old Arbery after spotting him running in their neighborhood on Feb. 23, 2020. A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, joined the pursuit in his own truck and recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael blasting Arbery with a shotgun.
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