Evidence released in the case against former Georgia prosecutor Jackie Johnson, who faces charges for not prosecuting Ahmaud Arbery's killers, shows she exchanged 16 calls with her former employee, Greg McMichael, after the murder.
Father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael claim the federal government had not sufficiently proved that the unarmed jogger was killed on a public street.
Marcus Ransom, the only Black member of the jury in the federal hate crimes trial against Ahmaud Arbery's killers, said "it was a lot to take in" after witnessing the indifference they showed while Arbery was dying.
Closing arguments in the federal hate crimes trial against Greg and Travis McMichael and William Bryan are scheduled for Monday after the men called a single witness in their defense.
A local police officer testified at the federal trial of Greg and Travis McMichael and William Bryan that he'd informed the father and son that Ahmaud Arbery hadn't stolen anything well before the murder.
An FBI analyst testified that defendants in Ahmaud Arbery's killing frequently posted racial slurs on their social media accounts as well as other posts advocating for violence against Black people.
Prosecutors in the Ahmaud Arbery hate crime trial told the jury that Greg and Travis McMichael and William Bryan were known to use racist slurs — and even defense attorneys admitted that their clients had done so.