The trio was convicted in state court and given life sentences. The federal charges included a hate crime that exposed each of the men’s history of racism.
Travis McMichael
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Defendants in Ahmaud Arbery case say slavery-era law enabled them to arrest, shoot Black man
Travis McMichael, 35, his father, Gregory McMichael, 65, and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan, 52, plans to defend their actions by claiming they were making a citizens’ arrest that went awry only after Arbery resisted.