Three white men serving life sentences for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery are asking a Georgia judge for a new trial. Greg and Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan appeared Thursday before the same judge who sentenced them three years ago.
Michail Chkhikvishvili, an alleged leader of an extremist group called the Maniac Murder Cult, outlined a detailed plan to hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children and also target racial minorities.
It was the United States' first federal trial over an alleged hate crime based on gender identity. There have been hate crime prosecutions based on gender identity before, but none had reached trial.
Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law Wednesday a bill that would add a definition of antisemitism to state law. It's been a long time coming for advocates who hoped to toughen penalties for those who commit a crime with antisemitic intent. State Rep. Esther Panitch, a Democrat and Georgia's lone Jewish lawmaker, spoke with GPB's Peter Biello.
Three white men convicted of hate crimes for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood in 2020 will have their appeals heard by a federal court in March.
O'Shae Sibley was stabbed for voguing to Beyoncé at a New York City gas station. His death, which is being prosecuted as a hate crime, comes as anti-LGBTQ bills and incidents surge across the U.S.
A 17-year-old is in custody in connection with the shooting death earlier this month of Koko Da Doll, an Atlanta woman who gained notice in a documentary about transgender Black women and the dangers they face.
Axel Cox said he chose to burn the cross in front of his Black neighbors because of their race, saying he "intended to scare them into moving out of the neighborhood."
The 25-year-old Arbery was shot and killed after he was pursued by two of the men, who saw him running in their neighborhood in Brunswick, Ga., on Feb. 23, 2020. The third man filmed the encounter.
Ahmaud Arbery is being honored by his hometown after stiff sentences for hate crimes against the white men who chased and killed him. Dozens of people joined Arbery's family on a sweltering street corner Tuesday as Brunswick city officials unveiled signs designating a 2.7-mile roadway as Honorary Ahmaud Arbery Street.
Tuesday on Political Rewind: After the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago, it's still unclear if findings could affect the Fulton County probe. Plus, the three men who murdered #AhmaudArbery will serve their time in state prison. And we'll take a look at where monkeypox cases stand across the state.
