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Racial slurs aired at hate crime trial in Arbery killing

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  1. Arbery's killers had history of racial epithets, prosecutor in hate crimes trial says

    Headline from The Hill ·

  2. Newest

    Racial slurs aired at hate crime trial in Arbery killing

    Headline from KOB 4 ·

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  1. New York Times

    Prosecutor Outlines Arbery Killers’ Use of Racial Slurs (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The three white men are facing federal hate crime charges in Mr. Arbery’s death. In opening arguments, their lawyers said that they were motivated by concern about crime in their South Georgia neighborhood.

  2. NBC News

    Ahmaud Arbery's killers repeatedly used racial slurs, prosecutor says at hate crimes trial (opens NBC News)

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    During opening statements in the case, defense attorneys admitted their clients had each expressed offensive and indefensible opinions about Black people.

  3. Towleroad Gay News

    Ahmaud Arbery's Murderers Used Litany Of Racist Slurs, Hate-crimes Trial Hears (opens Towleroad Gay News)

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  4. The Hill

    Arbery's killers had history of racial epithets, prosecutor in hate crimes trial says (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    Prosecutors argued that three men on trial for federal hate crimes in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery used racial epithets and killed him because he was Black.

  5. The Hill

    FBI analyst details racist slurs used by Arbery killers (opens The Hill)

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    An FBI analyst testified in a federal hate-crimes trial Wednesday that one of the three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020 used a racial slur to describe his daughter’s Black boyfriend, whom h

  6. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    FBI witness: Defendants in Arbery killing used racial slurs (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Two of the three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery repeatedly used racial slurs in text messages and social media posts, an FBI witness testified Wednesday in their federal hate crimes trial.

  7. KRDO

    Two of the men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery used racist slurs in messages, a witness testifies at their federal hate crime trial (opens KRDO)

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    By Jason Hanna, Pamela Kirkland and Alta Spells, CNN Texts and social media messages from two of the White men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery included racist insults about African Americans, an FBI intelligence analyst testified Wednesday in their federal hate crime trial in Georgia.

  8. Kokomo Tribune

    FBI: Defendants in Arbery killing used repeated racial slurs (opens Kokomo Tribune)

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    BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Two of the three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery repeatedly used racial slurs in text messages and social media posts, including some violent comments

  9. Los Angeles Times

    FBI witness testifies defendants in Arbery killing used racial slurs (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    On social media, two of the men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery frequently used the N-word to describe Black people, FBI analyst testifies.

  10. Madison

    FBI agent: Defendants in Arbery killing used racial slurs (opens Madison)

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    BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Two of the three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery repeatedly used racial slurs in text messages and social media posts, an FBI intelligence analyst

  11. Portland Press Herald

    Defendants in Arbery killing repeatedly used racial slurs in texts, social posts (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    An FBI intelligence analyst is going through dozens of text messages and social media posts in which two of the three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery repeatedly used racial slurs

  12. NBC News

    Ahmaud Arbery killers’ hate crime trial: Prosecutors share the men's messages, social media posts (opens NBC News)

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    Prosecutors are hoping to convince the jury that Arbery’s murder was an act of racial hostility by the white men who publicly shared their disdain for Black people.

  13. KOB 4

    Racial slurs aired at hate crime trial in Arbery killing (opens KOB 4)

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    The federal hate crimes trial of the three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery enters its fourth day Thursday after testimony that two of the defendants frequently used racial slurs.

  14. Sioux City Journal

    Arbery not seen stealing, cop told hate crime defendants (opens Sioux City Journal)

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    BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A police officer testified Thursday that he told a white father and son on trial for hate crimes in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery there was

  15. Al Jazeera

    Ahmaud Arbery’s killers repeatedly used racial slurs, court hears (opens Al Jazeera)

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    FBI agent testifies in US hate crimes trial that men convicted of Arbery’s murder made racist comments in texts, online.

  16. The Week

  17. Delaware Public Media

    Racist, violent evidence presented in federal trial against Ahmaud Arbery's killers (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    Offensive memes, racist songs and slurs against Black people from the cellphones and social media accounts of the three men on trial portray a history of bigotry.

  18. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Two of the men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery used racist slurs in messages, a witness testifies (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    (CNN) — Texts and social media messages from two of […]

  19. PBS NewsHour

    Cop told hate crime defendants no evidence of Arbery stealing (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    A police officer testified at the hate crimes trial of three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.

  20. Portland Press Herald

    Officer testified he told hate crime defendants Ahmaud Arbery was not stealing (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The jury has been shown roughly two dozen text messages and social media posts in which the men used racist slurs and made derogatory comments about Black people.

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