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Ahmaud Arbery - sentence 20:38 - Jan 7 with 663 viewsHARRY10

"Gregory and Travis McMichael, white father and son convicted of murdering Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery, have been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 20 years.

A judge handed down the sentences in Glynn County, Georgia, on Friday afternoon. The McMichaels’ neighbour and co-defendant William “Roddie” Bryan Jr was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after 30 years served"

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Ahmaud Arbery - sentence on 20:50 - Jan 7 with 608 viewsjeera

Finally seeing justice over there for race hate crimes.

How long will it take for the message to sink in though?

This is still decades, (if not hundreds of years), behind the times and there's a lot of catching up to still be done.

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Ahmaud Arbery - sentence on 20:58 - Jan 7 with 573 viewsNthsuffolkblue

Ahmaud Arbery - sentence on 20:50 - Jan 7 by jeera

Finally seeing justice over there for race hate crimes.

How long will it take for the message to sink in though?

This is still decades, (if not hundreds of years), behind the times and there's a lot of catching up to still be done.


Would have liked the OP if it wasn't for the expression of surprise at the end. It should not surprise us that justice is done.

Let's hope the message sinks in very quickly.

I wonder when Dalian Atkinson's killer's girlfriend's retrial will be. That has a been a long time now.

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Ahmaud Arbery - sentence on 21:01 - Jan 7 with 572 viewsHARRY10

Ahmaud Arbery - sentence on 20:50 - Jan 7 by jeera

Finally seeing justice over there for race hate crimes.

How long will it take for the message to sink in though?

This is still decades, (if not hundreds of years), behind the times and there's a lot of catching up to still be done.


Coincidentally Sidney Poitier passed on earlier.

The film in which he starred, In the Heat of the Night, as a stark reminder of the accepted racism and segregation that existed in parts of the US.

Sadly, little seems to have changed, when looking at this case.

The sentences, yes - the attitudes of many in parts of the US, no.
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Ahmaud Arbery - sentence on 21:12 - Jan 7 with 538 viewsNthsuffolkblue

Ahmaud Arbery - sentence on 21:01 - Jan 7 by HARRY10

Coincidentally Sidney Poitier passed on earlier.

The film in which he starred, In the Heat of the Night, as a stark reminder of the accepted racism and segregation that existed in parts of the US.

Sadly, little seems to have changed, when looking at this case.

The sentences, yes - the attitudes of many in parts of the US, no.


Hadn't realised that. Great actor and great film. That and To Kill a Mockingbird were fantastic and things everyone should watch/read them.

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Ahmaud Arbery - sentence on 21:14 - Jan 7 with 536 viewsHARRY10

Ahmaud Arbery - sentence on 20:58 - Jan 7 by Nthsuffolkblue

Would have liked the OP if it wasn't for the expression of surprise at the end. It should not surprise us that justice is done.

Let's hope the message sinks in very quickly.

I wonder when Dalian Atkinson's killer's girlfriend's retrial will be. That has a been a long time now.


err, the surprise was at the length of the sentence - no parole

never mind that a guilty verdict was handed down, which given the area could well have gone the other way

and it will take far more than these type of sentences (as welcome as they are) to change ingrained racism

though it might make some think twice about the indiscriminate use of guns to express those thoughts
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Ahmaud Arbery - sentence on 21:15 - Jan 7 with 531 viewsjeera

Ahmaud Arbery - sentence on 21:12 - Jan 7 by Nthsuffolkblue

Hadn't realised that. Great actor and great film. That and To Kill a Mockingbird were fantastic and things everyone should watch/read them.


Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is superb.

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Ahmaud Arbery - sentence on 10:09 - Jan 8 with 346 viewsBlueBadger

This is one that will run and run.

Prosecutions were only initiated when the video of Arbery's murder was released to the public.

https://www.theroot.com/former-prosecutor-indicted-for-showing-favor-and-affect-

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