All 3 convicted in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing
Three white men were convicted in November 2021 – and on January 7, 2022, sentenced – in the killing of Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery. Ahmaud was jogging when he was confronted and shot in the back by these three men, father, and son Gregory and Travis McMichael, and their friend and neighbor William Bryan. Gregory McMichael is a retired law enforcement officer. His son fired the fatal shot, and it was his neighbor Bryan who captured this horrific event on his cell phone. The video image was leaded despite the attempted cover-up by the local Glynn County prosecutors.
All three of these armed men were convicted of murder and other charges, resulting in mandatory life sentences. The McMichaels will spend the rest of their natural lives in person, and Bryan must serve at least 30 years before he is eligible for parole (he’ll be 83 years old then).
In handing down his sentence, Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley called Arbery’s killing callous and noted that the three convicts wanted a confrontation.
