Ahmaud Arbery’s killing in February 2020 initially drew little attention. A district attorney quickly concluded that three White men committed no crime when they chased and shot the 25-year-old Black man on a suburban street of coastal Georgia.
The murder trial for Ahmaud Arbery’s killing is starting. Here’s what you need to know.
Updated October 19, 2021 at 12:42 p.m. EDT|Published October 18, 2021 at 6:44 p.m. EDT
Jury selection in the men’s trial started Monday and could last weeks, as lawyers and the judge seek impartial arbiters for a nationally watched case that became a rallying cry in a broader racial justice movement. The prosecution has cast the defendants as vigilantes who racially profiled a jogger, while the accused say they attempted a legitimate citizen’s arrest and then acted in self-defense.
Here is what you need to know about the case.