The three white men who were convicted of killing 25-year-old Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery two years ago in Brunswick, Georgia, were sentenced to life in prison on Friday.
Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael were sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus 20 years, by Glynn County Judge Timothy Walmsley. William Roddie Bryan was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole.
As we understand it, he [Ahmaud Arbery] went for a run and he ended up running for his life, Walmsley said moments before he said the sentencing.
Walmsley then sat in silence for one minute in silence, which served as a representation of a fraction of the time that Arbery was running from the McMichaels and Bryan in the Satilla Shores neighborhood.
Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and Bryan were all convicted on Nov. 24, 2021, of murdering Arbery in February 2020, by a jury composed of 11 white people and one Black man. Arberys murder sparked national protests over race and criminal justice.
During the trial, a defense attorney in the courtroom complained about the presence of Black pastors inside and out of the courtroom.
The day has finally come that we will get justice for Quez [Arbery]. The day that my family has finally prayed for has come, Arberys mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, said Friday outside of the courtroom before the sentencing of the three men who murdered her son took place.
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