Three men in Georgia were charged with federal hate crimes on Wednesday in connection with the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was fatally shot while jogging last year.
A federal grand jury has charged Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan with one count of interference of civil rights and one count of attempted kidnapping, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael were also charged each with one count of using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
Arbery was killed in February 2020, but video of the went viral after it was released in May 2020. The video showed Arbery running down a roadway from two vehicles and then struggling with a man over a shotgun.
In June, a grand jury in Georgia charged the McMichaels and Bryan with a total of nine counts of malice murder, four counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, false imprisonment and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.
The McMichaels claimed that they thought Arbery was breaking into multiple homes, and Bryan joined in their pursuit.