All 3 men found guilty of federal hate crimes in murder of Ahmaud Arbery

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The three men involved in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, including the man who shot and killed him in February 2020, were found guilty on all counts in a federal hate crime trial, CNN reports.

Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan were convicted of interference of rights, which CNN notes is a federal hate crime, and attempted kidnapping.

"The McMichaels were also found guilty of an additional firearms charge for using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence," CNN adds.

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In deciding against the three men, the jury ruled Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was targeted because of the color of his skin, writes The Associated Press.

Previously, all three defendents were found guilty of murdering Arbery in a separate trial in November. They are already serving life sentences for those crimes (with only Bryan eligible for parole), and are now looking at a similar sentence for the federal charges, CNN and The New York Times note.

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