Ahmaud Arbery's killers "did everything" on assumptions, prosecutor says, as jury sees video of fatal shooting
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Brunswick, Georgia — The trial for the three White men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery had an emotional start as the slain Black man's mother watched graphic video of her son being chased down and killed.
Wanda Cooper-Jones sobbed in court as she watched the video for the first time. The now infamous video was part of the prosecution's opening statements in the murder trial of Travis and Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan.
Prosecutors said the McMichaels assumed the worst when they spotted Arbery walking out of an open construction site while jogging in the neighborhood.
Authorities made two gruesome discoveries Tuesday after a Missouri woman walked into a police station and told officers that she fatally shot one of her children and drowned the other, officials said. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak said at a news conference that authorities believe both children were killed Tuesday morning.
Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than one million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people in seven states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.