Ahmaud Arbery's mother concerned but "hopeful" ahead of murder trial for men accused of killing her son
CBSN
Ahead of the start of jury selection in the murder trial for the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery, his mother said she has concerns about the trial, but is hopeful "the right people" will be selected.
Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was jogging in a Brunswick, Georgia, neighborhood in February 2020 when he was chased by three White men, shot and killed.
It wasn't until cell phone video of the confrontation was leaked that the three men — Gregory McMichael, his son Travis, and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan — were arrested. The video also sparked Black Lives Matter demonstrations across the country.
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.