
Demonizing Black victims is an old racist trope that didn't work for defense attorneys this time
CNN
The trial of the three White men who killed Ahmaud Arbery came to an end Wednesday after weeks mirroring a long history of court cases where racism and the dehumanization of Black victims were pervasive.
Emmett Till. Jordan Davis. Trayvon Martin. Botham Jean. George Floyd -- all of them Black, all of them victims, just as Arbery was.
Arbery's family can now feel a sense of justice after Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan Jr. were convicted on Wednesday, but that outcome is a rare exception to the rule.

Vivek Ramaswamy barreled into politics as a flame-thrower willing to offend just about anyone. He declared America was in a “cold cultural civil war,” denied the existence of white supremacists, and referred to one of his rivals as “corrupt.” Two years later, Ramaswamy says he wants to be “conservative without being combative.”












