Hate Crimes Case in Arbery Murder Goes to Jury

In closing arguments, prosecutors said that Ahmaud Arbery’s killers were motivated by racism. Lawyers for the defendants said the men had suspected him of committing crimes.

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A federal prosecutor in the hate crimes trial for the three white men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery told the jury in closing arguments on Monday that the defendants had targeted Mr. Arbery because of his race and did not help him after he was shot because they considered him to be “subhuman.”

Defense attorneys argued that their clients had chased Mr. Arbery because they thought he may have committed a crime.