Two of the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery repeatedly used racial slurs in text messages and on social media, FBI witness says
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Two of the three White men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery repeatedly used racial slurs in text messages and social media posts, an FBI witness testified Wednesday in their federal hate crimes trial.
FBI intelligence analyst Amy Vaughan led the jury through dozens of conversations that Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan allegedly had with others, identified only by their initials, in the months and years before the 25-year-old Black man's killing. The FBI wasn't able to access Greg McMichael's phone because it was encrypted, Vaughan said.
In text and Facebook conversations with friends, Travis McMichael frequently used the N-word to describe Black people, Vaughan said. In a Facebook conversation with a friend, he also allegedly shared a video of a young Black boy dancing on a TV show with a racist song that included the N-word playing over it. He also allegedly said that Black people "ruin everything" and repeatedly said he was glad he wasn't a Black person, using a racial slur.
