Ahmaud Arbery was killed based on assumptions, US prosecutor says
Al Jazeera, 06 Nov 2021
The trial of three white men accused of killing a black man in the US State of Georgia last year began on Friday.
Ahmaud Arbery who was out for a jog was shot dead after being chased by the group in pick-up trucks.
Lawyers for the three men argued they had reason to suspect he had committed a crime. But Arbery's prosecutor said the men’s decision was not based on concrete evidence.
But even before Friday's proceedings started, there were accusations of racial bias as the 12-member jury only included one Black person.
Al Jazeera's Andy Gallacher reports.
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Ahmaud Arbery who was out for a jog was shot dead after being chased by the group in pick-up trucks.
Lawyers for the three men argued they had reason to suspect he had committed a crime. But Arbery's prosecutor said the men’s decision was not based on concrete evidence.
But even before Friday's proceedings started, there were accusations of racial bias as the 12-member jury only included one Black person.
Al Jazeera's Andy Gallacher reports.
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