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Federal hate crimes trial in Ahmaud Arbery’s murder: What to know

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Protesters and politicians have long denounced Ahmaud Arbery’s killing as an act of racial profiling. The 25-year-old Black man was out jogging, his family said, when three White men chased and shot him in Satilla Shores, Ga., on Feb. 23, 2020.

But jurors heard little about race during the murder trial of Travis McMichael, his father, Gregory McMichael, and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan last November. Now a second trial will put the issue front and center.

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