Hate crime prosecutor details Ahmaud Arbery killers' racist history

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The three white men who were convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger whose shooting death in 2020 sparked protests and calls for racial justice, had histories of making racist comments and slurs in text messages, a federal prosecutor said in court Monday.

A multiracial jury was seated in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men as defense attorneys admitted their clients had used offensive language and opinions about Black people.

But the defense attorneys insisted the three men's pursuit of the 25-year-old was prompted by "honest, though erroneous, suspicion" that he "committed crimes" and not solely based on his race, The Associated Press reported.