This screenshot shows a participant holding a banner during a vigil in Atlanta, Georgia after three white Georgia men were convicted on Jan. 7, 2022 of murdering African-American Ahmaud Arbery. (Video by AFP)
The family of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger who was chased by three white men and gunned down in south Georgia in 2020, demands justice for the killing.
All three white men who were convicted for Arbery murder have been sentenced to life in prison.
"Thats not enough," said Arberys father, Marcus Arbery, who believes issues of race raised in the new trial may have an impact beyond the courtroom.
"My son isnt coming back," but "maybe itll save another Black son," he said.
Civil rights activists say the new trial, which will begin on Feb. 7, is a key moment in the countrys reckoning with racial injustice. Arberys murder was another example of deadly violence being used against a Black man, they say.
Last November, a court in a Brunswick, Georgia convicted Gregory McMichael, 66, a former police officer, his son Travis McMichael, 36, and William "Roddie" Bryan, 52, for the 2020 murder of Arbery.
The court announced the verdict after more than 10 hours of deliberations following a highly-charged trial that was closely followed by the global media.
Travis McMichael, who fatally shot Arbery, was convicted on all nine charges, including malice, murder and four counts of felony murder.
McMichaels father, Gregory McMichael, was found not guilty of malice murder but was convicted on the remaining charges, including the felony murder counts.
McMichaels neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, was found guilty of three of the felony murder counts and a charge of criminal intent to commit a felony.
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