Prosecutors showed roughly two dozen text messages and social media posts in which Travis McMichael and Bryan used racist slurs and made derogatory comments about Black people.
Katherine Lee
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Testimony wraps up in hate crimes trial over Arbery killing
Final prosecution witnesses say they heard two of the defendants make racist statements, including crude sexual remarks directed at a woman who had dated a Black man.
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Officer testified he told hate crime defendants Ahmaud Arbery was not stealing
The jury has been shown roughly 2 dozen text messages and social media posts in which the men used racist slurs and made derogatory comments about Black people.
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Defendants in Arbery killing repeatedly used racial slurs in texts, social posts
An FBI intelligence analyst is going through dozens of text messages and social media posts in which two of the three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery repeatedly used racial slurs
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U.S. warns that Russia has added 7,000 troops near Ukraine’s border
Meanwhile, Ukrainians defy pressure from Moscow with a national show of flag-waving unity.
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January retail sales surged 3.8% as threat of omicron faded
Last month’s increase was the largest since last March, when most American households received a final federal stimulus check of $1,400.
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Biden orders release of Trump White House visitor logs to Congress
The House committee investigating the riot of Jan. 6, 2021, has sought a trove of data from the National Archives, including presidential records that Trump had fought to keep private.
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Valieva skates into first place after Olympic short program
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s positive drug test from an event in December has shrouded the competition in controversy.
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In latest attack on Asian Americans, NYC woman killed by man who followed her into her apartment
Officials including New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams denounced the woman’s killing as the latest in a string of unprovoked attacks on people of Asian descent.
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Biden has long-term inflation plan, but voter patience is short
He believes a cluster of companies control too many industries, which reduces competition for customers and workers.