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News Articles: William "Roddie" Bryan

Travis McMichael sits with his attorneys before the start of closing arguments to the jury during the trial of he, and his father Greg McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan, at the Glynn County Courthouse, Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Brunswick, Ga.

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  • Law

Travis and Greg McMichael withdraw guilty pleas in hate crimes case, head to trial next week

Judge Lisa Godbey Wood gave the McMichaels the option to withdraw, after rejecting the terms of their plea deals earlier this week.

February 04, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

All 3 white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery are sentenced to life in prison

Travis McMichael, who pulled the trigger, and his father, Greg, have no chance for parole. A federal hate crimes trial remains in a case widely seen as racially motivated.

January 07, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell,
  • Joe Hernandez,
  • and 1 more
Ahmaud Arbery's father Marcus Arbery, center, his hugged by his attorney Benjamin Crump after the jury convicted Travis McMichael in the Glynn County Courthouse, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, in Brunswick, Ga. Greg McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were convicted of murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting that became part of a larger national reckoning on racial injustice.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: The Arbery verdict and what it means for social justice in Georgia and the nation

Friday on Political Rewind: A verdict in a trial from a small town in Georgia gripped the nation. Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan were found guilty of murder charges on Wednesday. However, questions linger about what the case means for racial justice in the United States.

November 26, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 2 more
Judge Timothy Walmsley presides over the jury selection process in the trial of the men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery at the Glynn County Superior Court, on October 27, 2021 in Brunswick, Ga.

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  • Race

Potential jurors come with strong opinions in racially charged Ahmaud Arbery killing

Jury selection is in its third week in Georgia as attorneys question jurors in the murder trial of three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black jogger.

November 04, 2021
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By:
  • Debbie Elliott
Attorney Ben Crump, left, and Marcus Arbery Sr., the father of Ahmaud Arbery, second from left, arrive at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., as jury selection begins for the trial of the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery on Monday.

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  • National

Jury selection has begun in the trial of the 3 men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery

Travis McMichael, his father, Gregory McMichael, and their friend William "Roddie" Bryan have pleaded not guilty in the 2020 killing of Arbery as he jogged in a residential neighborhood in Georgia.

October 18, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Demonstrators march on June 4, 2020 in Brunswick, Ga., after a court appearance by Gregory and Travis McMichael, two suspects in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery.

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  • National

What you need to know about the start of the trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery

Three white men are accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man shot and killed as he was jogging down a residential street after being chased by pickup trucks. Jury selection begins Monday.

October 18, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
GPB News NPR

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  • Race

Georgia murder trial in killing of Ahmaud Arbery seen as test case for racial justice

Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot and killed as he jogged through a neighborhood near Brunswick, Ga. in 2020. Three white men in pick-up trucks pursued him and then confronted him.

October 17, 2021
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By:
  • Debbie Elliott and
  • Russell Lewis
Ahmaud Arbrey's Aunt, Theawanza Brooks in front of her home in Brunswick, Ga. "Nobody has the decision to make as far as being the judge, jury and executioner."

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  • Race

Georgia murder trial in killing of Ahmaud Arbery seen as test case for racial justice

Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot and killed as he jogged through a neighborhood near Brunswick, Ga. in 2020. Three white men in pick-up trucks pursued him and then confronted him.

October 17, 2021
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By:
  • Debbie Elliott and
  • Russell Lewis

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