Judge rules case against three men in Ahmaud Arbery death can proceed

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Judge rules case against three men in Ahmaud Arbery death can proceed
By Marty Johnson - 06/04/20 07:05 PM EDT


The case against the men who were involved in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery will move forward, a Georgia judge ruled Thursday.

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In the probable cause hearing Thursday, the lead Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent testified that Travis McMichael had stood over Arbery after mortally wounding him and spouted a racial slur.

Arbery, Special prosecutor Jesse Evans said during the hearing, was "chased, hunted down and ultimately executed."

Evans asserted that the evidence shows that Arbery was boxed in by two pickup trucks and shot multiple times as he tried to flee the confrontation.

Federal investigators have also opened a review of the case to determine if a federal hate crime was committed. Evidence that says Travis McMichael called Arbery a racial slur as he lay dying could become a crucial part of evidence for federal investigators.

"Investigators will be looking at evidence that suggests Ahmaud Arbery was killed because of his race, and a racial slur during or after the crime would be considered evidence of that," Kami Chavis, law professor and director of the criminal justice program at Wake Forest University told CBS News.

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