The News4Jax summary of the court case was completely damning for the 3 defendants. The showed the map of the neighborhood and the movements of the victim and the two vehicles and it's obvious why the prosecution is going for elevated charges. There were numerous opportunities for the murderers to back off and they did not, the evidence that the defendants struck the victim with their moving vehicles gives Arbery a legitimate "feared for my life" reason to physically engage the murderers once he couldn't run away from them (which he did several times in the chase), the timing of the gunshots that show the shooter actually shot him at the initiation of the fight, and yes JIB, the recorded use of racial epithets after the altercation which clearly contributes to motive. They maliciously killed that guy and should go to jail for decades as a result.

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