By Malaika Jabali ·Updated February 14, 2022
Opening statements began in the federal hate crimes trial of the men found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.
Federal prosecutor Bobbi Bernstein opened the trial arguing that “if Ahmaud Arbery had been white, he would have gone for a jog, checked out a house under construction and been home in time for Sunday supper.”
Bernstein laid out some of what she plans to prove in the trial,
