Three White Men Convicted for Chasing Down and Murdering Ahmaud Arbery Want a New Trial Because a Juror Claims He Carried ‘The Weight of the Whole Black Race’ on His Shoulder

Race was a major subplot throughout the Ahmaud Arbery case, from the young Black jogger’s shooting in 2020 to the trial the following year of three white men charged, and eventually convicted, of killing him. Now, a lawyer for Travis McMichael, who fired the fatal shots while trying to apprehend Arbery for a robbery he didn’t commit, is seeking a new trial based on remarks from a juror that the defense claims prove bias against his client. From left to right; The three white men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery, William Bryan Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael, plan to argue in a federal appeals court that race did not factor in Arbery’s death. (Photo: NBC News screenshots / YouTube) Pete Donaldson, who represents Travis McMichael, told Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley at a hearing Thursday he intends to present testimony showing juror No. 380 concealed that bias during jury selection. The request for a new trial was prompted by an interview conducted by a private investigator, hired by the defense, in 2022, Donaldson said. The juror told the investigator then that he prayed after he was chosen as the only Black member of the panel. “I felt like the weight of...