Date uploaded: 2022-08-08 21:42:45

The three men serving life in prison for Ahmaud Arbery's murder were again handed lengthy prison sentences Monday for violating his civil rights. Travis McMichael, who fatally shot Arbery, will serve his federal sentence of life plus 10 years. His father, Gregory, who initiated the deadly pursuit of the jogger, will serve life prison plus seven years. Their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan, who took a video of the killing, was sentenced to 35 years in prison. The additional punishments mark "an important moment for the Civil Rights Section of the Department of Justice and an important moment for the federal judiciary," said Ayesha Bell Hardaway, an associate professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law and co-director of the school's Social Justice Institute. In February, a jury found that the three men, who are white, violated Arbery’s civil rights and targeted him because of his race. Arbery was Black. Click the link in our bio to read more about the sentencing.