On June 24, 2020, a grand jury indicted each of the three men on charges of malice murder, felony murder, and other crimes. The case was ultimately transferred to the Cobb County District Attorney's Office. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) arrested the McMichaels on May 7 and Bryan on May 21, charging them with felony murder and other crimes. The video went viral on YouTube and Twitter. At the behest of Gregory McMichael, a local attorney provided Bryan's video to local radio station WGIG, which published the video on May 5.

The GCPD said the Brunswick District Attorney's Office first advised them to make no arrests, then Waycross District Attorney George Barnhill twice advised the GCPD to make no arrests, once before he was officially assigned to the case, and once while announcing his intention to recuse due to a conflict of interest. Members of the Glynn County Police Department (GCPD) arrived on the scene soon after the shooting, but no arrests were made for more than two months. Bryan recorded this confrontation and Arbery's murder on his cell phone. As Arbery attempted to defend himself, Travis McMichael fatally shot him. After overtaking Arbery, Travis McMichael exited his truck and assaulted Arbery with a shotgun. Their neighbor, William 'Roddie' Bryan, was in another vehicle. Two of the men, Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory McMichael, were armed in one vehicle. Erroneously assuming he was a burglar, three white men pursued Arbery in their trucks for several minutes, using the vehicles to block his path as he tried to run away. On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man, was murdered during a racially motivated hate crime while jogging in Satilla Shores, a neighborhood near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia. Travis McMichael Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole plus 10 years (federal) plus 20 years (state) Gregory McMichael Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole plus 7 years (federal) plus 20 years (state) William Bryan 35 years in prison (federal) Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 30 years (state) Using firearm during a crime of violence (1 count each for McMichaels).Interference with rights (a hate crime) (1 count each).Criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.

Guilty of felony murder (3 counts), aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment (1 count each) All perpetrators guilty on all counts in federal trial

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