If you’re interested in sharing your opinion on any cultural, political or personal topic, create an account here and check out our how-to post to learn more. Opinions are the writer’s own and not those of Blavity's. ____ It was modern-day lynching, carried out in broad daylight on an American neighborhood street. A prosecutor initially sanctioned the killing, accepting the word of the white lynch mob without question or investigation. A graphic video was leaked by a white lawyer who expected, unbelievably, it would aid the killers’ defense. The defense wallowed in the demonization of a victim of racially-motivated violence, and coldly eliminated all but one Black juror. The shooter referred to his victim with an obscene racial slur as he lay dying, and frequently used racial slurs in texts and conversations with his co-defendants. One of the killers referred to his hideous crime as “a good deed.” Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers have been held accountable, but this case leaves a deep...
