UPDATE: Judge Denies Bond To Father, Son Accused Of Killing Ahmaud Arbery
The father and son charged with the murder of Ahmaud Arbery are staying in the slammer until trial since a judge just denied their request for bond.
As we previously reported, Travis McMichael and his father Greg McMichael appeared in court Thursday to discuss their bond. However, after prosecutors provided text messages and posts of Travis’ racist past, the judge was unable to make a decision because there was still more evidence to be presented in the case. The judge planned to continue the hearing Friday, which did go on today but didn’t go in their favor.
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Judge Timothy Walmsley made his decision, saying they need to stay locked up pending their trial because they are a danger to the community. As TMZ notes, during the hearing, the state also played police body cam footage from the aftermath of the Arbery shooting and the judge said there was “significant danger” in the McMichaels’ actions. The video shows Greg McMichael repeatedly mentioning his previous ties to local law enforcement, which prosecutors believe was an attempt to “obstruct justice.”
Ahmaud’s mom addressed the court Thursday, saying the McMichaels didn’t give her son a chance to go home when they brutally gunned him down while jogging, so they shouldn’t get to go home either. Wanda also said the McMichaels are just as dangerous now as they were when Ahmaud was shot dead and it sounds like the judge agreed.
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