White defendant in shooting death of Georgia black man used racial slur, says investigator

WASHINGTON - One of the white men charged in the Georgia killing of Ahmaud Arbery used a racial slur after shooting the unarmed black man, an investigator for the prosecution said in court on Thursday , an explosive new allegation in one of the cases roiling race relations in the United States.

The Arbery case triggered a national outcry after cellphone video of the Feb 23 shooting was leaked on social media.Protests were expected outside the courthouse after more than a week of demonstrations across the United States over the May 25 death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, also a black American. Four officers have been charged in that case.

Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis, 34, are charged with murder and aggravated assault. Bryan, a neighbour of the McMichaels' who took the cellphone video, was charged with felony murder and attempt to illegally detain and confine.

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