number of documented lynchings in this country, second only to mississippi, it turns out you cannot chase someone just for being a black man jogging down the street. you cannot lynch a black man in broad daylight in 21st century america and expect to walk free. instead, a nearly all white jury sent a powerful rebuke of anti black terrorism a repudiation of georgia law steeped in racism and used as a justification for lynching black people. but as much as this was an open and shut case, it was pins and needles for those advocating for arbery and justice. the defense argued arbery was the one to blame, scorned his appearance. pushed to bar black pastors from the courtroom using race far more than the prosecution while suppressing evidence of their client s racism and we need to remember this case almost didn t happen at all. remember a previous prosecutor declined to even arrest the