Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers’ Counsel Laura Hogue Sparks Outrage With ‘Dirty Toenails’ Comment
Laura Hogue, one of the defense attorneys representing accused Ahmaud Arbery murderer Gregory McMichael, sparked widespread outrage on Monday when she made racially-charged comments about Arbery’s physical appearance during her closing statements. McMichael is one of three men on trial for the February 23, 2020 slaying of Arbery, who was unarmed and out for a jog when the defendants surrounded him and shot him in the chest. McMichael and his co-defendants Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan maintain that they were making a citizen’s arrest and that they acted in self-defense when they ...