Timeline of events

Feb. 23, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery leaves his mother’s house before

1 p.m. to go jogging in a neighborhood outside Brunswick. Soon after, Travis McMichael and his father, Greg, grab guns and give chase in a pickup truck, suspecting that Arbery was a fleeing burglar, according to police reports. They are then joined by a neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, in his own pickup truck, who records part of the encounter on his cellphone. After being surrounded, Arbery is seen on video reaching for a shotgun leveled at him by Travis McMichael. Arbery is fatally shot three times. Glynn County police officers interview the McMichaels and Bryan but do not file charges. They were following directions from Jackie Johnson, Brunswick Judicial Circuit’s district attorney, a grand jury later found.

Feb. 24, 2020

Johnson recuses herself from the case. Greg McMichael, a former Glynn County police officer, had worked as an investigator for Johnson.

Feb. 27, 2020

Waycross Judicial Circuit’s district attorney, George Barnhill, takes the case.

April 7, 2020

Barnhill recuses himself from the case, telling Attorney General Chris Carr he didn’t realize his son had previously worked with Greg McMichael in Johnson’s office. Carr transfers the case to the Atlantic Circuit’s district attorney, Tom Durden.

May 5, 2020

A Brunswick radio station is given a copy of Bryan’s video by an attorney and posts it online, sparking a national outcry.

May 7, 2020

GBI investigators arrest the McMichaels, charging each with murder and other crimes.

May 11, 2020

Durden steps aside. Attorney General Carr appoints Cobb County District Attorney Joyette Holmes to lead the prosecution.

May 21, 2020

GBI agents arrest Bryan and charge him with murder.

June 24, 2020

A grand jury indicts all three men on charges of murder, aggravated assault and false imprisonment.

Nov. 3, 2020

Johnson, who had been the Brunswick Judicial Circuit’s district attorney for 10 years, loses her reelection bid.

Sept. 2, 2021

Johnson is indicted by a grand jury, which accused her of “showing favor and affection” to the McMichaels. She is charged with violation of oath of office and obstructing a law enforcement officer. Johnson denies the charges.

Oct. 18, 2021

All three men go on trial jointly in Brunswick before a jury of 11 white people and one Black person.

Wednesday

The three defendants are found guilty of murder.