[DoodleDawg]

The judge also banned the prosecution for presenting evidence that the McMichaels had a history of sharing racist messages on social media, and that Travis McMichael called Arbery 'a f****** n*****' as Arbery lay dying on the street.

Worked both ways.

[basalt]

and they are being prosecuted for Federal Hate crime and civil rights violations in February....these guys zigged when they should have zagged...just dumb.

[DiogenesLamp]

Defense attorney Jason Sheffield has denied that his client, Travis McMichael, used the slur.

I doubt the attorney would say that if there is proof otherwise. I take this statement to mean there is no proof.

It was pointed out on another website by an attorney discussing the case that none of the racist claims were brought up in the trial, but the charges alleged such a claim.

He said this is often a dirty trick a lawyer pulls to get the case into court where the prosecution can beat on the defendant for awhile, but doesn't have to prove the claim that was the basis for filing the case in the first place.

Now we can see that one of the reasons no such claims were made was because the judge didn't allow it. Since the Defense attorney denies his client said it, and since that probably means there is no evidence that his client said it, the only evidence they could have must be social media messages or some such.