Hate crimes trial begins for Ahmaud Arbery's killers

• Of note: The jury consists of three Black people, eight white people and one Hispanic person, according to pool reports.

What they're saying: Federal prosecutor Bobbi Bernstein said in her opening statement that Travis McMichael referred to Black people as “subhumans,” “animals” and “monkeys” on social media, pool reports indicate.

The other side: Travis McMichael's defense attorney, Amy Lee Copeland, said the McMichaels were trying to be good neighbors.

• AJ Balbo, who represents Gregory McMichael, told jurors the McMichaels did not target Arbery because he was Black, but because he went inside a house that was under construction.

Catch up quick: Arbery's killers were convicted last November for his Feb. 23, 2020, murder on a street in the Satilla Shores neighborhood in Glynn County.

• Prosecutors only pursued the case months later, after video footage of the killing went viral and sparked nationwide outrage.