this jury as elie walked through the charges returned, 23 of 27 guilty verdicts. laura, about some of that language that defense attorneys used, i ve heard you talk about it, resorting to going after ahmaud arbery s appearance. it was unvarnished racist tropes. they weren t even trying to use coded language at some point. i guess today we know that that tactic didn t work. no. and of course you can go back even before those egregious, disgusting statements alluding to his hygiene in some way as if that was the emphasis. you go back to the way in which defense counsel in at least more than one instance initially said during jury selection we don t have enough, his words, bubbas on this jury. we need people who are not college educated. he was talking about what would resonate with jurors in his defense. in doing so, he made a gross
these lawyers kept going to the wall and stood up. we walked out of court buildings with tears in our eyes. we cried inside but they were tears of joy because people like thurgood marshall and others broke down barriers to produce a ben crump and a lee merritt. amen. all right. amen. you all don t want to hear from me right now, you want to hear from the family of ahmaud arbery, as we all do. we want to wrap our arms around them. the only reason i m speaking is to provide an introduction for a praying mother. you have known her for the last ain months. 18 months when she learned about the murder of her son, they told her that she would just have to deal with it alone. they told her there will be no arrest, no accountability, no justice. she made her son a promise before she laid him in the ground, that his mom would fight for justice for him. in order to do that, glenn
to make sure they know they have love but as far away as where i live in atlanta. did you ever have doubt? it took over two months before there was even an arrest in this case. initially i was sought out pby the uncle looking for some advice on the kill of his n nephew. we gave some advice but when it came out, it was horrific, it was awful, it was terrible. and right here where we re at now, now my community can heal again. miss jones and mr. arbery can probably rest a little better we re having some trouble there with martin s microphone. let s go back to sara sidner and ryan young. guys, if you re still with me and listening, i just want to
old, has been here every day of jury selection and every day of trial. where s she at? she s over there. so let s thank that shero, miss polite. god bless. it s people like her why we got justice. all right. we ve been listening to very passionate, stirring speeches there from ahmaud arbery s parents as well as from their supporters and their lawyers, their legal team as well as the prosecutor of the case. and, sara, i just think so much of it harkens back to what you and ryan were talking about, all of the obstacles that this family faced in the case, including no one being charged,
team and supporters. so let s just listen in for one second. let us let us say first and foremost we re going to start by thanking god. yes! amen. for shining on us. let us thank these lawyers. let us thank the prosecutors. amen. let us thank the activists. yes. that you all called the mob that marched and stood up. let us thank all of the people that believed and let us more than anything thank the mother and father of ahmaud. they lost a son, but their son will go down in history as one that proved that if you hold on, that justice can come. this mother would tell me,