chicken is better than turkey and turkey is overrated. as you know, mashed potatoes can be a big debate. i m ready for whatever happens today. me too. good luck. thank you. i might need it. thank you. happy holidays. i want to welcome you to the beat. we are covering more than one thing. we have a lot planned, but we begin with the breaking news three killers of an unarmed black man found guilty of murder. three white men found guilty of murder in the killing of ahmaud arbery last year. the 25-year-old followed and then gunned down. this was while he was jogging. the three defendants watching the verdict being read. the man who pulled the trigger, guilty on all counts. the other two guilty of murder and other counts. we ll show you what it looked like. this is outside of the courtroom in the moments after the verdict was read. ahmaud arbery s parents emotional about what they call now finally and delayed justice for their son.
both compensatory and punitive damages, designed to send a message to the broader world that this it can never be allowed to happen again and is not permitted under the laws of our country. so we heard since the verdict, even last night, some of the defendants have declared the alt-right to be dead. they all say they are considering their next steps. so we feel like justice was served here. both of you are experienced litigators. whether people like it or not, the united states protects a lot of speech, including quite horrific hate speech. what is important for people to understand about specifically your legal strategy here, which as i understand, doesn t quibble with that, but looks at the damage of actions that it leads to pain, suffering, and a tragic loss of life? correct. there s really no dispute that had these defendants and their associated groups come to charlottesville with their
i never thought this day would come, but god is good. yes, he is. i want to tell everybody, thank you. for those who marched, for those who prayed, thank you. thank you. we keep fighting. let s keep doing it and making this. you know him as ahmaud, he will now rest in peace. amen. and this verdict played out as did so much of the trial in living rooms and bars and restaurants across america, covered so much on live tv. many people watched it as it happened. there you have it. the breaking news. the verdict in the ahmaud arbery murder trial. all three defendants found guilty of murdering ahmaud
arbery. you have just heard the verdict in the ahmaud arbery trial. the big headline is that it all three men were found guilty of felony murder. this it was the case where the defense tried to do several things to really blatantly racialize the trial that the prosecution insisted was about evidence. i m not going to go through all of the examples, but it s relevant given the ruling tonight. for example, the defense lawyer requested that black clergy be banned from the courtroom. that was rejected. that it lawyers also on the defense side tried very clearly to get a certain kind of jury. they thought would help them. there was one black juror. the rest were white. after the verdict, reverend sharpton discussed the significance. let the word go forth all over the world that a jury of 11 whites and 1 black in the deep
verdict would be rendered against all three defenses. arthel: it s been tough on the mother of ahmaud arbery. i have a time for a quick answer, will the rittenhouse verdict have an effect on the ahmaud arbery verdict? certainly the rittenhouse verdict has created a cloud if you will over those who have been seeking justice for the victims in the rittenhouse case but also seeing the common elements and self-defense and other issues in the rittenhouse case that were seen as a common denominator of involving the killing of ahmaud arbery. those advocates and those people who have been fighting for to reshape what we consider to be justice in these cases. they are going to be looking for a different outcome in this particular case. arthel: that does not mean it