guilty, justice would have happened in this courtroom, and it doesn t speak about the larger problems in america. is he right? is there a larger message, charles? i think that he is right. i think that on a lot of ways, this is a conversation that has much, much, much greater implications than what happened in brunswick, georgia. i don t necessarily know that i would call it a referendum on the entire criminal justice system but i will say this, laura. we have been throwing the term justice around all day, and i find that to be deeply troubling and almost problematic because i want to make something clear, justice is not what we are talking about. we are conflating justice with accountability. what we saw today in brunswick, georgia, was not justice because justice would dictate that ahmaud arberying would be with his family for thanksgiving tomorrow, and that s not going to happen. that ship said a long time ago, unfortunately. however, what we did see today was that three individ
i felt good. the jury system works in this country skprkts when you present the truth to people, and they can see it, they will do the right thing, and that s what this jury did today in getting justice for ahmaud arbery. reporter: the jury deliberated for over eleven hours after 13 days of testimony from more than 30 witnesses. the three defendants claim they were trying to make a citizens arrest of arberying saying that they suspected he had burglarize add nearby home construction site, referring to the video of arberying wandering inside that home months before being killed. after the verdicts were read, arbery s family spoke outside the courthouse. it s been a long fight. it s been a hard fight. but god is good. i don t want to see no daddy watch his kid get lynched and shot down like that. it s all our problem. it s all our problem, so hey, let s keep fighting. and martin savidge joins me now. martin, what a day. the jurors as you know began the