because he was black. and they said that he had committed a crime, but he hadn t did anything. and i can say removing those three people off the streets of glynn county is big. it s huge. so you heard from ahmaud arbery s mother there hoping for a conviction. all three men already face life in prison but this will send a message to the rest of the world. fred, another important date, closing arguments monday, but wednesday marks two years since the murder of ahmaud arbery. and there will be memorial services held here in brunswick and in marietta square near atlanta, georgia, as well. nadia, thank you so much. we ll be looking forward to your coverage this week as well. i want to bring in now tim wise, an anti-racism writer and activist and he s joining me right now. tim, good to see you. so the federal hate crimes trial clearly focused on race as it needed to do. as prosecutors argued that the three men acted out of racial
to epstein. maxwell faces six charges, specifically the sex trafficking charge. the bottom line is they have to make a decision whether or not they believe maxwell whether or not they believe that maxwell knew the girls were underage and being abused at that time. you know, that last charge of those six has a maximum sentencing of 40 years behind bars. so we ll see what happens. the 59-year-old face as life sentence. she could be sentenced to rest of her life in prison. thus far we ve heard nothing about a verdict coming today. could be next week. gillian? thanks, bryan. we ll check back. thanks so much. let s bring in mercedes colwin, a criminal defense attorney and fox news legal analyst. mercedes, both sides gave their closing arguments monday. it s now wednesday. it s wednesday, right?
on cross examination, prosecutors laid out much of the training potter received during her 26 years as an officer including on the use of force and when it s appropriate to use force and suggesting someone with her experience should have handled the situation better. ultimately was he able to get back in the car? yes. you never saw a weapon on mr. wright, did you? no. never saw a gun? no. he never threw a right? no. he never kicked anyone? no. never said i m going to kill you. no. potter is facing first and second degree manslaughter charges. we were expecting to have closing arguments monday. the jury will be heading home this afternoon after getting jury instructions. the final images they ll take home with them are those visuals with kim potter on the stand being overcome with emotion as
after they were chasing arbery for an alleged crime they never witnessed. i am out here. there is a black male running down the street. what s your emergency? there s a black man running down the street. reporter: it turned out, arbery had not committed a burglary. that he committed that burglary, they can chase him down. reporter: the burden is on the prosecution to prove the nine charges against each defendant beyond a reasonable doubt, including aggravated assault and murder. the defense interrupted the prosecution s argument several times. each time, calling for a mistrial over the prosecutor s interpretation of the law for the jury. a misstatement of the law. in closing arguments monday, the defense went after arbery s actions and his character. they referred to video taken of arbery wandering inside a home-construction site months before he was killed.
it s a black male running down the street. what s your emergency? there s a black man running down the street. reporter: it turns out arbery had not committed a burglary. they wanted it to be a burglary, so that s a felony. they can chase him down. reporter: the burden is on the prosecution to prove the nine charges against each defendant beyond a reasonable doubt, including aggravated assault and murder. the defense interrupted the prosecution s argument several times. each time calling for a mistrial over the prosecutor s interpretation of the law for the jury. you can t argue a misstatement of the law. motion for mistrial is denied. reporter: in closing arguments monday, the defense went after arbery s actions and his character. they referred to video taken off arbery wandering inside a home construction site months before he was killed. he was a recurring nighttime intruder. reporter: one defense