of the man who murdered ahmad ar berry asked them through several witnesses, who testified to have been heard and seen racist language from the defendants, one contending she endured racist harassment. while they served tole in the military. what would a guilty ver do, as far as establishing a present in the future. parents of ahmaud arbery, and they were emphatic that they have this hate crime trial with chug very rare in america. normally we don t have these
a special agent with the georgia bureau of investigations taking the stand today in the federal hate crime trial hate crimes i should say trial in the three men convicted of murdering ahmaud arbery. turns out he had a confederate flag license plate and the decal of a blue tool cross in the bed of his truck. and that after revealed social media posts from two of the defendants we re glad to have you this evening. good evening, areva. to remind everyone of this casual racism these men use in their daily lives here s what one of the texts revealed during the trial. it said a friend text travis mcmichael, quote, this cracker barrel up here is full of some other kinds of people. mcmichael replies, quote, need to change the name from cracker barrel to n-word bucket.
prosecution bring witness after witness to the stand to testify about their personal interactions with the mcmichaels and saying the conversations turned into a rant about black people and how travis or gregory michael didn t like black people, using racial slurs. the prosecution laid out text messages and social media posts from all three defenses. that s why they say it s clear they didn t like black people. they hated them. that s why they targeted, attacked and killed ahmaud arbery because he was black man in their neighborhood. all three men already face life in prison because of the conviction in their state trial. in this federal hate crime trial, arbery s mother said it s so important to get a conviction in this case because it send a clear message. take a listen. it says to the nation you
and what about that viral video? two teens, one black, one white, fighting in a new jersey mall. but two police officers breaking it up, pinning the black teen to the floor and handcuffing him while directing the white teen to sit on a couch. again, sparking outrage. and then there s the federal hate crime trial of three white men, georgia men convicted of murdering black jogger ahmaud arbery. another day of witness testimony. another day of hearing people recount the racist things that these men have said. today a former coast guard colleague of travis mcmichael, a white woman testifying he called her a racist slur for dating a black man. and there s more, closing arguments are set for monday. so let s get to the conversation now starting with the cnn legal analyst lonny coombs and paneal joseph. lonny, i m going to start with you. let s start with kim potter s
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