thanksgiving day parade. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening there was no self-defense, no lawful citizen s arrest, just murder. at least that s how a jury in brunswick, georgia fairly saw it in the death of ahmaud arbery in their second day of deliberations, the jury found the three defendants guilty of chasing down and murdering the 25-year-old black man as he ran through a neighborhood the person who fired the fatal shot travis mcmichael guilty on all nine counts related to arbery s death. his father, gregory mcmichael, and neighbor william bryan guilty on most of the counts arbery s mother who fought to bring her son s case to justice welcoming the verdict tonight. in the end, a case that evoked a painful history of racism amid worries of an uneven playing field was decided against three white men in the deep south by a nearly all white jury sam brock is at the courthouse with the verdict and reaction
business of this white house, and next week begins a marathon. the question to you is we, will they, and by they i mean white house congress, will they actually be able to achieve in the real world by the end of this calendar year? well first, if i could just pick up very briefly on what actually just said. i think that there s a fifth thing that biden really ran, on and that is the return to normal se, and respect for the rule of law. and when the rittenhouse of it came out, he said we stand with the jury. the jury system works. that would ve been a nearly impossible for him to say if this verdict came back a different way. but here we saw a jury and nearly all white jury, in the deep south come forward. and they deliver justice in a highly charged case that shocked the nation last year. i think that the biggest emotion that i sense from the white house was a sigh of relief. in terms of going forward with
switching wireless carriers is easy with xfinity. just lean on our helpful switch squad to help you save with xfinity mobile. they can help break up with your current carrier for you and transfer your info to your new phone. giving you a fast and easy experience that can save you hundreds a year on your wireless bill. visit your nearest xfinity store and see how the switch squad can help you switch and save. it s the xfinity black friday sales event. learn how to save up to $1000 on select phones let the word go forth all over by visitng your local xfinity store today. the world that a jury of that a jury 11 whites, of 11 whites and one black. , and in the one black, in the deep south. deep south stood up, in the stood up in the courtroom, and said courtroom, that black lives and then that do matter. black lives do matter.
of 11 white and one black, in the deep south, stood up in the courtroom, and said that black lives do matter. you came in the state of georgia, a state known for segregation, a state known for jim crow, and you turned it around. you took a young unarmed boy, that they thought was worthless, and you put his name in history. kirk burkhalter, criminal law professor at new york law school where is he the 21st century policing project. mark claxton director of the black law enforcement alliance, both the former and ypg detectives. paul butler, law professor at georgetown university and former prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. gentlemen, welcome all. kirk, i will start with you. what was your reaction to the verdict today? did you expect it based on what
how do you square this week in the american justice system? i understand it as part of the repeated pattern, and i understand it as a warning. so i m thinking of 1964 the trial of what is happening, he is the man of course murdered the incredible civil rights icon adverse in the driveway of his own home, in the deep south, in mississippi. he s also a man who is quote twice acquitted of that murder. in 1964 the mississippi governor at the time ross barnett, what marches into the courtroom and he shakes the hand of in front of the jury before they start their deliberations. so this kind of pattern of approval seeking, approval granting from the powers that be, whether they be current governors, or former presidents,