are less than humans and should not have the same interpretation of law for them as would other people. i m glad you brought that up, reverend. i was going to ask paul about that. let me have you listen, rev, to what kevin goff, the attorney for william hrodey bryant had to say after the verdict about what was going on outside the courtroom. listen. you ve seen the efforts in the case to try and contain the carnival like atmosphere outside the courthouse and, you know, that s pretty rough. you ve got you guys doing your job and other people doing their jobs and, you know, this is america. it ain t easy. you ve got you want freedom, you ve got to work at it. and just to remind the audience, i m sure they recognized that guy. he s the same one who said that he called for a mistrial and had railed against the black ministers, the black pastors who were sitting in the gallery, you
shotgun? reporter: the state arguing if any other of the defendants didn t take part in the crimes, ahmaud arbery could be alive and his race was a motivating factor. what is your emergency? there is a black man running down the street. reporter: both arbery s family and defense attorney has faith in the jury. we re confident that this jury will seriously consider all the evidence and come back with a verdict that is reflective of what actually happened, which is the brutal and unjustified murder of ahmaud arbery. the evidence of travis innocence we ll see what the jury feels is justice and we will accept the verdict whatever it is. reporter: defense attorney kevin goff who made controversial comments throughout the trial criticizing the presence of black pastors seemed to soften his tone expressing concern for the arbery family. there is no pressure on the lawyers, win or lose we go home.
what actually happened, which is the brutal and unjustified murder of ahmaud arbery. very confident in the evidence of travis s innocence. now we ll see what the jury feels is justice and we ll accept the verdict whatever it is. reporter: defense attorney kevin goff who made controversial comments throughout the trial, criticizing the presence of black pastors seemed to soften his tone expressing concern for the arbery family. there s no pressure on the lawyers. win or lose, we go home. the pressure is on the clients, you know, and i feel for the arbery family. this has been an ordeal for them, you know. some of this testimony and the evidence presented about their son has been graphic. reporter: jury deliberations will continue on wednesday, which here in the united states is, of course, the day before a major holiday. and there is a lot of speculation that there could be pressure on this jury to want to get done with their work so that they can enjoy the entire holiday weeken
there is no fear here. there is nl only anger. do you really believe he had no other choice but to use his shotgun? reporter: the state arguing if any other of the defendants didn t take part in the crimes, ahmaud arbery could be alive and his race was a motivating factor. what is your emergency? there is a black man running down the street. reporter: both arbery s family and defense attorney has faith in the jury. we re confident that this jury will seriously consider all the evidence and come back with a verdict that is reflective of what actually happened, which is the brutal and unjustified murder of ahmaud arbery. the evidence of travis innocence we ll see what the jury feels is justice and we will accept the verdict whatever it is. reporter: defense attorney kevin goff who made controversial comments throughout the trial criticizing the presence of black pastors seemed to soften his tone expressing concern for the
too. is that what you thought he was up to? yes. kevin goff is actually i pretty intelligent attorney. he just, i think he misstepped with that one. but i don t they it was a complete accident on his part. yeah. it struck a lot of people as very insensitive. i know you were in the courtroom. but outside of the courtroom it just struck a lot of people as being totally inappropriate. linda, what message do you hope today s verdict sends to other mothers out there seeking justice for their sons as we were talking with ahmaud arbery s mother in the previous hour and we made the note and she also made the note that this doesn t always end the same way for a lot of mothers in her case. what do you think that the message is being sent from this case to others, other mothers out there hoping for justice? i hope the message is that