attorneys and al sharpton, who has been supporting them in the courtroom during the trial. he s been there, despite the repeated and bizarre objections of one of the defense attorneys. both parents and one of their attorneys, ben crump, spoke after the verdict and expressed relief and gratitude that this time, in this case, these white men would not be allowed to murder a black person with impunity. i never saw this day back in 2020. i never thought this day would come. but god is good. yes, he is. i just want to tell everybody thank you, thank you for those who marched, those who pray, most of all, the ones who prayed. yes, lord. thank you, god. thank you. i don t want to see no daddy see their kid get lynched and shot like that. so it s all our problem. so hey, let s keep fighting and making this a better place for
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 day by asking to replay the video of his killing several times. how significant is that? reporter: yeah, looking back at that, laura, i think that was a pivotal moment in the whole decision making for this jury. they wanted to look at the video. they came back in the courtroom to do that. they watched that video six times in a row. time and time and time again. they also listened to the greg mcmichael 911 call from the very same scene. so it appears that before the
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
a black kid s life don t matter. for real, all life matters. we don t want to see nobody go through this, i don t want to see no daddy watch their kid get lynched, shot down like that. it s all our problem. it s all our problem. let s keep fighting, let s keep making this place a better place for all human beings, all human beings, everybody. love everybody. all human beings need to be treated equally. today is a good day. before the lawyers come back, let me also say, as i said to all of the activists, the family thanks them. we thank a lot of those that were local. reverend baker, who stood up
0 men for hate crimes. i don t think it will change the resulting sentence, because the resulting sentence from the state conviction is going to be a very, very, very long time if not life for each of the three men. all right, everyone, big, big, day here, so let s reset what we know and where we are at the top of this hour. we re following breaking news in georgia, where a jury just reached a verdict in the case of the three men accused of killing ahmaud arbery. travis mcmichael, who pulled the trigger, was found guilty on all charges, all nine counts, including felony murder, malice murder, and aggravated assault. gregory mcmichael, his father, who drove the truck and called 911 after the shooting, was found not guilty of malice murder but guilty on all other charges. all other eight counts, including felony murder. william roddie bryan, who followed and filmed the confrontation, was found not guilty of malice murder, but found guilty on many other charges including felony murder.