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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
certain folks in the white community that black people do not belong in your town. that they do not belong on your street. that they do not belong in your kids school or in your neighborhood. maybe not even in the country. remember, there were white folks that wanted barack obama to show his papers just to actually be able to be in the white house because there are a lot of white folks who don t think black folks belong anywhere that we don t want them to be. i want us to not lose sight of the bigger picture that this country, for a very long time, has sent the message to people like the mcmichaels and mr. bryan that what they did was perfectly legitimate. that doesn t let them off the hook. but what it means is that we as a country have some soul searching to do because what these three defendants did was they learned the lessons of their country. it is not just their racism. it is our cultural and social crisis of racial bias that s been here for a lot longer than those three men ha
experience the potential for isolated thunderstorms. could see some large-size hail and damaging winds. about 21 million people impacted by this going for monday. by tuesday it shifts towards the east. but guess what happens. for new york city towards the end of the workweek, temperatures only in the 30s. so enjoy the mild weather while it lasts, laura. got to enjoy it while it lasts. karen, thank you. this morning closing arguments are set to begin in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men travis mcmichael his father gregory and william roddy brian. all three were convicted in state court for chasing down and killing black jogger ahmaud arbery in georgia. both the property dugs and defense rested their cases on friday. let s bring in criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor bernarda. good to have you back on early start. appreciate t. there is no real dispute. this trial is about the motivation for the killing, that the men shot ahmaud arbery
a verdict in the federal hate crimes trial over the killing of ahmaud arbery. the three men already convicted of murdering arbery found guilty today of hate crimes and attempted kidnapping. the trial putting their racist text messages, social media posts and conversations on full display. joining me now is wanda cooper-jones, ahmaud arbery s mother, and mark mcgwire, attorney for ahmaud arbery s family. thank you both for joining us. miss cooper-jones, i m so happy that you re here. i m honored that you re here. and watching you today was just amazing. how are you feeling? i m exhausted, but i m thankful. yeah. the evidence in this case was damning. it took the jury just a little over three hours to determine the three men pursued and murdered your son, sadly, because of his race. how are you feeling tonight