former police officer gregory mcmichael, his 33 year old sun travis the man who filmed ahmaud arbery s death, william roddy brian, would eventually arrested and brought to trial and found guilty of murder, aggregated assault and forced imprisonment. thea;t murder, aggregated assault and forced imprisonment. they chose to tar: et forced imprisonment. they chose to taruet m forced imprisonment. they chose to target my sun forced imprisonment. they chose to target my sun because forced imprisonment. they chose to target my sun because they - forced imprisonment. they chose to target my sun because they didn t i target my sun because they didn t want him in their community. these men deserved the maximum sentence for the crime. ahmaud never said a word to them. he never threatened them. hejust wanted word to them. he never threatened them. he just wanted to word to them. he never threatened them. hejust wanted to be word to them. he never threatened them. he just wanted to be left alon
ahmad. we re going to miss his jokes, his impersonations, his warm smile. these men deserve the maximum sentence for their crimes. ahmad never said a word to them. he never threatened them. he just wanted to be left alone. cnn national correspondent diane gallagher joining us now from brunswick, georgia, outside the courthouse. diane, gut-wrenching. i mean, these were short but such powerful statements from ahmaud arbery s family. walk us through what the judge will be deciding today. so erica, the sentence that goes with the charges that these three men were convicted of is life in prison. the judge will have to decide
to be, but how important is this day for the arbery family, for any victim s family? so the sentencing is the most important day for anyone who has lost someone to a crime. you got to think this is the day that ahmaud arbery s mother, family, has been waiting for since february 23rd of 2020. and in order to see some kind of justice and accountability for the men that took away the life of this 25-year-old man. so at this time, this is the day where they can speak without restraint as to their feelings, what they have been going through, and try to get some kind of closure at seeing that the men who took away her son s life are going to be held accountable. areva, as dianne mentioned, this is far from over, even after the judge hands down the sentence today. because you have, well, you have an appeal that is expected by
sentences for the men ultimately murdering ahmaud arbery. it s important to remember that this case may not have ever got on the that point were it not for that video. that s right. right now the former district attorney in brunswick is going to be prosecuted because there was over a month s time that went by from the death of ahmaud arbery to the arrest of these individuals where there was no action taken by that office. if it weren t for the love of a black mother with respect to arbery s mom posting an independent investigation from the georgia bureau of investigations, this case may not have seen the light of day. and so while we can appreciate the verdict in this case and while we can appreciate the sentencing in this case, it s very important that we do not condition ourselves from a public standpoint that we meade the evidence in every incident in order to pursue accountability on behalf of people being killed. that is a very dangerous model that we kind of sort of set up.
good morning welcome to breakfast with nina warhurst and jon kay. our headlines today: hundreds of thousands of flat owners will not have to pay to replace unsafe cladding under new government plans. a fourth covid jab is not needed yet uk experts say booster doses keep giving high protection against severe illness from the omicron variant. three white men begin life sentences in the us for murdering ahmaud arbery, a blackjogger who ran through their neighbourhood. it s looking like mission impossible for england in the fourth ashes test. and once again in sydney it s australia s usman khawaja, whose second century of this test is pushing the hosts towards another win.