beaten by police officers. joining us, executive director of the aclu in louisiana. what impact do you think this verdict will have? i think this verdict sends a clear symbol that our criminal justice system still has the power to vindicate the rights of all citizens and that mr. arbery was a beautiful black man who was simply attempting to enjoy the rights that all of us are entitled to under our constitution and bill of rights, to be free, to have the liberty to move about if they show choose, and to not be subject to racial terror and violence by vigilantes, by individuals who are seeking to essentially take our country back to the times of pre-civil-war, essentially, where this very, very harmful
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.