ahmaud arbery oigthat he deserv. and kamala harris released a statement saying that these verdicts sent an important message, but she is taking issue with the defense team and some of the comments that they made, some of the horrendous comments that they made during the trial. we can put it on screen. she says that the defense counsel chose to set a tone that cast the attendance of ministers at the trial as intimidation and dehumanize a young black man with rapist tropes. what do think, is this verdict proof that it backfired on the defense? what is your sense of it? certainly relief to hear vice president kamala step in and say that you won t continue to talk about black children and black men in this way. what the defense attorney did went beyond of what we expect in terms of professionalism. everyone is sbientitled to a de.