they were trying to do, that is the defendants here, was simply protect their neighborhood out of concern that ahmaud arbery was the person who had been engaging in these break-ins at the construction site and had been doing things that were perilous to the neighborhood. however, although they have said that, that is the defense, i think certainly the prosecution has in many ways connected the dots, has indicated that this racial animus and racial hatred is the thing that motivated them to do it, you heard in closing arguments and in opening arguments in large measure the prosecution indicating that this was about pent-up racial anger, racial motivation which ended in an african-american man dying and had he been white he would be home, their words, not mine for dinner or supper that evening. yeah. it was stunning what we learned in this trial, what they said. the things that had been in their heart over time when it came to black people and the fact that they used the n word over an
help. and they talked about him being treated less than human. there was no empathy in that moment. and then they started reading the words, the text memorandums with the n word over and over again. you could tell it was taking an emotional toll on the family that has been you this so much. you think about that two-year anniversary. and it just seemed to kind of bring that entire courtroom into silence. it is one of the things you can t see because this is a federal court case. because it is a federal court case, we can t bring you those images but i can tell you, each time the prosecutor used the n word, it really stood out in court. we appreciate you being there for us. i now want to bring in the former mayor of atlanta, and the cnn commentator and former south carolina representative and author of, who are your people. mayor, how do you think this trial has unfolded so far?
of the video you are about to hear contains ovenive language. we think it is important the audience hear to under the full story here. a home video showing an outdoor video. with a burglary suspect. we can t see their faces but people are heard commenting on the video at the time. mom is yelling nigger. using the n word over and over saying the suspect is like a roach. like a roach. taking place at the home of lafayette city court judge. it is unknown who is recording or speaking and how it became public. disgusted. local activist is among those calling for the judge to step down.
contains offensive language. reporter: a home video showing outdoor surveillance footage with an altercation with a burglary suspect. like hold up. hold up. reporter: we can t see their faces but the people are heard watching and commenting on the video at times using racist language. and mom s yelling reporter: the people who are watching the video are heard using the n-word over and over sometimes laughing, at some point saying the suspect was a roach. it all took place at the home of lafayette city court judge michelle. it s unknown who s recording the video or who s speaking and now she s facing calls for her resignation. i was disgusted. reporter: local activist and advocate larry chambers is among those calling on the judge to step down. she refers to people as roaches. that s what she views certain people who come into her courtroom as, and therefore she
her job or not? well, you heard a lot of talk at the end of that piece about that commission. that judiciary commission will have a chance to review what happened and make a suggestion. one of the things we didn t do in this piece when you listen to it when you go online and listen to it in the full. and of course we don t want to play the n-word over and over again. yeah, i wonder why be bleeped it. i think we should have played it. when you listen to it fully and the first time when it was going viral you could see how comfortable they seemed making the comments and using the word and even calling the suspect a roach. and that s what really stood out to a lot of people, the governor making his comments tonight maybe she should step down. but one of the things that stood out about the governor s comments any time an african-american would be in her courtroom there would be obviously someone who could say maybe she should not be involved in this space because after she displaye