justice. i ll ask both of you this question, mr. merit, do you have confidence in the prosecutor they want to win? mr. flynn bode, since the day he got involved in this case he sat down with wonda cooper and assured her of his commitment to justice in this case and he s held her hand and this family s hand every step of the way. they have my full confidence they are going to do everything within their power to ensure the evidence is presented in a clear and thorough way. i don t think a reasonable jury can hear this evidence and conclude anything other than guilty on all charges. this case has been described as a lynching, as a modern day lynching, mrs. cooper. do you believe that? and do you have confidence in the prosecutor in this case? i do think that the murder of ahmaud was a modern day
their actions showed just exactly that. i mean, we went 74 days with no arrests. they actually this case was almost closed. so yes, they were actually treated like they were law enforcement officers and nothing done about it. and do you think ms. cooper that if they had not had law enforcement ties that things would have gone differently or do you think this is simply because your son was a young black man and it wouldn t matter if they didn t have law enforcement connections? i think that the mcmichaels being affiliated with the police department played a factor in it however i think that race played a major factor in this all together. mr. merit, let s talk about this jury selection. 1,000 jury summons have gone out to find 12 jurors. 1 in every 85 people living in glen county have been called and one to two weeks for potential jury selection. now that you ve seen in the
shot arbery in self-defense. the three defendants have been indicted on federal hate crimes charges. joining me is the attorney for the arbery family and wonda cooper jones, arbery s mom. i want to start with you ms. cooper and with our deepest condolences on the loss of your son. tell us about him because we want to bring life to him. what was he like and tell us what we should know about him. ahmaud was the baby of three. he had an elder sister and elder brother. i had him in 1990 on mother s day. he was a happy child. he was a jokester. he liked to make everyone happy and laugh. and mr. merit, of the other hand, you have these men who killed him who really were treated with kid gloves. immediately exonerated by the people supposed to be in charge