getting ready to celebrate thanksgiving with his family. what happened in georgia today was accountability. the three men who chased and gunned down 25-year-old ahmaud arbery while he was jogging in february of of last year have all been found guilty of murder. celebrations erupted outside the courthouse after the nearly all-white jury delivered a guilty verdict after 11 hours of deliberation. travis mcmichael, who fatally shot ahmaud arbery, was found guilty on all nine counts including malice murder and felony murder. his father, gregory mcmichael, and their neighbor william bryan were also found guilty of felony murder. they each face a sentence of life in prison. it will be up to the judge to decide if they will ever be eligible for parole. they all still face federal hate crime charges as well. ahmaud arbery s parents thanked those who ve marched, prayed, and supported their family since their son s murder. we i never thought this day would come. but god is good.
their neighborhood. count one, malice murder. we the jury find the defendant travis mcmichael guilty. say his name ahmaud arbery! arbery s killing in february of 2020 would eventually become part of this country s larger reckoning with race and injustice. the case came under national scrutiny only because a cell phone video of the shooting emerged. arrest followed but the path to prosecution was marked by delays and allegations of misconduct. for months arbery s family pressed for action in this case. today that same family welcomed the verdict. back in 2020 i never thought this day would come, but god is good. yes, he is. and i just want to tell everybody thank you, thank you for those who marched, those who prayed, and most of all the ones who prayed. yes, lord. thank you, god. thank you. let s keep fighting. let s keep fighting. let s keep making this place a better place for all human beings. amen. all human beings. today is a good day. the j
Make them look as hypocritical and problematic as they are. the trust coming out on january 6th, the guilty verdicts we saw in the arbery trial today, that is literally the very least we are owed and you know how much it took us to get a semblance of that kind of accountability. brittany pack net cunningham, thank you as always for joining us. the 11th hour with brian williams starts right now. good evening once again, day 309 of the biden administration, the three men charged in the killing of ahmaud arbery are going away having all been convicted of murder. their claim was they were protecting their community and acting in self-defense. on the second day of deliberations, this jury in brunswick, georgia, found them guilty in the shooting death of arbery as he jogged through