shot ahmaud arbery and killed him. the scene caught on video because bryan filmed it. michael mcmurder and travis mcmichael and william bryan each face life in prison. quote, guilty, guilty, get, after nearly two years of pain, suffer asking wondering if ahmad s killers would be held to account the family has some justice. while today is not one for celebration, it is one for reflection. this case, by all accounts should have been opened and closed the violent stalking and lynching of ahmaud arbery was documented on video for the world to witness. but yet, because of the deep cracks, flaws, and biases in our systems we were left to wonder if we would ever see justice. america you raised your voice force ahmad. now is not the time to let them be quiet. keep marching, keep fighting for what is right, and never stop run forth ahmad. this afternoon, emotional reaction from ahmaud arbery s family. back in 2020 i never thought this day would come. but god is good. yes, he is.
This get translated into work that has at least in terms of police reform in congress largely stalled out? you know, i keep trying to tell people that this is a multilayered effort. it can t just be that we rely on congress or the state house. we know that we definitely can t rely on states like texas to do anything that s right. you know, we ve got our work cut out for us in the community itself. you know, as you ve discussed this case, i couldn t help but think about botham jean who lived in my house district, who was literally sitting at home when he was killed by a law enforcement officer while he was eating ice cream on his couch. and even still in that set of circumstances, we were holding our breath trying to figure out whether or not there would be a verdict or atatiana jefferson who is from the fort worth area and sadly enough, that officer has not been tried yet.
Party is now for democracy? no, there isn t. we come from the paleo litic age of the republican party. i don t recognize it at all. and i think the i know you feel strongly about this like i do, i think the greatest fraud perpetuated on the american public is the notion that there was systemic voter fraud in the 2016 election. i come from the 2000 election election as do you where al gore had a much stronger case than donald trump does, and after a year of countless court cases, millions of dollars spent where the republican party paid their own operatives to do a recount in arizona, they found more votes for joe biden, not less. nicole, let me just quote a guy name bryant claus from the washington post today. he says, what has happened in the united states over the past five years is in many ways a classic of the autocratic genre, a populous leader rose to power, attacked the press, politicized
If you are looking hard, that, to me, was strong evidence that there was no possible citizen s arrest to make, and it was a way of quelling any final discomfort among any of the jurors that this, in fact, was cold-blooded murder, not excused by any kind of citizen s arrest. harry, they asked the review the videotape of the attack. i watched it again today. yeah. it s hard to imagine, if you watch it, coming to any conclusion other than the conclusion the jury came to. what is the impact of videotape of a crime? and where do you think we are without it? it s everything. and you know, as the reverend says, i mean, maybe it shun be this way, but this case sort of is sense of justice is sort of deepened by relief with not just the rittenhouse case but the legacy of cases in
Hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york today. an outpouring of emotion in streets outside a courthouse in brunswick, georgia, where today three white men were found guilty of murdering amat arbery a unarmed black man the case that along with the murder of george floyd helped spark ana nationwide uprising in the name of justice for black lives. today the jury 11 of them white, appearing after more than 11 hours of deliberation to agree with prosecutors to say that travis mcmichael, his father gregory and their neighborhood william roddy bryan jumped to conclusions about a quote, black man running down street. they confronted him and travis