stand, the 911 call, you put all of those pieces of that puzzle together, i think the focus on the facts and doing their duty and their duty was not involved with race, their duty was to the constitution and to their oath as jurors and to follow the law. and that s what they did. i think it was i think that they had a very good strategy, played to the jury that they had because they wanted to make sure that this jury knew the facts of the case and making sure that they could prove the facts beyond a reasonable doubt. you know, and that issue, of course, interestingly enough on the issue of duty, that was one of the main themes of the defense s case, that there was somehow a duty to pursue ahmaud arbery in the way that he did. as you know, the defense attorney, laura hogue, made the despicable comment about ahmaud arbery s toenails, implying something about his hygiene. she said she was floored with a
go ahead. yeah, i just wanted to say the prosecutors in this case just like keith ellison in george floyd s killer s case did a good job. they had the benefit of video in both cases. we want to make clear that we don t want this to be a precedent for black people who were killed unjustly to get access to the courthouse and access to justice that we have to have this high bar of having a video to have visual evidence. we still want justice for breonna taylor and all the other black people killed unjustly, and for them to have their day in court, and this is another step on our mission where we can make equality and justice for all americans. benjamin crump, thank you for your time and your advocacy, sir, mr. arbery, thank you so much for continuing to be a champion if a way that all parents hope they can be for their children. i m sorry for your loss, sir. thank you.
absolutely. and i think that what my good friend lee merit said in that clip is correct more than it is incorrect. when you think about the people who are chanting how the justice system worked and it did what it had to do, you ve just identified two different factors in addition to the fact that there was a video, that there s been an inordinate amount of emphasis place upon with respect to how the conviction came about. you change any of those one factors, and we put the outcome of this trial in serious doubt. that does not necessarily suggest that our system is working the way that it did. think about how many things had to go right. you had a prosecutor who wanted to shield, three people who are now convicted murders. you had two months where there was no attempt to make an arrest: were it not for the love of a black mother and a black father who fought to have the georgia bureau of investigations press forward and get this case moving, we might not be here today. that to me is n
at the video again because he thought it would actually help their case. it seems like there was a fundamental disconnect about knowing thy jury in this case, even to the extent that at one point they wanted to voir dire more bubbas and wanted people that were not college educated, a miscalculation thinking that if you were somehow not college educated and you were white and referring to some sort of socioeconomic status that you would excuse murder. what was that about? yeah, no, that s all about the stereotypes that we were talking about earlier and the fundamental problems that we ve got in this society right now, whether it s race or caste or however you look at it. i took that comment in closing arguments that she made as almost a hail mary, you know, sometimes defense lawyers don t play for acquittals, they play for a hung jury because that is a victory for defendants in a case. and i think that was an emotional plea for one juror to do something that she felt like
importantly congress here is investigating an attack on its own workplace. there s no more legitimate basis for a congressional investigation. probably even more so than either of the president s former impeachments, the two of them, but congress really has a right and a duty skpan obligation to investigate and seek documents here, and a lot of these arguments fall flat but yes a lot of it appears to be a pretty clear delay strategy. the tactics you resort to, often inform us about the strengthover your case. if that s the only thing they have, that s not a very strong case. elliot, thank you for your time as always, happy thanksgiving, even though you don t eat turkey, that s fine, nonetheless to you. i don t like turkey, i will eat it. big difference there. happy thanksgiving. what a lawyerly statement to clarify, love it. thank you so much. take care, counsel, good luck. covid cases unfortunately are on the rise, though, as millions of americans are traveling for the thank