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That these prosecutors have to approach the scenario because if youre talking about the element of having to prove the racial animus, its not enough just to prove, for example, that somebody generally has these viewpoints. theyve got to show that it was the reason why they acted. will either or any of these three take the stand, do you think, in defense of their actions? at least at the state trial, the shooter did. >>. y yeah, so excellent points, laura. to unpack that, number one, jurors, if y...

Job and why he liked that he didnt work with black people saying, quote, they ruin everything. thats why i love what i do. not an n-word in sight. another text message, from 2019, referenced mcmichael meeting up with a friend at a local cracker barrel restaurant. the friend tells travis this crackle barrel up here is full of some other kinds of people. travis replies, needs to change the name from cracker barrel to n-word bucket. on social media, mcmichael posted a comment reacting to a video of...

The most sympathetic? who can we most likely put up on the stand with the least risk? and the one -- >> its not derek chauvin in this case, right? >> no. >> we know its not him. >> absolutely not. know derek chauvin here. no, he would be the worst one to put on the stand for sure. the one theyre going to put on is this thomas lane, who was in his fourth day on the job and he was the one to say, shouldnt we roll him on his side or something to that effect. i think what the defendants are going to...

Friend. the popes views on immigration and taxation are personal opinions. his job description doesnt cover of a any that. thats all extra. wee catholics and those in the media elevateap papal opinion to the level of dogma. people ask me, is the pope a socialist? in 2016 during the presidential election, only one presidential candidate was invited to the vatican. you you know who that candidate was? bernie sanders. they invited him because the bishop who ran the thing said his views are analogou...

That the american taxpayers played for professional archivists to tape the pieces back together. cant make it up, don, its crazy. >> every time you think if someone wrote this, we would say this is crazy. >> can i have a postscript there? >> go ahead, john. this is crazy. >> fani willis is one of the prosecutors that donald trump attacked the other day as racist. reason that he called her racist is because shes black. he was trying to use, i know youre going to be talking about that later in the...

Prove, like you mentioned, these three men chased as mr. ari, chased him, murdered him because he was black. showing all three of them had racial animus towards black individuals helps to prove it, that they went after mr. arbery because of his race. being racist is not going to make the difficult for the prosecution. thats why, jose, as youre pointing out, theyre showing and emphasizing those text messages that show not only hatred but irrational responses to black people. they also talked abou...

Federal prosecutors presented more damning evidence today to show that the three white men who killed ahmaud arbery did so because of racial animus. an fbi intelligence analyst led the jury through a litany -- and i do mean a litany -- of racist text messages and social media posts, particularly from two of them. and honestly im going to be honest with you here. its too sickening to read all of them and the vitriol. but this is just a sliver so you can understand what the jury is hearing. in one...

Now today we learn the confederate symbol is decorating his truck. but all this evidence, does it add up to hate crime? >> well, don, the evidence has been so horrific, so offensive. we know that the juror, if not one many jurors have asked the judge about counseling, about emotional psychological counseling because theyve had to sit through the testimony of these prosecution witnesses and hear just the animus that these defendants had towards african americans. and yes, the prosecution has a he...

Georgetown law school professor, former pro federal prosecutor, nbc legal analyst. mr. butler, its good to see tonight. ahmaud arberys mother makes an interesting case. that this -- the department of justice, the federal government, doesnt puffed and pursue these cases. its one of the first time that this has successfully been prosecuted according to ben crump in the state of georgia ever. why is that? >> so, ali, this prosecution was symbolic in part because the three defendants had already bee...

You were covering this case. i was able to follow your tweets to get a sense of how was going before we got the final judgment tonight. i want to say, just based on your tweets, there was zero room for surprise in the way the judge ruled today. what were the key moments for you in the courtroom? >> well, one of the key moments was when trumps attorney, alina habba, said trump was a member of a protected class. that was a blooper worthy of another moment by a different trump attorney, rudy giulia...