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In the federal trial, you have a more diverse themed jury, 8 white people, 3 blacks, one hispanic. in terms of how a jury might receive this information, joey, what do you think is the way these prosecutor versus to approach this scenario? 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 t...

Quite disparaging, quite demeaning, quite dehumanizing and those were thrown at the jury. with regard to telling the jury who these defendants were, who these defendants are, the language that they use, the thoughts that they carry, the perceptions and opinions they have of people of color, that was something that was very important in this case, brianna and john. why? because unlike the state case where there was just the demonstration, right, of the actual act of violence, the kidnapping, et c...

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 giuliani, who said in court that a judge should apply normal scrutiny. is it a fundamental misunderstanding of legal terminology. so, the judge pushed back on that one. he sharply questioned the notion that this investigation was all about political animus. he said, well, maybe tram was just a bad guy. so, that line cause alina habba...

Official recognition. that mr. arbery was killed because he was black. race didnt come up in the state trial because the prosecutors didnt have to prove racial animus. but mr. arberys family said that it was important that the evil of racism be named and legally recognized. and thats what the jury did today. finding that the three defendants violated mr. arbery s right to be in a public street and they did so based on anti black prejudice. >> you bring up an interesting point, because people, sa...

With zero-commission online u.s. stock and etf trades. for smarter trading decisions, get decision tech from fidelity. federal prosecutors presented more evidence today to show the three white men who killed ahmaud arbery did so because of racial animus. led the jury through a litany of racial text messages and social media posts, particularly from two of them. and honestly, im going to be honest with you, its too sickening to read all of them and the vitriol. but this is a just a sliver so yo...

Argued that the only reason the attorney general james is investigating is because she doesnt like donald trump. to which, the judge said that, as has often been, said that it prosecutor dislike someone does not prevent a prosecution. it is not unusual for prosecutors to hate the person they are prosecuting. the validity of the prosecution turns entirely on the evidence. to that point, that judge said that the office of attorney generals investigation is hardly unsubstantiated. indeed, this cour...

Going to have a difficult time in making its case. >> hmm, interesting. like you said, one of the jurors is asking the judge in the court if the -- if the judge is going to provide counseling services today. um, they will. if you are the defense -- if you are the defense attorney in this case, what are you making of this counseling request? that cannot be good if you have -- and i want to hear from you, though -- if you have a member of the jury saying was so disturbing, i need counseling. >> oh...

Georgetown law professor, msnbc analyst, mr. butler, its good to see you tonight. ahmaud arberys mother makes an interesting case that the department of justice, the federal government, doesnt often pursue these cases. in fact, its the first time one of these has been successfully 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 been sentence to life in prison in the state murde...

Animus. >> the prosecution called 20 witnesses, the defense called one witness. her testimony center around a call about confronting a homeless man, someone they suspected of committing thefts. she testified she spotted a white man under that bridge. if thats their only witness, what does that signal to you? >> nothing. and i just want to caution folks that there will probably be even be a jury instruction to the effect, some variation of, look, the defense doesnt have to call anybody. in fact, ...

Conviction to say, based on the evidence, based on the evidence we have to have this lynch mob convicted of federal hate crime laws for ahmaud arbery, who was jogging while black. >> host of the sunday show, this was already an interesting trial of the first time it happened. but this federal trial is definitely going to get a lot of attention. it gets more to the heart of the matter than a criminal trial does. >> oh, absolutely! seeing those text messages, ali. hearing the comments that they ha...