Chased Arbery News Today

Welcome back, everyone. a jury in the u.s. state of georgia has found all three white men who killed ahmaud arbery guilty of a federal hate crime. prosecutors say racism played a key role when the men chased arbery down two years ago before shooting him. cnns ryan young was there as the verdict came in. >> reporter: holding their hands high outside a georgia courthouse, another victory for the family of ahmaud arbery two years after the murder. >> i knew we would get a victory on the state level...

The closing arguments, the prosecution is trying to prove these defendants went after, chased arbery, killed him because he was black, and were it not for his race, this would not have happened. that is the essence of the hate crimes charged that these defendants face. this is not about the murder as it was in the state case. this is about motivation and why they did this. and also these are very serious charges. the first two counts, the hate crimes charges, essentially, carry a potential life ...

Those who prayed. most of all, the ones who prayed. >> reporter: the jury made up of nine white women, two white men, and one black man deliberated for more than 11 hours after eight days of testimony from 23 witnesses. earlier today before reaching the verdicts, the jury asked to see the two video clips-let one of them enhanced from the deadly february 2020 shooting. they also asked to hear the 9-1-1 call that gregory mcmichael made the day arbery was shot and killed. >> i am out here. there is...

The day arbery was shot and killed. >> right here and there is a black male running down the street. >> reporter: during the trial the three defendants had claimed had they were trying to make a citizens arrest the day they jumped in to a truck, chased arbery and killed him. they said that they suspected arbery had burglarized a construction site referring to video of him with an dearing inside the home months before being killed. >> they wanted to stop him for the police to detain him. >> repor...

Reaction to wallaces push that convinced nascar to ban the confederate flag at its racetracks. before the event in alabama, his competitors literally stood behind him in support, bringing him to tears. wallace has been getting an earful from his critics who feel that this whole incident has been manufactured. he agrees that part of the story is wrong, but says hed rather be embarrassed than racially harassed. david? >> all right, steve osunsami with us. thank you, steve. there is news tonight ...