it took until just about 1:30 eastern time for the verdict to be reached and read, what appeared to be a joyous mother reacting, ahmaud arbery s mother was seated in the courtroom, reacted very emotionally, nodding her head in agreement as the charges were read. all three men found guilty of his murder. trace: it s interesting. welcome to a brand-new hour of america reports. travis mcmichael, the one who pulled the trigger, 35 years old, former coast guard member. he was the one found guilty of malice murder. his father, 65-year-old gregory mcmichael found guilty of felony murder. and roddie bryan was found guilty of the second count of felony murder. it doesn t matter, as professor jonathan turley just told us moments ago does not matter because they are all going to spend life in prison. we want to get outside the courthouse now to
steve harrigan. he has been covering this trial all along live. what are you hearing and what are you seeing outside the courthouse? it was really a moment of celebration outside the courthouse. several hundred people have been gathered there since the early morning hours waiting for this verdict. they are out there last night as well. 11 whites and one black went into discussions last night for six hours. another five hours today. there were real concerns about what could happen but really a clean sweep for the prosecution, overwhelming victory. one man fired shots but all three now found guilty of murder. this case began actually two years ago. ahmaud arbery, 25-year-old black man running through a suburban neighborhood in georgia. he had stopped in the house under construction on multiple occasions. the men who followed him, the men who hunted him, the men who tried to pet him and with their pickup trucks and who eventually shot and killed him said he was not a jogger but a burgla
like it was god s hand that he followed them in the film the scene. the jury clearly did not think that he was there as god s messenger because he s convicted with these other two. the murder counts. sandra: i want to take in the scene outside the courthouse in brunswick, georgia, where there were preparations underway for quite some time ahead of the verdict being read after just two days of deliberations. the celebration there. a moment ago we were showing images of what we were told was arbery s family members. his mother was quite clearly in the courtroom, jonathan. the camera was on her for quite some time. she s been very outspoken during the course of this trial at points. i had to remind myself of her words, saying i let them dehumanize my son. she spoke out, she reacted to
read. travis mcmichael, the man who fatally shot ahmaud arbery was convicted of murder and found guilty on all counts against him. jonathan turley was joining us out of this coverage in the verdict has been reached. he s been listening with us. your reaction is travis mcmichael found guilty of malice murder. gregory mcmichael was found not guilty of that charge as well as william roddie bryan. the expected result given the weight of the evidence in the power of the videotape. the prosecutors alleged a series of lesser offenses, including aggravated assault, false imprisonment. the reason for that is those were the linchpins against felony murder. it turns out that was a very important tactic for the prosecution because the jury did find those lesser offenses and
filed against each of this three men here. jonathan, i want to talk to you about the defense here. some unusual moves. arbery s mother gasped when this was said. take a listen. turning ahmaud arbery in to a victim after the choices that he made does not reflect the reality of what brought ahmaud arbery here. he had khaki shorts with no socks to cover his long dirty toes. gillian: ever heard anything like that? no, i haven t. reminds me about the rittenhouse trial where the prosecutor elevated people like mr. rosenbaum to a hero status