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The trial of Jussie Smollett kicks off on Monday, nearly three years after the 39-year-old actor allegedly orchestrated a hate crime against himself, telling police that two White men in MAGA hats attacked him, shouted slurs, and put a noose around his neck.

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A sentence uttered by a defense attorney in the trial of those accused in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery brought an audible gasp from people in the courtroom Monday --

The defense attorneys for Gregory and Travis McMichael, who are charged with Arberys murder, repeatedly have tried to present Arbery as a criminal.

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Parade. >> charles: thanks, gillian. i want to bring in mark eiglarsh. obviously people are worried. were talking now about darrell brooks who initially had bail at $10,000. and then it was $1,000. i mean, does this send a wrong message to criminals? little consequence and if you do get caught you can get out easily? >> i think that we need to confine what this means. what it means is a prosecutor, a single prosecutor, screwed up badly. dont take my word for it. lets listen to his boss who said ...

That we should get rid of cash bail, particularly when people have a track record of harming other people is outrageous. >> no one size fits all. for people that have records dating back to the disco crisis, those people should have a higher bond because theyre more of a danger to the community and a risk of flight. on the other hand, those with one offense and perhaps not a very violent offense, have ties to the community but dont have the money shouldnt have to be posting a high bond because t...

That situation. and even though he had -- what he tried to do was say, but he was already cornered and he already realized he couldnt outrun the mcmichaels and so on and so forth. he did try to admit what he cant deny and then deny what you cant admit which is a staple of what you have to do in these situations as a defense attorney. i dont know whether the jury will buy it. >> yeah, and i want to go to you there, mark, about the prosecutions argument. what did you think about that? >> well, she...

Cell phone and the video he took. >> roddie bryan didnt shoot anyone. at the time of the shooting, he was some distance back. he was armed only with his cell phone. >> outside the courthouse, the number of protesters swell with the presence of the new black panthers, include something members who were armed. something that drew the attention of defense lawyers on lunch break. and it was those armed demonstrators outside of the courthouse that caused kevin goff, william roddie bryans defense atto...

And as outrageous and offensive as i found it personally, i know that she wouldnt have made it if she didnt think it would resonate with those particular jurors. thats what she did. >> well leave it there. mark eiglarsh and charles coleman jr., thank you both. waiting for closing arguments to resume in the trial of the killing of ahmaud arbery. well go back inside the courtroom live when it happens. a holiday parade turns tragic. what officials just revealed about the suspect accused of kill...