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Uneasy because that is a piece of evidence that really exemplifies the racial anonymous and the fact that just like the prosecutor said this happened to ahmaud arbery because he was a black man. and i think that that is at the crux of their case. they didnt make a huge issue out of it, but the statements were made. and if you remove the component of a citizens arrest, if you remove the self-defense, then all you have is a harmless, unarmed young black man who is running to save his life. so i th...

Indicted, and she has her own trial i believe in february for obstruction of justice and corruption and things of that nature. so what we saw for a period of almost three months was lack of activity on the case. it was mr. arbery whose insistence to find out what happened to his child that led to a lot of investigations and a lot of people looking into this, and ultimately the prosecutor, lead prosecutor, who is facing her own trial in february, stepping down, and then appointing some other pros...

Got it. they saw it. she didnt have to talk about race that much, because it was, like i said, so evident. so i think justice was served in this case. the jury spoke. and i think it was an outcome that it was a very, very justified outcome and a pleasant surprise. i know that ahmaud -- ive spoken to mr. arbery. i know mr. arberys family is feeling that at least justice is served. they will never see their son. they sue the horrific views of what happened to him but at least theres modicum of jus...

Rittenhouse case. such that i dont believe that the defendants are going to be able to rely on it in the same ways that kyle rittenhouse relied on it and resulting in an acquittal. so i dont necessarily anticipate that these individuals will not be convicted. however, there are very, very unpredictable things that happen when you are talking about a jury and a jury trial. so nothing is certain until the verdict is rendered. so well have to see what happens. >> i wonder disturbed you were by one ...

Lives in prison. back to you. >> charles: thanks. ted williams has been following this trial. he joins me now. ted, lots of ups and downs and anxiety. just your thoughts now that the verdict is in. >> well, my thoughts are that justice prevailed. for many years in the south, black people have been murdered and killed and hung. as a result of a video tape and as a result of a predominantly white jury in this case, a case where race was front and center, we have seen that things have changed and t...

I was embarrassed when a female defense attorney would stand up and talk about the long dirty toenails of a dead man, a man that was shot and killed. i was embarrassed when a defense attorney would stand up and ask a judge to, include black pastors from a courtroom. those things are just not part of american juris prudence. what we found here, what people of this community who are 11 whites, one black, they were able to look at the evidence in this case. the evidence was pure and simple. you had...

It should never have been. >> charles: also, and i find this often, weve seen very wealthy people of both races, all races seem to win when it comes to the legal system. more recently people point to bill cosby getting out of prison. do we often conflate classes for racism and is this a chance to say maybe a better educated jury -- i know when the judge was thanking the jurors, i thought it was important his instructions to them. department feel like he was talking to them. felt like he was talk...

Prosecutor just trustee with me now. obviously everybody is making comparisons, jim. what should we know, what are the -- where do you think people are making the mistakes? >> well, i think theres a bottom line similarity in terms of the presence of video. thats the only thing that is perfectly consistent. that is an interesting phenomenon with the injuries now. theyre not being called upon to weigh credibility of witnesses as much as to assess the legality of videos. when you look at the eviden...

Prevailed in a case. >> we just heard one of the lawyers say just about the same thing. its unfortunate that in this day and age, this is still the prevailing narrative. anything like this happens, thats the first thing that we look at rather than the case itself, the family itself, the individuals themselves. i mean, youve seen it all, been a police detective and also a lawyer. is this the beginning of something or is this part of something thats been ongoing perhaps? its not worth -- its not n...

Sentences of life in prison. outside the courtroom, there were cheers. im charles payne in for neil cavuto. jeff paul is in brunswick with more. jeff? >> very emotional time here in brunswick, georgia on multiple levels. some people in celebratory mood saying the jury got it right. you have other folks that have been out here on days on end that have been exhausted by the case that have a sense of relief. they said looking back at past trials, they thought there was a chance that it wouldnt go i...