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From this verdict, but there are all of these countervailing forces. the fact that this was videotaped, what if it wasn't. the fact that it was 74 days before they were charged, that they went through multiple prosecutors and looked from the outside that it was an attempt to cover up what happened, that the basic law in question here is a citizen's arrest law that has subsequently been repealed, but we think about what's happened in kenosha, and we think about past incidents where african american -- african american men have been shot, there are stand your ground laws. there are other self-de...

On capitol hill. tell me what that work includes, if it still includes legislation. >> well, this is a moment, certainly, of triumph in some ways today. but it comes after a period of real frustration for so many of the president's supporters who had frankly lost faith in the justice system in many ways, who just in the last week or so were dealt a blow with the acquittal of kyle rittenhouse, another rishlly charged case that had the national spotlight. and a lot of democrats have been, theically african-americans, upset that this administration and this democratic-controlled congress hadn't d...

Argument. 150-year-old law, the defense tried it. clearly they didn't bite. inside the court you heard there a little bit from marcus, the father of ahmaud arbery, he let out a whoo of relief. he was escorted out of the court. before he was, he turned to everybody and said this was a long time coming. and it has been a long time coming. ahmaud arbery died on february 23rd of 2020. if it had not been for the video that was shot by the third defendant, there's a chance this trial never would have gone to the courthouse. this is a community that feels betrayed by local law enforcement. it's not h...

Telling them from the point of view of the police officer we didn't have a choice. we were afraid. he reached for the gun. he grabbed it. he's telling them this story. this is how the prosecution closed their case. and then after that interaction, the police let those two pickup trucks drive home. and so what you have, again, is a situation that without the video this is probably not in court, but you talk to supporters of the family, and they would say why? why? he was unarmed. there's a reason there's not a 911 phone call from ahmaud arbery, right? he didn't have a phone. he didn't have anyt...