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Three white men chased ahmaud arbery down because he was black. and almost two years to the day arbery was murdered in south georgia, a jury found his convicted killers guilty of federal hate crimes. cnn's nadia romero is outside the courthouse in brunswick, georgia. nadia, cameras weren't allowed inside. you were there. walk us through what happened as this verdict was read. >> dana, it was an emotional morning for sure for everyone involved. guilty on all charges that the three defendants were facing. and that wasn't a guarantee. so there was a lot of angst from ahmaud arbery's family who wa...

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 a black male running down the street. >> reporter: during the trial, the three defendants had claim...

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 citizen's 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. >> reporter: but the prosecution said that arbery was just out for a jog. he hadn't committed a crime and w...

Today, jurors heard two drastically different perspectives on what happened the day arbery died. during closing arguments, prosecutors said the three white men on trial assumed the worst about a 25-year-old black man running in their neighborhood, chased him down, and killed him. in contrast, one of the defense attorneys argued that the men had a duty to catch arbery, whom she described as a frightening burglar with -- and i quote -- long, dirty toenails. martin savidge has the latest from georgia. >> reporter: as the trial reaches its critical final days, protests outside the glenn county cou...

Profile people in the public gallery and gatherings outside the courtroom. . >> we are asking for a mistrial. >> reporter: all three denied. but today might be the last chance for either side to sway the jury. the man month fatally shot arbery was one of the last taking the stand. >> denied brandish any weapons? >> no, ma'am. >> didn't pull out any guns? >> no, ma'am. >> didn't pull out a knife? >> no, ma'am. >> never reached for anything, did he? >> no. >> he just ran? >> yes, he was just running. >> that was ahmaud arbery seeing this february 23rd, 2020 near brunswick in georgia. >> you are ...