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Mother of ahmaud arbery. she came out here on the courthouse steps. she spoke to the crowd and she said that she feels confident there will be a conviction in this case. so, perhaps that is helping to quell some of the uncertainty that people may be feeling about how they think this case is going to play out. let's break down some of that dramatic testimony and some of those dramatic moments we saw last week when travis mcmichael -- he is one of three defendants of course, in this case. took the stand in his own defense. he told the court how he and his father, gregory, along with another man,...

He fired in self-defense. but during some pretty intense cross-examination, we saw the prosecutor poke holes in that assertion and essentially laying out a case that showed mcmichael as the aggressor. after that testimony here outside, on the courthouse steps, we saw wanda cooper jones, speak to the crowd. she said among other things that she believes there will be a conviction in this case. take a listen. >> i think his testimony was -- first of all, i want to say i appreciate his testimony because it gave my family and i some insight on what he was actually thinking. mr. travis mcmichael kil...

Rick, we got you? still not hearing you. he may have to unmute the audio. >> i think i'm back. sorry. >> go ahead. >> i think this speaks to a cultural moment in this country right now where this case is -- be honest. badly prosecuted. >> yeah. >> the parent taking the minor to a protest with an ar-15. guys, i'm a conservative. a hunter, a shooter. i have firearms. i would never take my 17-year-old kid across state lines to a protest saying have an ar-15. this is a cultural moment lost in the shuffle and what we see emerging in the spectrum of proud boys and 3 percenters and the rest of the mu...

Enforcement was not in that case and encouraged by the then commander in chief. i think now on the other side of the verdict the activists that i hear from questioning what kind of message this sends to folks as people may continue to try to peacefully protest. what can they expect to the extent of violence and looting and also folks that came to these protests not interest in the peaceful protest aspect but there to cause trouble and some of those people were folks like kyle rittenhouse. >> let's read for you from "boston globe" op-ed. on the benefit of boyhood. white boyhood is an armor that...

>> i tell everybody there what happened. i said i had to do it. i just was attacked. i was dizzy. i was vomiting. i couldn't breathe. >> this case has nothing to do with race. it never had anything to do with race. it had to do with the right to self-defense. >> right. >> i'm not a racist person. i support the blm movement. i support peacefully demonstrating. and i believe there needs to be change. i believe there's a lot of prosecutorial misconduct, not just in my case, but in other cases. and it's just amazing to see how much a prosecutor can take advantage of somebody. >> protests over the ...