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But mr. arbery's family said that it was important that the evil of racism be named and legally recognized. and that's what the jury did today. finding that the three defendants violated mr. arbery's right to be in a public street and they did so based on anti black prejudice. >> you bring up an interesting point, because people, say why go through this process? cases do get overturned. but the state trial, that convicted these three men, and give them life in prison, is based on an entirely different set of facts and arguments than the federal crime was based on. so if one were to be overturn...

Areva. >> absolutely. they're trying to shift the blame to the police department, but they're asking this jury to relieve itself of common sense. we already know what happened in the darroch chauvin trial when his defense attorney made a similar defense, that somehow this was consistent with minneapolis police department training. it was already rejected in that state trial of derek chauvin. and i think this argument of blaming the police department is going to be rejected in this trial as well. >> former minneapolis jay alexander king also testifying in his defense tool today. he was one of t...

. new tonight, three white then convicted of federal hate crimes in the killing of ahmaud aubrey. they were found guilty of interference of right, which is a federal hate crime and attempted kidnapping. they now could face life in prison in addition to the life sentences they received from their state trial. it could be significant, to, if those sentences are cut in anyway, they still get life because of these charges so this is crucial. attorney general merritt garland growing emotional today while he addressed the verdict. >> no one should fear that if they go out for a run, they will be t...

For this reason -- the jurors here have now made clear that the three men who murdered their son are also guilty of killing him because he was black. >> i give all glory to god and we got justice for ahmaud. >> reporter: tomorrow, it will be two years since his murder, seen here in disturbing cell phone video that's made its way around the world. even the u.s. attorney general today was getting emotional. >> i -- i can not imagine the pain that a mother feels -- to have her son run down and then gunned down while taking a jog on a public street. >> reporter: the jury convicted the three murder...

Or illegal, and that, ladies and gentlemen, was the basis for what they're doing. but it's hard to make that argument when you read all the ugly things that you read. when it looks and sounds and quacks like a duck, laura, what is it? a duck. >> you and i both know that it all comes down to the strength of the case. things that might seem extraordinarily the shock and awe for a jury, sometimes they are the most unpredictable dozen of people you've ever seen in your life, and they don't always make the connection. i think it's important to show the audience about how it is comprised and the rac...