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Official recognition. that mr. arbery was killed because he was black. race didn't come up in the state trial because the prosecutors didn't have to prove racial animus. 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 the...

Proof via text message here and that, no doubt, resonated and played a role in their ultimate decision too. >> it absolutely did too, and if i could answer question about the impact of the family, seeing them day in, day out, i want to remind everyone there was a moment there that had prosecution to accept a plea deal and would not have this trial but ahmaud arbery's mother, wanda cooper jones that said, no, do not accept the plea deal. i want this to go to trial. she said she wanted the world to see who the men were who killed her son because those social media posts and text messages that yo...

To do so should leave at that time. then she welcomed in the jury and at this moment, we are waiting to hear the verdict being read. now, this has been very emotional for everyone involved. just moments before the jury was called back in, we saw marcus, very father of ahmaud arbery going into the courthouse and famed civil rights attorney benjamin crump who's been with the family since the state trial. he was asked his feelings and thoughts and put his hands up he was praying for justice, in his view, would be a guilty verdict for all three men. this is a packed courthouse, really, as people a...

>> o'donnell: there's more breaking news tonight as a jury has found three former minneapolis police officers guilty of violating george floyd's civil rights. they were accused of depriving floyd of his right to medical care when former officer derek chauvin kneeled on floyd's neck as he begged for air. all three still face a state trial in june. chauvin pleaded guilty toking floyd's civil rights in december. tonight, a widespread winter storm is dumping snow, ice, and rain, impacting about 120 million americans. upstate new york and much of new england is bracing for 6-12 inches of snow with ...

Started crying. you could see he had to wipe away tears several times from his case. this case had ramifications all across the state. holding their hands high outside a georgia courthouse, another victory for the family of ahmaud arbery. nearly two years after his murder. >> i knew we would get victory on the state level and in the federal level. >> i give all glory to god. we got justice. >> reporter: a jury found them guilty on all counts in the federal hate crimes trial. all three convicted of interference of human rights, and attempted kidnapping of arbery. the mcmichaels were found guilt...