Jury finds Travis McMichael, who shot and killed Ahmaud Arbery, guilty on all 9 counts, including malice murder.
Someone in the courtroom immediately cheers. Judge Timothy Walmsley requests their removal.
Summary of today's verdicts:
• Travis McMichael: Guilty on all 9 counts, including malice murder
• Greg McMichael: Guilty on 8 of 9 counts, excluding malice murder
• William "Roddy" Bryan: Guilty on 6 of 9 counts, including three counts of felony murder
Ahmaud Arbery's mother Wanda Cooper-Jones reacts to the guilty verdicts.
"What do we want? Justice!"
"When did we get it? Today!"
Demonstrators outside the courthouse react to the guilty verdicts for the 3 men who killed Ahmaud Arbery.
“And let the word go forth all over the world, that a jury of 11 whites and 1 Black in the Deep South stood up in the courtroom and said that Black lives do matter.”
— @TheRevAl speaks after guilty verdicts in murder trial of Ahmaud Arbery.
“It’s been a long fight. It’s been a hard fight. But God is good … I never saw this day back in 2020.”
— Ahmaud Arbery’s mother Wanda Cooper-Jones, who Texas AG candidate @MerrittForTexas says “woke up a nation.”
Ahmaud Arbery's father Marcus Arbery, who cheered in the courtroom after the first guilty verdict in his son's murder trial:
"I don't want to see no daddy watch their kid get lynched and shot down like that ... Today is a good day."
Crowd gives lead prosecutor Linda Dunikoski a massive applause. She says the case was a “team effort.”
A helpful guide of today's verdicts, via @AP:
"The jury system works in this country, and when you present the truth to people and they can see it, they will do the right thing."
— Lead prosecutor Linda Dunikoski
President Biden: “Nothing can bring Mr. Arbery back to his family and to his community, but the verdict ensures that those who committed this horrible crime will be punished.”
Defense attorney Jason Sheffield says guilty verdict for Ahmaud Arbery’s killers will be appealed:
“I’ve looked into their souls ... These men are sorry for what happened to Ahmaud Arbery.”
Guilty verdicts don’t change history, but they can bring justice.
After a trial in which the defense team employed racist tropes, a jury has found Ahmaud Arbery’s killers guilty of murder.
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