Travis McMichael has been found guilty on all counts in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. All counts, down the line.
Greg McMichael guilty on all but one count.
William Roddy Bryan not guilty on two murder and one assault counts, but guilty on everything else.
A well argued case by a really good prosecutor, plus crimes that were clear as day, and I cannot stress enough, how important the message this jury has sent is. They have nullified an unjust and now repealed pro-lynching law. And they have restored at least some faith in justice.
And a really important note: the blatantly racist tactics of the defense did not work on a nearly all-white jury. The defense chose moral violence; the jury chose to follow the law. The prosecutor in this case should receive awards.
Yet the fact that what surely was an open and shut case could literally have gone either way, and the fact that we had to hold our breath for this outcome shows the work we still need to do to create real and broad confidence in America’s system of justice when it comes to race.
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