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.”
"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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Just minutes after the full jury was selected in Donald Trump's New York hush money criminal trial, someone appears to have set themself on fire outside the courthouse, per CNN's @thelauracoates.
CNN's @thelauracoates describes the emotions of seeing the apparent immolation:
The first 2024 debate is here: The GOP field's set to meet tonight (without Trump). But why do we do debates? Do they even matter? Sometimes, yes...a lot.
Here are 5 moments from recent primary debates that actually changed the trajectory of the nominating contest — and history.
2008: Hillary Clinton struggles to take a clear stance on giving driver's licenses to “illegal immigrants.”
Her attempt at nuance reinforced a central criticism of her candidacy — that she was overly cautious and poll-tested — helping fuel Barack Obama's ultimate victory.
2011: Rick Perry forgets the third federal department he was promising to eliminate.
Perry had already dropped steeply in polls after prior poor debate performances. The “oops” moment seemed to prove he lacked preparation and is regarded as his campaign's death knell.
Is Biden poised for a breakthrough on the economy?
Today, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points after a brief pause in June.
But by virtually any metric, inflation — and the economy as a whole — is in a very different place than when it met in July 2022.
The Fed has steadily raised interest rates since March 2022, playing catchup as inflation soared to 40-year highs. After its June pause, that campaign resumed today — with yet another rate hike.
Amid the Fed’s effort to drive down inflation, concerns have risen that the dramatic rise in interest rates could slow growth enough to tip the U.S. into recession.
But job growth has remained steady — raising hopes for what economists call a “soft landing.”
Donald Trump arraignment today:
• Court appearance takes place at 3 pm ET in Miami
• Expected to plead not guilty to 37 counts
• Will voluntarily turn himself in before that
• Will be fingerprinted digitally
• Mugshot will likely not made public
• Will not be handcuffed
THREAD: There was backlash to the backlash at a heated school board hearing in Florida’s deep-red Hernando County on Tuesday.
You should see what teachers, students, and parents said about right-wing culture wars and anti-LGBTQ policies that are driving some educators to quit.
“I have never seen such fear from my colleagues as I’ve seen in the last two months.”
— Social studies teacher Victoria Hunt says “the culture that has been created” in Hernando County, Florida, is driving teachers to leave “the county, the state, or the profession altogether.”
Parent at the Hernando County, Florida, school board hearing Tuesday: “I’m appalled by how many gay people are here.”