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>> RIGHT NOW, IT’S 6 O’CLOCK.
THE 3 MEN CONVICTED IN THE
MURDER OF AHMAUD ARBERY HAD
BEEN SENTENCED FOR FEDERAL
HATE CRIMES. TRAVIS AND GREG
MCMICHAEL WILL SERVE A SECOND
TERM OF LIFE IN PRISON.
WILLIAM RODDIE BRYAN HAS BEEN
SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS AFTER
THE SENTENCING. ARBERY FAMILY
SAID IT’S BEEN AN EMOTIONAL
DAY, BUT THEY’RE SATISFIED
WITH THE SENTENCES. THE JUDGE
REJECTED A DEFENSE MOTION FROM
THE MCMICHAELS TO SERVE THEIR
TIME IN FEDERAL PRISON.
>> THE MEN HAD SAID THEY’VE
RECEIVED THREATS AND ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR SAFETY
IN STATE PRISON NEWS. 4 JAX
REPORTER. HARRIS HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS CASE SINCE THE
BEGINNING AND SHE JOINS US
LIVE FROM BRUNSWICK WITH THAT
FINAL COURT HEARING ENDED JUST
ABOUT 90 MINUTES AGO. DENISE.
>> AND ALL 3 OF THOSE MEN
LEARNED ABOUT THEIR SENTENCE
RIGHT BEHIND ME AT THE FEDERAL
COURT BUILDING HERE IN
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. AND AS YOU
MENTIONED, IT HAS DEFINITELY
BEEN AN EMOTIONAL DAY. THOSE 3
MEN NOW BEING TRANSPORTED TO
STATE PRISONS WHERE THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO SERVE THE TIME FOR
THERE SENTENCES FOR THE MURDER
CASE. SPECIFICALLY THAT STATE
CASE. IN ADDITION NOW TO THE
FEDERAL SENTENCES WE LEARNED
ABOUT TODAY AND TODAY BEGAN
WITH TRAVIS MCMICHAEL, THE MAN
WHO MURDERED ARBERY TRAVIS
MCMICHAEL MADE NO COMMENT IN
COURT. HIS FATHER, GREGORY
MCMICHAEL, WAS SENTENCED THIS
AFTERNOON AND HE APOLOGIZED TO
ARBERY’S FAMILY, HIS WIFE AND
HIS SON, TRAVIS. AND THEN ALSO
WILLIAM RODDIE BRYAN. HE
APOLOGIZED IN COURT SAYING
THAT IF HE HAD KNOWN THAT THE
OUTCOME WOULD HAVE BEEN
ARBERY’S DEATH, HE WOULD HAVE
NEVER GOT INVOLVED. DURING THE
WITNESS IMPACT STATEMENT
ARBERY’S FAMILY SAID THAT
AHMAUD ARBERY WILL ALWAYS BE
25 YEARS OLD AND THEY WILL
ONLY BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE US.
BIRTHDAYS AT HIS TOMBSTONE.
THE ARBERY FAMILY ALSO SAID
THAT GREGORY MCMICHAEL IS A 66
YEAR-OLD MAN WHO SHOULD HAVE
KNOWN BETTER AND SHOULD HAVE
NEVER ENCOURAGE HIS SON TRAVIS
TO ACT IN A RACE. IT’S RACIST
AND VIOLENT RAGE. NOW, ALSO
TODAY WE HEARD FROM THE ARBERY
FAMILY AND THEIR ATTORNEYS.
THEY SAY THAT THEY BELIEVE
THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED
JUSTICE TODAY AND IN HONOR OF
AHMAUD ARBERY. BUT AT THE SAME
TIME THEY BELIEVE THIS WAS AN
ANOMALY.
>> WE ARE SATISFIED THAT THE
COURT HAS DONE. EVERYTHING IN
HIS POWER TO UPHOLD JUSTICE.
THIS IS OUTCOME THAT WANT TO
COOK. AND JONES ASKED FOR IT
IS 74 DAYS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY
GOT
>> SO THINK ABOUT TODAY BE GET
CONVICTIONS ON A FEDERAL
LEVEL. I WANT TO SAY THAT I’M
VERY THANKFUL BECAUSE IT’S
BEEN A LONG WHAT I’M SO
THANKFUL GOD GAVE US IS GOING
TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT.
>> THOUGH, THIS IS A CHAPTER
THAT HAS CLOSED FOR THARBERY
FAMILY. THEY SAY THE FIGHT IS
NOT OVER. THEY STILL HAVE
CIVIL CIVIL CASE. THEY PLAN TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WILL
INVOLVE GOING AFTER THE
MCMICHAELS THE BRYANS AND ALSO
ANYONE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT
INTERFERED WITH THIS CASE.
BACK IN 2020 REPORTING LIVE
FROM THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. JEANNE,
SARAH’S CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL
STATION.
>> JEANNE, SOME MICHAELS HAVE
SAID THEY DIDN’T FEEL SAFE IN
STATE PRISON. WILL THEY GET
ANY SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS?
>> THEY WILL NOT BE RECEIVING
ANY FORM OF A SPECIAL
ACCOMMODATION. THIS WAS ARGUED
TODAY BY THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT SAY THAT THERE
WASN’T ANY REASON TO PROVIDE
ANY SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR
THEM. HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS CAN DECIDE IF
THAT’S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN. THIS CAME UP BECAUSE
SPECIFICALLY TRAVIS
MCMICHAEL’S ATTORNEY HAD SAID
THAT HE HAD RECEIVED HUNDREDS
THREATS, IF NOT OVER 1000
THREATS, BUT ALSO IT’S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE
ARBERY FAMILY SAID WHY NOW
SHOULD ANYONE SHOW YOU MERCY
WHEN YOU NEVER SHOWED MERCY
FOR AHMAUD ARBERY?