ROBERT RUBIN. THEY’RE READY. >> FIRST OF WANT THANK THANK EVERYONE WHO GATHER HERE IN
FRONT OF COUNTY COURTHOUSE TO
SHOW THEIR SUPPORT. EITHER FOR
THE ARBERY FAMILY OR FOR THE
MCMICHAELS. WE UNDERSTAND MORE
THAN, YOU KNOW. HOW VALUABLE
IT IS TO HAVE PEOPLE COME
TOGETHER PEACEFULLY ASSEMBLE.
SHARE THEIR VOICES SHARE
WHAT’S IN THEIR HEART SHARE
WHAT’S THEIR MINDS. THIS IS A
VERY DIFFICULT DAY FOR TRAVIS
MCMICHAEL, GREG MCMICHAEL.
THESE ARE 2 MEN WHO HONESTLY
BELIEVE THAT WHAT THEY WERE
DOING. WAS THE RIGHT THING TO
DO IT. THE GLYNN COUNTY JURY
HAS SPOKEN. THEY HAVE FOUND
HIM GUILTY AND THEY WILL BE
SENTENCED. AND THAT IS A VERY
DISAPPOINTING AND SAD VERDICT
FOR MYSELF. AND FOR BOB AND
FOR OUR TEAM. BUT WE ALSO
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A DAY
OF CELEBRATION FOR THE ARBERY
FAMILY. WE CANNOT. EYES AWAY
FROM THE WAY THAT THEY FEEL
ABOUT THIS. UNDERSTAND THAT
THEY FEEL THEY HAVE GOTTEN
JUSTICE TODAY. WE RESPECT
THAT. WE HONOR THAT BECAUSE WE
HONOR THIS JURY TRIAL SYSTEM.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. PLANS TO
APPEAL. YES, ABSOLUTELY.
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>> WE HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO
TALK TO HIM YET. HE WAS TAKEN
BACK TO THE GLYNN COUNTY JAIL.
I WAS VERY I WAS RIGHT NEXT
FEELING HIS BODY. NEXT TO MINE
WAS READY FOR HIM TO TO REACT.
AND I REALLY DIDN’T FEEL ANY
REACTION IS A STRONG MAN. HE
UNDERSTOOD THAT THE POTENTIAL
CONSEQUENCES IN THIS AND
WHATEVER HE WAS FEELING HE WAS
HOLDING HIMSELF.
>> WE VERY MUCH ON A LARGER
CONVERSATION THAT’S HAPPENING
AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE FACT
THAT THIS CASE WAS BROUGHT
INTO THE FOLD OF THAT
CONVERSATION HAS MADE IT VERY
DIFFICULT INDEED, TO HAVE A
TRIAL IN THE NORMAL SENSE OF
WHAT WE TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE.
AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT
HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN MR,
PLAYED A ROLE IN THE VERDICT.
WE DON’T FULLY UNDERSTAND IT
RIGHT NOW, BUT I’M SURE IN THE
ON COMING MONTHS WE’LL GET
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT. I
DON’T THINK ANY SINGLE CASE IS
A REFERENDUM ON THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM IN AMERICA.
THIS CASE WAS ABOUT THESE
PEOPLE.
>> AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, WE
HAD GOOD PROSECUTORS, GOOD
DEFENSE LAWYERS AND A GOOD
JUDGE ALL WORKING HARD TO MAKE
SURE JUSTICE OCCURRED IN THIS
COURTROOM AND WHETHER THE
VERDICT HAD BEEN THE WAY IT
WENT DOOR TO DOOR HAD BEEN THE
OTHER WAY, NOT GUILTY. JUSTICE
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN THIS
AND IT DOESN’T SPEAK ABOUT THE
LARGER PROBLEMS IN AMERICA.
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>> NO, WE HAVEN’T HAD SECOND
THOUGHTS ABOUT IT. SURE THAT
OUR DECISION TO KEEP THE CASE
HERE TO NOT MOVE FOR A CHANGE
OF VENUE WILL BE DISCUSSED AND
AND IT WILL CERTAINLY AND
COULD CERTAINLY BECOME A PART
OF THE APPEAL. RIGHT NOW, WE
ARE RESPECTING THE VERDICT
THAT’S AT HAND.
♪
>> WE’RE GLAD THEY WANT TO
LOOK AT THE VIDEO BECAUSE WE
FELT FROM DAY ONE THAT THE
VIDEO SHOWED THAT TRAVIS
MCMICHAEL ACT IN SELF-DEFENSE.
OBVIOUSLY, THE JURY FELT VERY
DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DID. AND
MAYBE WE HAD OUR OWN LITTLE
TUNNEL VISION GOING. BUT I
ALWAYS THOUGHT THE VIDEO WAS
HELPFUL TO US. JUST AS GREG
MCMICHAEL SAID, THE VERY AT
THE VERY MOMENT IT HAPPENED.
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♪ ♪ >> CAN TELL YOU 100% LOOKING
YOU LOOKING YOU IN YOUR EYES.
SORRY AND I CAN EXTEND MY
HEART TO YOU. WELL, GOING TO
ANSWER THE QUESTION. YOU WANT
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
HONESTLY. WITH MY HEART. LIVE
WITH THESE MEN FOR THE LAST
YEAR AND A HALF DAY IN AND DAY
OUT. I LOOK INTO THEIR HEARTS.
I LOOKED INTO THEIR SOULS.
I’VE HAD VERY DEEP
CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM THAT
STEM BACK TO THEIR CHILDHOOD,
THEIR UPBRINGING. CAN TELL
YOU, HONESTLY, THESE MEN ARE
SORRY FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO
AHMAD ARBERY. THEY ARE SORRY
THAT HE IS DEAD. THEY ARE
SORRY FOR THE TRAGEDY THAT
HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE
CHOICES THAT THEY MADE TO GO
OUT THERE AND TRY TO
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WE APPRECIATE YOUR WE
APPRECIATE OTHER QUESTIONS. WE