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Analyzing the hate crimes trial over Ahmaud Arbery's murder

Three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 in Georgia were found guilty Tuesday of federal hate crimes. The jury concluded that Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William Bryan targeted and shot Arbery because he was Black. Margaret Coker, editor-in-chief of The Current, a non-profit news organization covering Southeast Georgia, joins John Yang to discuss.