格鲁吉亚法庭外响起了“艾哈迈德·阿贝里”的圣歌，当时有三名男子在场被判有罪经过一周密切关注的审判后，他于周三被谋杀。

“这是一场漫长的战斗，这是一场艰苦的战斗，但上帝是好的，”阿贝里的母亲旺达·库珀-琼斯在判决后的新闻发布会上说，判决是在2020年2月这名25岁的黑人男子在慢跑时被枪杀近两年后做出的。“说实话，回到2020年，我从没想过这一天会到来，但上帝是好的。”

她补充说，她的儿子“现在将安息了”。

“今天是个好日子，”他的父亲马库斯·阿贝里告诉聚集在外面的人群。

男性告诉美国广播公司新闻记者林西·戴维斯他怀疑这个案件会导致任何有罪判决。“在这样的案件中得到判决，对非裔美国人来说意义重大，”他说。

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阿尔·夏普顿牧师出现在家庭支持在整个审判过程中，称判决具有历史意义。

他在简报会上说:“让全世界都知道，由11名白人和1名黑人组成的陪审团站在法庭上，说黑人的生命很重要。

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阿尔·夏普顿牧师和艾哈迈德·阿贝里的母亲旺达·库珀·琼斯举起了手.

阿尔贝里家人的律师本·克伦普说，这一时刻“不是庆祝”，而是“反思”

“艾哈迈德的精神打败了林奇暴民，”他向人群欢呼道。

科布县地方检察官办公室起诉了此案。该办公室的行政助理地方检察官拉托尼亚·海因斯(Latonia Hines)感谢家人对为Arbery伸张正义的“信心”。

“这是一条漫长的道路，我们很高兴能够来到这条路的尽头，”海因斯在简报会上说。“我们赞扬这个陪审团的勇气和胆识，他们说，2020年2月23日发生在艾哈迈德·阿贝里身上的事情，对艾哈迈德·阿贝里的狩猎和杀害，不仅在道德上是错误的，在法律上也是错误的，我们对此表示感谢。”

首席检察官琳达·杜尼可斯基(Linda Dunikoski)表示，这一判决证明了陪审团制度的有效性。

“今天的裁决是基于事实、基于证据的裁决，这是我们的目标，就是把它带给陪审团，让他们做正确的事情，”她告诉人群。“当你把真相呈现给人们，他们能看到时，他们会做正确的事情。这就是陪审团今天为艾哈迈德·阿贝里伸张正义所做的。”

辩方计划上诉

判决后，格雷戈里·麦克迈克尔的律师表示，他们将提出上诉。麦克迈克尔被判没有恶意谋杀罪，但被判犯有其他罪行，包括重罪谋杀罪。劳拉·霍格在法庭上说她“非常失望”弗兰克·霍格说，他们将提出上诉——一旦判决完成，这一过程就可以开始。

格雷戈里·麦克迈克尔的儿子特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔致命地射杀了阿尔贝里，他被判九项罪名成立，包括恶意谋杀和四项重罪谋杀。他的律师罗伯特·鲁宾和杰森·谢菲尔德说，他们也计划上诉。

谢菲尔德对记者说:“对于特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔和格雷格·麦克迈克尔来说，这是非常艰难的一天。“这两个人真诚地相信他们正在做的事情是正确的。然而，格林县陪审团已经表态，他们已经认定他们有罪，他们将被判刑。”

麦克迈克尔夫妇的邻居，53岁的威廉·罗德迪·布莱恩用手机记录了这一事件，他被判犯有三项重罪谋杀罪，并被指控犯有重罪的犯罪意图。他的律师凯文·高夫告诉记者，他显然对判决“非常失望”。

“但我们必须尊重这一裁决。这是美国的方式，”他说。

他说，他计划下周代表布莱恩提出新的审判动议。

辩护律师辩称，阿贝里是在抵抗一名公民的逮捕时出于自卫被枪杀的。与此同时，检察官指控被告追捕并谋杀了Arbery，因为他们做出了不正确的“假设和车道决定”，即在他们的萨提亚海岸附近奔跑的黑人犯了入室盗窃罪。

格鲁吉亚内外的反应

乔·拜登总统对陪审团的决定作出了回应，他说阿尔贝里“今天应该在这里”，“判决确保了那些犯下这一可怕罪行的人将受到惩罚。”

“虽然有罪判决反映了我们的司法系统在履行其职责，但仅此还不够。相反，我们必须重新致力于建设一个团结和共享力量的未来，没有人会因为肤色而害怕暴力，”他在一份声明中说。

副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯也发表了一份声明，称判决“传达了一个重要信息”，但仍有“工作要做”

她还批评了辩护律师，称他们“选择了一种基调，将部长们出席审判视为恐吓，并以种族主义比喻对一名年轻的黑人男子进行非人化”，并补充说，尽管有这些策略，陪审团仍然做出了这些判决。

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陪审团做出有罪判决后，人们在格林县法院外做出反应.

佐治亚州领导人也做出反应，支持陪审团的决定。

州长布莱恩·肯普在一份声明中说:“艾哈迈德·阿贝里是佐治亚州没有立足之地的私刑主义的受害者。”推特上的声明。“随着法律努力继续追究所有可能负有责任的人的责任，我们希望阿尔贝里家族、布伦瑞克社区、我们的州以及全国各地一直关注他的案件的人现在能够沿着治愈与和解的道路前进。”

佐治亚州总检察长克里斯·卡尔(Chriss Carr)表示，这一判决“让我们离正义更近了一步，为艾哈迈德的家人、社区、国家和民族带来了治愈与和解。”

参议员拉斐尔·沃诺克。，称判决“维护的是责任感，而不是真正的正义。”

他在一份声明中说:“真正的正义看起来就像一个黑人，当他慢跑时，当他睡在床上时，当他过着本应非常长寿的生活时，他不必担心受到伤害——或者被杀害。”声明。“艾哈迈德今天应该和我们在一起。”

佐治亚州民主党主席、众议员尼克马·威廉姆斯在一份声明中说声明这些判决意味着“我们必须加倍努力打击仇恨，我们不会停止，直到没有一个美国人的生命因偏执或鲁莽的私刑而缩短。”

她继续说:“我为阿贝里一家祈祷，因为他们仍在为无法克服的损失而悲痛，为布伦瑞克的社区努力疗伤而祈祷，也为我们走向正义的国家祈祷。

政治领导人和民权组织也表示支持这一判决，同时承认需要采取更多措施来打击被国会黑人核心小组主席乔伊斯·贝蒂称为“带有种族敌意的义务警员”。

“国会黑人核心小组将继续支持刑事司法改革和常识性的枪支控制措施，因为私刑正义在我们的社会中没有位置。我们的思念和祈祷与阿贝里先生的家人和亲人同在，”贝蒂在一份声明中说。

反诽谤联盟首席执行官乔纳森·格林布拉特说，这是一个“问责和正义的重要时刻。”

他在一份声明中说:“谋杀阿尔贝里的人受到了审判，并被判有罪，这在整个佐治亚州和美国发出了一个响亮的信息，即种族暴力——尤其是在私刑主义的虚假幌子下犯下的种族暴力——是不可接受的。”声明。

美国公民自由联盟呼吁“有意义的系统性变革”

该组织表示:“在全国范围内，我们看到地方和基层组织在领导这场变革。”在推特上说。“我们和他们一起重新想象一个黑人可以在没有警察暴力或私刑的情况下茁壮成长的未来。真正衡量正义的标准不是判决，而是创造一个未来，让人们不再生活在对种族暴力的恐惧中。我们不会停止为实现这个未来而进行的长期艰苦努力。”

全国城市联盟在一份声明中说，尽管做出了判决，但这起案件“给我们国家的灵魂留下了深刻而痛苦的创伤”。

声明称:“由于虔诚的祈祷和熟练的起诉，我们欣慰地得知陪审团能够看到真相，并追究这些凶手对艾哈迈德·阿贝里无谓谋杀的责任。“尽管如此，我们必须致力于对这起案件中发生的事情进行审查，以确保出于种族动机的私刑暴力永远不会再被宽恕或容忍。”

'God is good': Ahmaud Arbery's family, others react to guilty verdicts

A chant of "Ahmaud Arbery" erupted outside the Georgia courtroom, where three men werefound guiltyof his murder Wednesday after a weekslong, closely watched trial.

"It's been a long fight, it's been a hard fight, but God is good," Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, said during a press briefing following the verdict, which came nearly two years after the 25-year-old Black man was fatally shot while jogging in February 2020. "To tell you the truth, back in 2020, I never thought this day would come, but God is good."

Her son "will now rest in peace," she added.

"Today is a good day," his father, Marcus Arbery, told the crowd gathered outside.

Hetold ABC News' Linsey Davisthat he was skeptical that the case would result in any guilty verdicts. "To get the verdict in a case like this, it means a lot to African American people," he said.

Rev. Al Sharpton, who showed up insupport of the familythroughout the trial, said the verdict was historic.

"Let the word go forth all over the world that a jury of 11 whites and one Black in the Deep South stood up in the courtroom and said that Black lives do matter," he said during the briefing.

Ben Crump, attorney for Arbery's family, said the moment is "not a celebration" but a "reflection."

"The spirit of Ahmaud defeated the lynch mob," he told the crowd to cheers.

The Cobb County District Attorney's Office prosecuted the case. Latonia Hines, executive assistant district attorney for the office, thanked the family for their "confidence" in getting justice for Arbery.

"It has been a long road, and we are so happy that we're able to be here at this end of this road," Hines said during the briefing. "We commend the courage and bravery of this jury to say that what happened on Feb. 23, 2020, to Ahmaud Arbery, the hunting and killing of Ahmaud Arbery, it was not only morally wrong, but legally wrong, and we are thankful for that."

Linda Dunikoski, the lead prosecutor, said the verdict proves the jury system works.

"The verdict today was a verdict based on the facts, based on the evidence, and that was our goal, was to bring that to that jury so that they do the right thing," she told the crowd. "When you present the truth to people and they can see it, they will do the right thing. And that's what this jury did today in getting justice for Ahmaud Arbery."

Defense plans to appeal

Following the verdicts, attorneys for Gregory McMichael, who was found not guilty of malice murder but was convicted on the remaining charges, including the felony murder counts, said they will appeal. Laura Hogue said in the courtroom that she was "very disappointed." Frank Hogue said they will appeal -- a process that can start once sentencing is done.

Gregory McMichael's son, Travis McMichael, who fatally shot Arbery, was convicted on all nine charges, including malice murder and four counts of felony murder. His attorneys, Robert Rubin and Jason Sheffield, said they also plan to appeal.

"This is a very difficult day for Travis McMichael and Greg McMichael," Sheffield told reporters. "These are two men who honestly believe that what they were doing was the right thing to do. However, the Glynn County jury has spoken, they have found them guilty and they will be sentenced."

The McMichael's neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, 53, who recorded the incident on a cellphone, was found guilty of three of the felony murder counts and a charge of criminal intent to commit a felony. His attorney, Kevin Gough, told reporters he was obviously "very disappointed" in the verdict.

"But we have to respect that verdict. That's the American way," he said.

He said he plans to file a motion for a new trial on behalf of Bryan next week.

Defense attorneys had argued that Arbery was shot in self-defense when he resisted a citizen's arrest. Prosecutors meanwhile alleged the defendants pursued and murdered Arbery because of incorrect "assumptions and driveway decisions" they made that the Black man running through their Satilla Shores neighborhood had committed a burglary.

Reaction from Georgia and beyond

President Joe Biden reacted to the jury's decision, saying Arbery "should be here today" and that "the verdict ensures that those who committed this horrible crime will be punished."

"While the guilty verdicts reflect our justice system doing its job, that alone is not enough. Instead, we must recommit ourselves to building a future of unity and shared strength, where no one fears violence because of the color of their skin," he said in a statement.

Vice President Kamala Harris also released a statement, saying the verdicts "send an important message," but there is still "work to do."

She also criticized the defense counsel, saying they "chose to set a tone that cast the attendance of ministers at the trial as intimidation and dehumanized a young Black man with racist tropes," adding that despite those tactics, the jury still delivered these verdicts.

Georgia leaders also reacted in support of the jury's decision.

"Ahmaud Arbery was the victim of a vigilantism that has no place in Georgia," Gov. Brian Kemp said in astatement on Twitter. "As legal efforts continue to hold accountable all who may be responsible, we hope the Arbery family, the Brunswick community, our state, and those around the nation who have been following his case can now move forward down a path of healing and reconciliation."

Georgia Attorney General Chriss Carr said the verdict "brings us one step closer to justice, healing and reconciliation for Ahmaud's family, the community, the state and the nation."

Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., said the verdict "upholds a sense of accountability, but not true justice."

"True justice looks like a Black man not having to worry about being harmed -- or killed -- while on a jog, while sleeping in his bed, while living what should be a very long life," he said in astatement. "Ahmaud should be with us today."

Rep. Nikema Williams, chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia, said in astatementthat the verdicts mean "we must double down on our efforts to fight hatred, and we will not stop until no American's life is cut short due to bigotry or reckless vigilantism."

"I am praying for the Arbery family as they continue grieving their insurmountable loss, for Brunswick as the community works to heal, and for the country as we carry on in the march towards justice," she continued.

Political leaders and civil rights organizations also voiced support for the verdict while acknowledging that more needs to be done against what was characterized as "vigilantes acting with racial animus" by Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty.

"The Congressional Black Caucus will continue to champion criminal justice reform and common-sense gun control measures because vigilante justice has no place in our society. Our thoughts and our prayers remain with the family and loved ones of Mr. Arbery," Beatty said in a statement.

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said this was a "significant moment of accountability and justice."

"The men who murdered Mr. Arbery were tried and found guilty of the crime, sending a resounding message across Georgia and the United States that racial violence -- especially that committed under the false guise of vigilantism -- is unacceptable," he said in astatement.

The American Civil Liberties Union called for "meaningful systemic transformation."

"Across the country, we see local and grassroots organizations leading the fight for this transformation," the organizationsaid on Twitter. "We join them in re-imagining a future where Black people can thrive free of police violence or vigilantism. The true measure of justice is not in a verdict, but in making a future where people don't live in fear of racialized violence. We will not stop doing the long hard work to achieve this future."

Despite the verdict, the case "leaves a deep and painful wound on our nation's soul," the National Urban League said in a statement.

"Thanks to faithful prayer and a skilled prosecution, we are relieved to know that the jury was able to see the truth and hold these killers accountable for the senseless murder of Ahmaud Arbery," the statement said. "Still, we must dedicate ourselves to shining the light of scrutiny on what happened in this case to ensure that racially-motivated vigilante violence never again is condoned or tolerated."