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Ahmaud Arbery's family pleased men found guilty of hate crimes: 'Ahmaud's hands were in this'

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BRUNSWICK, Ga. - Ahmaud Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, and father, Marcus Arbery, joined hands outside the federal courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia, minutes after hearing the three men convicted of killing their son were found guilty of hate crimes.

The day before the two-year anniversary of their son's death brought the family a small legal victory. Cooper-Jones, however, said her son is irreplaceable. "We as a family will never get victory because Ahmaud is gone forever," she said.GEORGIA DESIGNATES FEB.

23 AS AHMAUD ARBERY DAYTuesday morning, the jury told Judge Lisa Godbey Wood that they found father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan guilty of violating Arbery's civil rights and targeting the 25-year-old man because he was Black.

All three men were previously convicted of murder in a Georgia state court and sentenced to life in prison for the fatal shooting.In addition to the federal hate crimes, the jury also found the McMichaels and Bryan guilty of attempted kidnapping, while father and son were also found guilty of the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime.While Cooper-Jones was pleased to hear the guilty verdicts, she expressed anger that the family was almost denied a trial.

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