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

Family, political leaders and others react to the guilty verdicts in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery.

A chant of "Ahmaud Arbery" erupted outside the Georgia courtroom, where three men were found guilty of 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.