{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/moulton-statement-verdict-murder-ahmaud-arbery", "Moulton Statement on Verdict in the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery", "2021-12-01", "2021", "2021-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Following the verdict in the murder trial of Ahmaud Arbery, Representative Seth Moulton released the following statement:\n\n\u201cToday\u2019s verdict isn\u2019t justice\u2014it\u2019s accountability.\n\nTrue justice would mean that Ahmaud Arbery was never hunted down and murdered in cold blood to begin with. It would look like him being alive to celebrate Thanksgiving with his family.\n\nMake no mistake, accountability is important. But as we mark the jury\u2019s decision, let\u2019s not forget that there is still so much work to be done to address the horrific racial violence to which Black people in America continue to fall victim.\n\nWhile many of us are at a loss for what to do, it is up to all of us, particularly white people, to do the hard work. Silence and inaction are no longer an option. We have a responsibility to dismantle systemic racism and put an end to the injustice that people of color in America continue to face.\n\nIt is our duty to create a country where Black people\u2019s existence is no longer a threat: one where simply jogging while Black is not subject to death.\n\nAnd to my colleagues, it\u2019s up to us to call out white extremism whenever it rears its ugly head in our workplace. It should come as no surprise that much of the dangerous rhetoric we\u2019ve seen over the last five years from some of our fellow elected leaders has worked to protect and embolden white vigilantes.\n\nWe still have a lot of work to do. So the call to action for everyone is: let\u2019s get to it.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/moulton-statement-verdict-murder-ahmaud-arbery"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.972324050962925, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}