Three white men were convicted of gunning down Ahmaud Arbery in Nov. 2021.
An appellate brief filed by attorneys for Gregory McMichael, 67, alleges the former investigator pursued Arbery because he recognized him from footage of a possible intruder at a nearby construction site — not because he was black.
Meanwhile, Bryan’s lawyer, Pete Theodocion, argues the former mechanic, who did not know the McMichaels, “had every right to assume” Arbery was a criminal once he saw his neighbors pursuing him.
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