Each defense team is expected to argue that the men were making a citizen’s arrest, which was then permitted under state law, a claim prosecutors have tried to undercut with testimony from officers who talked with the men after the shooting.
Prosecutors on Tuesday continued to try to pick apart the defense that the three white men on trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery were attempting to conduct a citizen’s arrest.
“Did he ever tell you while you’re talking to him that he was attempting to make a citizen’s arrest?” she asked. Testimony on Tuesday focused on an officer who spoke with Greg McMichael. According to the transcript, the man in the videos had been seen entering the house, and “nobody could ever catch him.”
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