Closing arguments began Monday in Georgia in the case of the 3 white men charged with murder and other crimes in Ahmaud Arbery’s death.
Closing arguments will continue Tuesday in Georgia in the case of the three white men charged with murder and other crimes in Arbery's death.
Travis McMichael; his father, Gregory McMichael; and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan are accused of pursuing Arbery in separate pickup trucks on Feb. 23, 2020, through the Satilla Shores neighborhood where they lived in Brunswick, Georgia. Travis McMichael shot Arbery, 25, with a shotgun at close range. Bryan filmed the fatal encounter on his cellphone.The three defendants were arrested months later after the video leaked and brought the world’s attention to the case.
Defense lawyers have said that the defendants suspected that Arbery was a burglar and that they were attempting to carry out a citizen’s arrest, which was legal at the time. They also contend that Travis McMichael shot Arbery in self-defense. “Three-on-one, two pickup trucks, two guns," she said of the defendants."Mr. Arbery, nothing in his pockets. Not a cellphone, not a gun. Not even an ID,” she said.Dunikoski also said the defendants were not conducting a “citizen’s arrest” because they did not see Arbery commit a crime in their presence that day and they had no immediate knowledge that Arbery had committed a crime.
"A good neighborhood is always policing itself," Laura Hogue, an attorney for Gregory McMichael told jurors during closing arguments. Each defendant has his own defense team. “You do have the right to have a firearm when you make an arrest,” Sheffield said. “You do have the right to stop a person and to hold them and detain them for the police. And there is risk with that and there are tragic consequences that can come from that.”
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