the shooter, travis mcmichael, claiming self-defense. >> i shot him. >> why >> he had my gun. it's a life or death situation. >> reporter: the prosecution quickly countering. >> then they shot and killed him not because he's a threat to them, but because he wouldn't stop and talk to them. >> reporter: the defense says the pursuit came in the midst of a neighborhood-wide crime spree and allege travis mcmichael tried multiple times to communicate with him peacefully. >> take the gun out, shoot him in the back. >> the defense claiming travis mcmichael charged arbery multiple times. now, outside this georgia courthouse, members of the new black panther party chant for accountability, and a grieving mom listening to arguments also heard this >> turning ahmaud arbery into a victim after the choices that he made does not reflect the reality of what brought ahmaud arbery to scintilla shores in his khaki