responsible for that? in the state of the georgia, no one gets to say that. everyone is responsible. ladies and gentlemen, here s the thing. this isn t about whether these three men are good people or bad people. that s not what this is about. it s about responsibility. it s about holding people accountable and responsible for their actions. the panel isn t just tasked with determining the fate of one defendant but all of them, each with their own charges, each with their own potential outcome. travis mcmichael, who pulled the trigger, his father gregory mcmichael who drove the truck in pursuit of arbery, and bryan who drove the truck to track him down. there was a single juror who
up really well when she said no one has told you that ahmaud arbery had a weapon. nobody has told you that ahmaud arbery was seen committing any crime, no one has told you that he threatened anyone. that is just a summation of the evidence, plain and simple, and reinforced in the jury instructions. so, kristen, there were two moments. one of them happened yesterday, the other happened today, that i guess people are talking about a lot is the most diplomatic way of saying it. one of them was yesterday when one of the defense attorneys brought in ahmaud arbery s toenails into the discussion, as if his toenails would indicate he was somehow a criminal. the other one was the prosecutor today bringing into the discussion the call that was made to police officers when the men were chasing ahmaud arbery,
travis mcmichael said he was pinned between the two trucks. greg mcmichael said he was trapped like a rat between the two trucks. the ultimate false imprisonment. never left holmes, did he. never left holmes. aggravated assault. an assault upon the person of ahmaud arbery with a ford-150 pickup truck and a silverado pickup truck. you know how it says and, we know mr. bryan is driving the silverado, travis is driving the ford f-150, greg mcmichael in the back of the truck. it doesn t mean and. it s or. don t you love words? the way you should read this is with a ford f-150 pick um truck or a chevy silverado pickup
now, take a breath, and we re going to transition into self-defense and citizens arrest. how s my time? a person is justified in threatening or using force another against person when and to the extent that he reasonably believes that such force is necessary to defend himself or a third person against the other s imminent use of unlawful force. wow. that s a mouthful, right? let s break it down. travis mcmichael had to reasonably believe that it feels absolutely necessary to defend himself, and of course he threw in his dad, which he never mentioned before at any point in time, but threw him in against the other imminent use of unlawful force. that mean mrs. arbery had to be
he may have broken in. maybe the owner s down there. he may have been caught. he may be trying to avoid the police. that s testimony from the witness stand. he didn t know anything. absolutely nothing. so where are we going to end up? this is where we re going toenld pup. travis mcmichael had probable cause believing ahmaud arbery stole the stuff off the english boat in 2019 because his mother gave him some gossip about stuff being stolen, and he was escaping. use your common sense. how do you escape from a crime on an unknown date in 2019 in 2020? they ll explain it to you, i m sure. use your common sense. do you think this was all completely made up for trial especially given no one ever said it on february 23rd, 2020? ladies and gentlemen, use your