win an acquittal. this is an effort to hang the jury. they re trying to appeal to one or two jurors to convince them that they should not convict because of this reasonable notion of law enforcement training and arrest under georgia s then in place, now removed from the books, statute that permitted citizens arrests. this is i think something that could backfire. i expect the cross-examination of mr. mcmichael will be brutal. if it were me, i would dig up every training officer he had ever had at the coast guard and have them talk about whether the picture he puts on the witness stand of someone who is fully trained is consistent with how he behaved when he was on active duty. i suspect that they may even open the door to bringing in some of the racist statements that mcmichael made on the day that he killed mr. arbery. this is a very perplexing strategy. i wonder, did the defense potentially see that they didn t have much of a choice here given the picture that had been p
On Thursday, May 2, 5:30-7:00 pm, New Hampshire Theatre Project's Elephant-in-the-Room Series will present a staged reading of the play Aftermath by Tim Barretto. Learn more!