the men who later on said they were chasing him because they believed he committed burglary, but they did not know anything about any crime that ahmaud arbery committed because they didn t see it before they started chasing him. let s listen to a little bit of the arguments from the prosecution and from the defense in this case. where s the empathy? how about don t bring a shotgun with you? this is really easy. call the police. don t point a shotgun at people unless you re going to kill them. they wanted to stop him, for the police, to detain him. don t be fooled by this word arrest. you don t have to announce you re under arrest. he told you why he raised the gun, he was afraid he would be on him within seconds. reporter: now, we should also mention that the racial overtones and undertones both in this case have been very obvious. there was a moment in court that a lot of people are not going to forget and that is what made
officer ashe, wants them to be witnesses. i mean, call police. followed behind ahmaud arbery at 2 miles an hour. where s he going to go. they could have followed him all the way back. on the phone, he s turning left, he s turning right. ooh. that was a really neat choice. did they choose to do that? no, they confront him. they chose to confront him. they didn t have to. they could have followed he s a jogger. how fast is he going? don t point a shotgun unless you re going to kill them? how do were know he intended to kill him? firing a shotgun at him. how about you stay on the driver s side of the truck. don t go around the front of the truck, real easy. all right. so, let s go ahead and look at this. this is really important. the law of citizen s arrest, okay? so, first off, the defendant
witnesses. so call the police. follow behind mr. arbery at that two miles an hour, where is he going to go? they could have followed hill all him all the way back to boykin ridge, saying he s turning left, he s turning right, okay. that was a real easy choice. but did they choose to do that? no, they confronted him. they chose to confront him. they didn t need to. they didn t have to. they could have followed he s a jogger. how fast is he going? don t point a shotgun at people, unless you re going to kill them. don t pound int a shotgun at pe unless you re going to kill them. how do you know he intended to kill him? he pointed a shotgun at him. how about you stay on the driver s side of the truck, don t go around the front of the truck, real easy. let s go ahead and look at citizen s arrest. this is really important. the law of citizen s arrest, okay. so, first off, the defendants never said citizen s arrest.
0 this arm on ahmaud arbery was 25 inches, this arm was 26 inches and the barrel of the shotgun is over 28 inches. do the math. did he hit him? he did he punch him? did he strike him, when the shotgun is like this? easy, do the math. this is what travis mcmichael did. there is no fear here. there is only anger. remember, it is the standard of reasonable beliefs that the force used is necessary. do you really believe he had no other choice but to use this shot gun? is that what you really believe? no other choice. what are the alternatives? well, the first alternative is don t start this. i ll tell you something, my husband, he always tells this to our three nephews, david, ben and sam. what he says is there is some rules for life. you know what those rules are. don t go looking for trouble. because you will find it. and it is not going to turn out the way you think it is. what he s really saying is, don t be that guy who starts the bar fight and goes, let a s go t in the parking lot. i