for the killing of 25-year-old jogger ahmaud arbery. this case is about assumptions and driveway decisions. they made their decision to attack ahmaud arbery in their driveways because he was a black man running down the street. reporter: and reminding the jury the definition of a citizen s arrest according to the law. they never, ever said on february 23rd, 2020 that they were doing a citizen s arrest. a citizen s arrest is for emergency situations when the crime really happens right in front of you. they never said that. none of the defendants saw mr. arbery commit any crime that day. travis mcmichael s defense attorney trying to drive home the argument his client was simply acting out of civic duty and responsibresponsibility. travis mcmichael spent almost a decade of his life learning about duty and responsibility. reporter: arguing to the jury
cannot commit aggravated assault with a shotgun, with trucks, false imprisonment, or criminal attempt at false imprisonment, any of those. not justified using force, if you re doing any of those things, they re doing all four of them. and you re not justified in using force, if that person was the unjustified aggressor. you can t start it and claim self-defense. and they started this. with their driveway decisions. so here s the main concept. the defendants had to believe the deadly force was necessary, there were no other alternatives. pointing the shotgun at somebody, a whole bunch of other alternatives to that. that belief must be reasonable. and once again, that s reasonable for everybody. that reasonableness applies to you. that reasonableness, there is no special exception for previous
their closing arguments. they face murder charge ands potential life in prison for the killing of 25-year-old jogger ahmaud arbery. this case is really about assumptions and driveway decisions. they made their decision to attack ahmaud arbery in their driveways because he was a black man running down the street. reporter: and reminding the jury the definition of a citizens arrest according to the law. they never, ever said on february 23rd, 2020, that they were doing a citizens arrest. a citizens arrest is for emergency situations where the crime happens right in front of you. they never said it. none of the defendants saw mr. arbery commit any crime that day. reporter: travis mcmichaels defense attorney attempting to drive home the argument his client was simply acting out of civic duty and responsibility. travis mcmichael spent most of a decade of his life learning about duty and responsibility.
greg mcmichael. yeah, he was trapped like a rat. knowledge, intent, that they had committed false imprisonment on holmes drive, right there. greg mcmichael, guilty of all charges. what s your emergency? i m out here on satilla shores and there s a black man running down the street. yeah, this is what we get. this is what we get. driveway decisions and assumptions, right here. i ve gone through all of this, i m not going to do it again. ladies and gentlemen, they committed fourfulness against ahmaud arbery in violation of
don t stop. greg mcmichael. yeah, he was trapped like a rat. knowledge, intent, that they had committed false imprisonment on holmes drive, right there. greg mcmichael, guilty of all charges. what s your emergency? i m out here on satilla shores and there s a black man running down the street. yeah. this is what we get. this is what we get. driveway decisions and assumptions, right here. i ve gone through all of this. i m not going to do it again. bottom line, ladies and gentlemen, they committed four felonies against ahmaud arbery in violation of his personal liberty before he finally tried