thought, after boltating home o afternoon and seeing what he thought was a homeless encampment under the bridge, that this could be the guy. so he finished going home. he got his dad, who was a lifetime law enforcement officer and investigator, and they went over and they drove and they walked down under the bridge. and instantly, when travis did this, you saw evidence of his muscle memory. he talked about walking down, not holding a weapon out, not armed with a gun out, he had his gun with him just in case he needed it for protection, but he walked out to do what? use leaps to listen, to have a conversation. and as he walked down under the bridge, he saw a bunch of trash and a bunch of items and a machete and a man fishing. so he followed his training. he politely stepped in between the machete and the man, and he said, hey, bud, you living down
you cannot act on the unsupported statements of others. the state has characterized that, which is an accurate statement of the law, as travis mom. are you kidding me? after all that we have seen, after all that he has experienced, after all the conversations he s had, after all the videos he s seen, after what he experienced himself, that he s just going off of what his mommy told him? this is what the state wants you to do something about. this is what they re trying to inject into this case, knowing, despite that, that travel has called the police on the white
level of suspicion by a reasonable and prudent person given the overall circumstances to believe that crime has been committed probable cause. he spoke with you about the use of force continuum. he talked with you about de-escalation and how de-escalation was always the goal. he talked with you about leaps listen, empathize, ask questions, paraphrase, summarize. why? so that you can gain understanding, so you can continue to investigate, deegs ka late, learn what s going on, and figure it out. and he talked also about weapon retention in using a weapon, if it had to come to that, to de-escalate a situation. when travis moved back home to satilla shores, he did so with
they have permits to do it. travis testified he had a concealed permit at this point. the law allows this behavior. travel comes out to the street. he looks down the street right across. here he is at 2:30. he comes out here. mr. arbery has already run past. he comes out here, look downs the street from where the house is and sees mr. matt albenze, who is walking towards him and, eventually, after a couple houses, goes like this, and points down the street. it is reasonable to conclude that based on what his dad said, who just came running in the house, the guy is back who s broken in, to come outside and look and see, see mr. albenze, who he knows and he s talked with, who he shared thoughts and feelings about the person breaking in the house, is now saying go that way, the guy is back, to get in his car and go.
with his truck. he watches him, watching. so he pulls up next to him, and he stops again. he says hey, hey, hold on a second. just want to talk to you for a minute. something is going on back there. we want to know what s going on. he s not saying to the guy i don t know what s been going on in this neighborhood. to do that would do what, it would escalate the situation? so he just says we want to know what s going on back there. why is that guy pointing at you? why is he doing that? mr. arbery stops, he looks him dead in the eyes, doesn t say a word and travis just says we want you to stay right here we re calling the cops, calling the cops. . he called the cops. and mr. arbery bolts. now on the subject of police, travis told you. got in the car with my dad. i said, dad, are the cops coming? yeah, yeah, yeah. go this way. go this way. it s very clear. he said he asked his father about the cops being called. they call the cops all the time.