of course, when that hasn t happened there s been conversation outside when the jury was outside of the jury pool so it was interesting to hear it being brought up now. let s not forgot there s so much conversation about the jury makeup. the prosecution, the defense for its part started to finally soften its client, travis mcmichael talking about the fact he had a duty to protect his neighborhood. take a listen to this exchange for the defense about travis mcmichael and what they were doing that day. travis had all of this. he was reading facebook, everything going on at larry english s house, knowing about what happened in satila shores. speaking about what happened, his own experience, overs rash and matt albenzi, this is what he carried with him when he left the driveway that day. reasonable and probable grounds of suspicion. this is where the duty and responsibility in following the
it s all his fault, and again, they ve got to get it that point across because they re the ones that have to show that reasonable doubt exists and if they do, they make the jury s job much more difficult for a conviction. i think it s already going to be difficult with the jury makeup, and the geographical location where we are. gentlemen, let s listen in, they are beginning again. no, the mcmichael s brought guns. when did roddie bryan know travis mcmichael would shoot mr. arbery? and at that point, what could roddie bryan have done to stop it? the inconvenient truth is that roddie bryan did not know and could not know that these men were armed until moments before mr. arbery s tragic death. he did not know and could not know that arbery would be shot. and by that time, sadly, there was nothing roddie bryan could
0 taking that left-hand turn around the front of the car, if that began the evidence, you would look at mcmichaels say, he came at me, he saw i had a gun, i m allowed to protect myself. you must take it in context, and i thought she did a very good job of saying, look, you can t be the aggressor, and start all of this, and put everything in play and at the last minute, time-out, now i get to argue self-defense. i m looking forward to what she s going to say on rebuttal, it needs to be brought home again. on the flip side, what one of the defense attorneys who we heard from said there s been a lot made of how can they say that they were affecting a citizens arrest when they never mentioned that, never mentioned it to the police. there are no magic words that you need to utter while you effectuate a citizens arrest, how do you think both sides are playing today? i believe the defense came up with that theory after the fact. i mean, these guys went and pursued ahmaud. they chased him
coming into this case, because you have three white men who essentially shot and killed an unarmed black man. as for the jury makeup, you talked about that. there is only one black person on this entire jury. that to some creates a big problem. earlier this morning on msnbc, human rights expert henderson talked about the makeup of the jury and why that could be problematic going forward. take a listen. the prosecutors should have done more about that. i know that historically, all you have to do is give a race-neutral reason, but in 2019, in mississippi, the supreme court said you can do more than that and you need to challenge some of these old existing laws in jury in light of that decision. but that jury makeup is an indication that you might end up with a hung jury in that case. reporter: again, the defendants in this case,
reason. but in 2019, the supreme court said you can do more than that, and you need to challenge some of these old existing laws in georgia in light of that new decision. but that jury makeup, unless the defense lawyers are just completely wrong is an indication you might end up with a hung jury in that case. jury makeup is a concern as i said in a city that is 55% black, brunswick, georgia, 11 whites, one black on the jury is a concern. but the family the mother was on my show last night, politics nation, she feels they re going to win. she s given me hope. and the fact that the prosecutor originally didn t want to prosecute the case and then even the governor of the state said that it should be prosecuted. a republican. it means maybe the jury will be fair. i am cautiously optimistic, but cautious. last question, real quick, reverend, you ve been a part of