he can t see what, if anything, he s saying. mr. bryan has told us repeatedly that he s never heard mr. arbery say anything from the beginning to the end. so at this point, it s clear that mr. arbery does not want help from mr. bryan. it s clear that he goes and runs off. and at that point, mr. bryan has to make a decision. now, there s been some testimony. i think mr. bryan said he called after them, you got him, with what is consistent with what he s seeing on the road, but nobody else hears that that we know of. we know other witness said they didn t hear it because they testified. we re going to play a second night owl video that we didn t play previously where you see mr. bryan coming off his porch.
there? yes, okay. at this point, roddy bryan is looking back down holmes. what does he do here? he s pulled up his cell phone. his cell phone has been down because he was driving away. when mr. bryan said that he was going home, when he said the guy didn t want to be caught, that s all consistent with this video. now, we can see he s turned around. the question is, ladies and gentlemen, why is he turning around? technically, this is the shorter path back to his house. it may be easier to get in the driveway. you can see the bushes in the video out front. maybe. maybe he s trying to document what s going on. he said that s what he was trying to do. maybe, and that s just me going out on a limb, i m going to
transmission shift as mr. bryan puts his truck in park. and then two seconds later you ll hear mr. bryan buckle his seat belt. now, in about 30 seconds, and i m going to go through this with you before we play it so you ll know what to listen for. mr. bryan utters the famous words, i m going to keep going. and you ll notice his cell phone is down. this is where he says, i m going to keep going. the state is suggesting to you, if i recall the opening statement and the opening portion today, that this is where mr. bryan is turning around to give chase to mr. arbery in the moments before his death. but if you listen carefully, i think you ll hear a somewhat
at one occasion bryan said he walked to the kitchen, another time he said he ran to the kitchen. he said he walked back out to the truck, another time he said he ran back out to the truck. we know from the video it takes 13 seconds to get to the kitchen, reach for the keys and get back to the truck. mr. bryan is walking calmly to the kitchen and walking calmly to the truck. his recollection of doing otherwise is faulty. now, we also know, as mr. bryan pulls out by the way, we also know that he left his rifle in the house, left a hammer on the porch and went out with his cell phone. now, here we see when mr. bryan initially pulls out, mr. bryan is pointed to the right. now, he backs up. at the very end he backs up and straightens out a bit.
i m going to object to facts not in evidence. none of this came in at all in front of this jury, and we would object to anything about roddy bryan knowing about greg with anything. i m pretty certain in one of the interviews we went through, he didn t realize greg mcmichael was in the truck. the jury knows what the evidence is, and their recollection controls. let s stick to the evidence as presented to the panel. thank you, your honor. at the time that mr. bryan looks out, he sees mr. arbery in the truck. he sees them side by side. he cannot because of the music, he really can t hear the words. i believe the testimony is he s basically reading the lips of what turns out to be travis mcmichael. he can t see mr. arbery s lips.