travis mcmichael said he was pinned between the two trucks. greg mcmichael said he was trapped like a rat between the two trucks. the ultimate false imprisonment. never left holmes, did he. never left holmes. aggravated assault. an assault upon the person of ahmaud arbery with a ford-150 pickup truck and a silverado pickup truck. you know how it says and, we know mr. bryan is driving the silverado, travis is driving the ford f-150, greg mcmichael in the back of the truck. it doesn t mean and. it s or. don t you love words? the way you should read this is with a ford f-150 pick um truck or a chevy silverado pickup
now, take a breath, and we re going to transition into self-defense and citizens arrest. how s my time? a person is justified in threatening or using force another against person when and to the extent that he reasonably believes that such force is necessary to defend himself or a third person against the other s imminent use of unlawful force. wow. that s a mouthful, right? let s break it down. travis mcmichael had to reasonably believe that it feels absolutely necessary to defend himself, and of course he threw in his dad, which he never mentioned before at any point in time, but threw him in against the other imminent use of unlawful force. that mean mrs. arbery had to be
have a listen. travis mcmichael pulling that shotgun out. what are they going to tell you? they re going to say, oh, he was running towards me. i was going to tell he was going to attack me. is that reasonable? who brought the shotgun to the party? who took the shotgun out of the car? who pointed the shotgun? the guy is running, running away from them for five minutes. here s the thing. you cannot take the danger to yourself. that means you cannot be the initial unjustified aggressor. you can t create the situation and then go, i was defending myself. you just can t do it. impactful moment? does she describe the law correctly there? absolutely, jim, because, look, he was unarmed. that s a huge fact, right? he was unarmed.
he may have broken in. maybe the owner s down there. he may have been caught. he may be trying to avoid the police. that s testimony from the witness stand. he didn t know anything. absolutely nothing. so where are we going to end up? this is where we re going toenld pup. travis mcmichael had probable cause believing ahmaud arbery stole the stuff off the english boat in 2019 because his mother gave him some gossip about stuff being stolen, and he was escaping. use your common sense. how do you escape from a crime on an unknown date in 2019 in 2020? they ll explain it to you, i m sure. use your common sense. do you think this was all completely made up for trial especially given no one ever said it on february 23rd, 2020? ladies and gentlemen, use your
all liable. t that s the battleground to watch later. one of the things the prosecutor pointed out, how can you claim self-defense if you have been chasing the victim for five minutes while he is running away from you. so here s that moment. that s travis mcmichael pulling that shotgun out. what are they going to tell you? they re going to tell you, oh, he was running towards me, and i could tell he was going to attack me. is that reasonable? who brought the shotgun to the party? who took the shotgun out of the car? who pointed the shotgun? the guy is running. running away from them for five minutes. you can t create the situation and then go, i was defending myself. you just can t do it. what about those points, mark? very well made because, again, if you just stop this trial and only looked at ahmaud