ma am. mcmichael and the other defendants contend that. they pursued ahmaud arbery thinking he may have committed a crime and he was forced to shoot him after he grabbed his gun and attacked him. but the prosecution pointed out mcmichael told police two hours later he wasn t sure if he grabbed his gun. on friday defense attorney through a mistrial equating the events in and outside of the courtroom to public lynching of the defendant in a rally of black pastors in a prayer circle with al sharpton in the wake of the repeated comments about borrowing black pastors in the courtroom. we heard from reverend al sharpton that said we never question who the defendant had in the courtroom. the family of ahmaud arbery should be given the same respect. as far as a mistrial, the court denied the motion for mistrial. the next step is closing arguments after monday.