regardless of what kind of toenails he had, what size legs he had, that was still my son. and my son actually was running for his life. what could possibly be the benefit of that argument for any defendant? well, i think it was a critical misstep by the defense attorney but if you re the defense attorney, you know what you re doing, you re dehumanizing the victim, right? you re making it so that the person who was the ultimate victim in this case ahmaud arbery didn t really have a lot of value so you re kind of suggesting to the jury, look, not only did he provoke this but at the end of the day, it s okay, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, if you want to acquit my client because it really wasn t anything of value. it is beyond insulting to devalue and dehumanize mr.
i realize more than any of you what an unpopular thing that is to say, but in a courtroom with greg mcmichael facing the charge of murder, somebody s got to say it. turning ahmaud arbery into a victim after the choices that he made does not reflect the reality of what brought ahmaud arbery to satilla shores with his khaki shorts with no socks to cover his long dirty toenails. that was just beyond rude, regardless of what kind of toenails he had, what size legs he had, that was still my son, and my son actually was running
what she just said, beyond rude. regardless of what kind of toe nails he had, what size legs he had, that was still my son. and my son actually was running for his life. in that description. reporter: now the big question is once the jury has the case for consideration, how much pressure will they feel with the upcoming thanksgiving holiday to render a verdict before then? christine and paula. all right, thanks so much for that. 8 minutes past the hour. ahead of black friday, supply chain crunch could be easing in california.
this was very difficult for the family. we saw them at different stages walk out the courtroom because literally after those men in that courtroom assassinated their child, now they re sitting here assassinating his character. regardless of what kind of toe nails he had, what size legs he had, that was still my son. and my son actually was running for his life in that description. some legal experts were also outraged by the toe nail comment. that was one of the most disgusting disgraceful things i ve heard an attorney say in a criminal proceeding throughout my career. i can tell you this. if you said something like that in a northern courtroom, you d be held in contempt of court. there might even be a mistrial with such a clearly racist and
that roddy bryan did not know and could not know that these men were armed until moments before mr. arbery s tragic death. at the time of the shooting, he was some distance back. he was armed only with his cell phone. reporter: greg mcmichael s lawyer focused on depicting arbery as an intruder. turning ahmaud arbery into a victim after the choices that he made does not reflect the reality of what brought ahmaud arbery in his khaki shorts, with no socks, to cover his long, dirty toenails. reporter: arbery s mother, wanda cooper-jones, left the courtroom after this comment. that was just beyond rude. regardless of what kind of toenails he had, what size legs he had, that was still my son. and my son actually was running