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>> i was chief investigator with the d.a.s office for 23 years. i know what you got to do. >> reporter: no one was arrested that day or for months to come. johnsons influence on the case not only delayed justice for arberys family but also nearly denied it. in september more than a year after his death, the grand jury indicted johnson for violating her oath of office and obstructing police. ar arberys family applauded the move. >> she didnt pull the trigger but she is just as much to hold accoun...

Nighttime intruder and that is frightening and unsettling. >> reporter: and william brians attorney kevin golf arguing there wouldnt be a trial were it not for his client, his cell phone and the video he took. >> rodney bryant didnt shoot anyone. at the time of the shooting he was some distance back. he was armed only with his cell phone. isnt it time, isnt it time, ladies and gentlemen, that we send rodney brian home? >> reporter: the growing protests outside the court threatened the proceeding...

His quote duty was necessary that february day. >> this neighborhood was being covered in suspicious persons, in extra watches, in neighborhood patrols, in concerned citizens. >> reporter: insisting arberys presence was suspicious. >> there is no evidence whatsoever that it was a place of exercise and jogging for ahmaud arbery. >> reporter: gregory mcmichaels attorney said arbery was in the neighborhood up to no good saying that was obvious by his appearance. >> does not reflect the reality of w...

Im not afraid to say it even if donald trumps children are afraid to say it to their father. >> thank you, john. good to be with you again. its been too long. coming up, live courtroom action here on "new day," as the prosecution for the trial of the men accused of killing ahmaud ar arbery, they will issue their rebuttal. new overnight, another smash and grab robbery at a high-end department store. plus -- raw emotion from the daughter of a man just cleared of a crime that he didnt commit ...

Number two -- >> you know, ocn that point, hi attorney said hes not worried about civil suits. is he worried about glass half full or naive or trying to down play it? >> i think hes down playing it. any attorney knows that an individual who commits an act of homicide, dont say that as an insult. he acknowledged he did it will face those kinds of civil suits and again, being followed around by a camera crew, he might have waived attorney client privilege if someone else is in the room. there is a...

>> dont hold your breathe for that. there is no reason for that. they know why. >> they know why. >> i know why. well see if 12 jurors know why. laura coates, nobody will cover it better than you, thats why youre the upgrade. >> thank you. appreciate you. have a good night. >> you, too. this is "don lemon tonight." im laura coates in for don. we got headline news on multiple big stories tonight. jury deliberations expected to begin tomorrow in the trial of three white men accused of chasing do...