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Jury. not from a pulpit, but almost as if she was one of them. sometimes even making fun of lawyers. come on, lawyers, as if to say im one of you. im walking you through this. its like assembling a toy at christmas time. ill give you all the instructions. they made their case. they went through each of the elements the defense had to put all its chips into citizens arrest and probable cause it was always a long shot. thats even though georgias statute was permissive and broadly drafted. so the j...

Of ahmaud arbery. >> lets bring in the counselor for william "roddie" bryan, kevin gough. counselor, thank you for joining us. >> glad to be here, chris. how are you doing? >> better than i deserve. why do you believe that the jury should not hold your client as responsible as the other two men? >> well, you know, i dont really want to get into the details or try and summarize an hour and 45-minute closing argument. but you know, the question here is when did roddie bryan know that the mcmichael...

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>> no, maam. >> didnt pull out any knife? >> no, maam. >> never reached for anything, did he? >> no. >> he just ran? >> yes, he was just running. >> reporter: his defense attorney said once he came face to face, mcmichael defended himself. >> he wanted to stop him for the police, to detain him. dont be fooled by this word "arrest." you dont have to announce, youre under arrest. he told you why he raised the gun, because he was afraid he would be on him within seconds. >> reporter: the prosecutio...

Will deliberate tomorrow. if no verdict, they will break on wednesday until next monday. the defense strategy yesterday was pretty clear. it was to try to separate the defendants. we had william "roddie" bryans attorney come out and say he thought his client would get off again, and you had the prosecution rebut this morning by saying a party to. if you are a party to this crime, you are responsible for the crime. that was a major theme and its something the jury is going to have to weigh, katy....

Malice. right there. thats how you know. right there. 2:15 p.m., hes talking to captain tom jump, the head of cid. the head of the criminal investigations division of glenn county police department. while tom jumps, crime scene tech is taking photos, and greg mcmichael drives his white truck from the scene, never got any pictures of the white truck. never got any pictures of the silverado. the white truck was never searched. mr. bryans truck was never searched. neither of those trucks were impou...

Pulled the trigger. he is the one who fataled shot arbery. greg mcmichael was driving a pickup truck, bryan was driving a pickup truck. they argue they hemmed him in with their pickup trucks. do you think well see a verdict on this, first, and if we do, how will it play out? >> there is always the possibility of a split verdict. remember, we have malice murder, we have felony murder. the felony murder is the key, because if they find there was a felony committed, then its felony murder, then the...

Criminal attempt at false imprisonment and work your way through it. it will help you logically. remember, party to a crime, when youre talking about greg mcmichael and mr. bryan. youre going to get a verdict firm. the state is asking you to fill it out this way. hes not guilty of simple assault,. for putting ahmaud arbery in reasonable apprehension, fear of using serious bodily injury. i overshot the road and forced him into a ditch. ladies and gentlemen, heres the thing. this isnt about whethe...

Him? being forced toward you by mr. bryan and his black silverado, and then you go ahead and intercept him and pull the trigger without a thought. abandoned malignant heart, blatant disregard for human life. and theyre in it together. gregory mcmichael and travis mcmichael are acting together, in concert, in the truck, their actions are all together. theyre parties to the crime. even though greg mcmichael is in the back of that pickup truck on that 911 call when travis pulls this trigger, hes st...

It was passed in georgia during slavery to allow private white citizens to apprehend escaped enslaved people. under that law, the prosecution argued, citizens arrests are only allowed when you see the crime going down or youre in hot pursuit of the person who you think committed the crime. and the mcmichaels and mr. bryan cant make either of those, according to the prosecution. and even the defense said that if thats how the jury is instructed, then were going to lose. >> the prosecutor was aski...