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That roddy bryan did not know and could not know that these men were armed until moments before mr. arberys tragic death. at the time of the shooting, he was some distance back. he was armed only with his cell phone. >> reporter: greg mcmichaels 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. >> ...

Satilla shores. in his khaki shorts with no socks to cover his long dirty toenails. >> reporter: laura repeated over and over that arbery was to blame for his own death. >> he was a recurring nighttime intruder, and that is frightening and unsettling. >> reporter: and william bryans attorney, kevin gough arguing there wouldnt even be a trial were it not for his client, his cell phone and the video he took. >> roddy bryan didnt shoot anyone. at the time of the shooting, he was some distance back....

Dad. he could have told his dad, were not doing this, calm down, call the police. theres a whole bunch of decisions both of them could have made that would never have resulted in ahmaud arberys death. he decided hes going to drive his pickup truck to chase ahmaud, and he got out of that truck with that shotgun. totally and absolutely unnecessarily. mr. bryan, who decided to help the mcmichaels, without bryan, assaulted arbery in his pickup truck without redirecting him on to holmes, without brya...

Ditch. check. mr. bryan right now, aggravated assault, with his motor vehicle, check, felony murder, check. because this contributed to his death. this played a substantial part because it put mr. arbery in reasonable fear of mr. bryan and that truck. so what do we know? we know that mr. arbery was running back up holmes, mr. bryan came back down and he had to turn around at that blue mailbox. you dont see him turn around, but see how far he is at the blue mailbox and heads back to the white tru...

Thats how you know. right there. 2/15 p.m., hes talking to captain john pump, the head of the criminal investigations division of glynn county police department. while tom jones, crime scene tech, is taking photos. okay? and then greg mcmichael drives his white truck from the scene. never got any pictures of the white truck. never got pictures of the silverado. hmm. the white truck was never searched. mr. bryans truck was never searched. neither of those trucks were impounded. so what have we go...

And you know what he chooses to do? his independent, independent own decision, im going to go join them to try to stop this guy, confine and detain him. h just joins in. his driveway decision. that is what being a party to the crime is. you go to help some people who are committing some crimes. trying to stop this guy and detain him and confine him. he joined in. "yall got him?!" he knew exactly what the mcmichaels were doing. what did mr. bryan tell you? so i just kind of sat there for a minute...

Yeah, he grabbed my shotgun. all right. we are going to talk about greg mcmichael. greg mcmichael did attempt to control the narrative after the this took place. hes the one who started this whole thing, and now his son has killed someone, and that young man is laying dead in the street from shes shotgun blasts. what does greg mcmichael do? well, while first responders are on the scene, hes telling his kid, you didnt have any choice. he goes over and talks to bryan to find out what he saw. oh, h...

The getaway driver can be punished in the same way as the person who is convicted of the actual homicide. its why william "roddie" bryan could be in so much trouble. he and the others have pleaded not guilty. in her final words today, the prosecutor told jurors that without bryan chasing the black victim with his pickup truck, ahmaud arbery would still be alive. >> once mr. bryan turns around, he went up and down this street at least four times. confined and detained on homes. thats false impris...

Responsible for using his silverado, travis mcmichael murdering ahmaud arbery, how can be held responsible? its ral simple. party to a crime. the law does, in georgia, believe that everybody to wh helped, encouraged, advised, went inside a house and grabbed their son and told him to get his shotgun and come on, theyre all equally responsible for the ultimate death of the victim, because a person is a party to a crime only if that person directly commits the crime. travis mcmichael, shotgun. help...

Before handing the case to the jury. >> when three people chase an unarmed man in two pickup trucks with guns in order to violate his personal liberty, who gets to claim, "im not really responsible for that"? under the law in georgia, no one gets to say that. everybody is responsible. >> reporter: prosecutor lisa dunikoski had the last word, telling the jury that even though travis mcmichael shot and killed ahmaud arbery, gregory mcmichael and william "roddie" bryan are just as guilty for chasin...