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He gives them his social media, he gives them his facebook. ladies and gentlemen, without roddie bryan, there is no case. you will have to decide what justice looks like between the mcmichaels and mr. arbery, between the mcmichaels and the arbery family. but the reason that you can do so, the reason that we can have this trial is because of roddie bryan. roddies decision to cooperate with law enforcement, to help them discover the truth about the events of february 23rd, 2020, is not the product...

This case, had he recovered as much video as he thought he had, he might have had the whole thing on video. hes giving it to the police. hes inviting officer minchu to sit with him, not with some slick cobb county lawyer, by himself. that tells you that roddy bryan is not guilty. because unless you think hes smarter than everybody else in this room, that hes smarter than all these police officers, that hes smarter than the cream of the crop, the creme de la creme of the fbi, hes just trying to f...

That law enforcement waits several months to pursue that evidence. theres no evidence mr. bryan deleted or edits the video from 2/23. we know he couldnt practically speaking. he watched it at the same time the police officer. where is the physical evidence on the roadway plaintiff bryans aggressive driving? where are the tire tracks, the brake marks, skid marks? for all the times mr. bryan supposedly has stopped short or changed direction. said he doesnt destroy anything. theres no physical evid...

And when you apply the reasonable doubt standard, remember, that standard, that legal principle isnt there for roddie bryan. its not for these other defendants. its there for all of us, and its a principle that we cannot forsake. the court is going to charge you, i believe, without putting words in your mouth, to parties to a crime. the provision thats relevant to mr. bryan in this case is the second one. to be a party to the crime, mr. bryan must intentionally help in the commission of an offen...

Impartial juror honestly seeking the truth, and youve certainly given us every reason to believe that you are, if at the end of the evidence, you have a doubt, that is a doubt upon which you pay acquit the defendant. a reasonable doubt is a doubt based on common sense. it is a doubt for which a reason can be given. if you can give a reason to doubt whether mr. bryan is guilty, then your mission is complete, and at that point, you should acquit mr. bryan. now, i also often use this provision lift...

He wouldnt have been shut. that is much much different in context than to suggest that roddie bryan wished that he had hit mr. arbery. thats a reflection of regret that mr. arbery was hurt by the mcmichaels. thats certainly not a suggestion that he bore any ill will. and how many other instances of that do we have in this case. how many other times as the district attorneys office fired cheap shots at roddie bryan. how many times had the gbi taken cheap shots at mr. bryan. and in the end, you ma...

Is he this giant burglar who just happened to never show up with a bag or any means to steal anything, or is he a looky-loo? he shouldnt be doing that. we all know this, okay? but its trespass. its a misdemeanor. and on february 23rd, 2020, none of the defendants knew that he had been inside in broad daylight that location, and what did he do on the 23rd of february? he did the same thing he always did, wandered around, wandered around, and then left and ran off down the street. but they didnt k...

Weve covered that. all right. in count nine roddie bryan is charged with false imprisonment on burford drive. not on holmes. only burford. there are reasons for that but not relevant to this discussion. the court will charge you in order to commit the crime of criminal intent to commit false imprisonment, the state must prove intent to commit false imprisonment. because thats required to be a party to the crime. to prove an attempt which is what is known as a -- crime, his specific intent to fal...

The words, and to hear again all of this stuff about mr. bryan, about all of these things that happened, well come back to that later, but when you look at the lowry interview, when you look at mr. minshew, the minshew discussion on the side of the road, you know -- you know what the truth is here. now, if im out of order, im sorry. but again, as i said before, the events of this day from mr. bryans perspective are chaos. mr. bryan doesnt know what happened up the street, he doesnt know mr. albe...

This case. but mr. bryan is not responsible for that. that breaks the chain. the causal chain. its no longer substantial and necessary. its no longer direct. likewise, when mr. travis mcmichael closes the distance from -- to the left of the truck as youre looking at it on the screen towards the middle of the truck or exactly where -- ill let you all figure that out. but when travis mcmichael does that, regardless of whether travis mcmichael is justified in doing so, doesnt that also break the di...