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Aubrey in a white pickup truck and the neighbor william bryan started behind. bryan started to film what happened when arbery tried to run past mcmichaels. he got out of the truck and after a brief struggle,ing shot ahmaud arbery. but when police arrived at the scene, this is how they treated travis mcmichael. >> do you have anything on you? >> if he would have stopped -- >> thats fine, thats fine. like i said, just take a breath. you got your i.d. and all that? no, no, dont get blood all over y...

Instruction is a ripe ground for appeal. because this law, which has since been repealed, as written, was drafted in the 1860s. it is poorly drafted, or was poorly drafted, and an appeals court, if there is a conviction, might look at this and say, it was confusing. the interpretation is essentially you have to see where the crime was chieted. -- committed. the defense says this was a neighborhood beset by crime, and tensions were high. that led to their reasoning for going out and chasing arber...

After they were chasing arbery for an alleged crime they never witnessed. >> i am out here. there is a black male running down the street. >> whats your emergency? theres a black man running down the street. >> reporter: it turned out, arbery had not committed a burglary. >> that he committed that burglary, they can chase him down. >> reporter: the burden is on the prosecution to prove the nine charges against each defendant beyond a reasonable doubt, including aggravated assault and murder. the...

With guns 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. >> reporter: the prosecution getting the last word in the murder trial of three men for the killing of ahmaud arbery. arbery was jogging in february of 2020 when he was chased down by gregory mcmichael, travis mcmichael, and william bryant jr. in their trucks. the mens defense? they thought arbery committed burglary and they were planning to make a cit...

>> when three people chase an unarmed man in two pickup trucks with gun 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. >> reporter: the prosecution getting the last word in the murder trial of three men for the killing of ahmaud arbery. arbery was jogging in february of 2020 when he was chased down by gregory mcmichael, travis mcmichael, and william bryant jr. in their trucks. the mens defense, t...

>> reporter: thats right. we heard from the judge. the judge basically called the jury in last night around 6:00 and asked them if they were close to a verdict and heres where there is a bit of a clue because we heard for first time from the foreperson who said that we are in the process of working to reach a verdict. and at first they didnt want to go home. so it gives you some sense of where they are, in that it is possible that we will see a verdict today or this week. but we have been watchi...

Intruder, and that is frightening and unsettling. >> what was ahmaud arbery doing in satilla shores from october 2019 to february 2020? there is no evidence that ahmaud arbery ever jogged or exercised in satilla shores. >> reporter: the white men, travi travis mcmichael -- were chasing arbery in two vehicles. they claim they thought arbery had committed a crime and were going to perform a citizens arrest. >> travis believes hes committed the offense of burglary. >> you do have the right to perfo...

With you. this is easy. call the police. >> reporter: the prosecutor said the men didnt bother to wait for police. only making this 911 call after they were chasing arbery for an alleged crime they never witnessed. >> theres a black male running down the street. >> whats your emergency? theres a black man running down the street. >> reporter: arbery had had not committed a burglary. >> thats a felony. the burden is on the prosecution to prove the nine charges against each defendant beyond a reas...

And still tried to fight back before dying. >> you expect when you are committing felonies, people are going to fight back. >> how dare mr. arbery defend himself against their felonies? isnt that what they are saying to you? >> reporter: the defense began their closing blaming arbery for his own demise. >> he was a recurring nighttime intruder, and that is frightening and unsettling. >> what was ahmaud arbery doing from october 2019 to february 2020? there is no evidence that ahmaud arbery ever ...

How about dont bring a shotgun with you? this is really easy. call the police. >> reporter: the prosecutor said the men didnt bother to wait for police, only making this 911 call after they were chasing arbery for an alleged crime they never witnessed. >> im in sit ail shores. theres a black male running down the street. >> whats your emergency? theres a black man running down the street. >> reporter: it turned out arbery had not committed a burglary. >> they want it to be a burglary so if they ...