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For the killing of 25-year-old jogger ahmaud arbery. >> this case is about assumptions and driveway decisions. they made their decision to attack ahmaud arbery in their driveways because he was a black man running down the street. >> reporter: and reminding the jury the definition of a citizen's arrest according to the law. >> they never, ever said on february 23rd, 2020 that they were doing a citizen's arrest. a citizen's arrest is for emergency situations when the crime really happens right in front of you. they never said that. none of the defendants saw mr. arbery commit any crime that day...

Pockets. not a cell phone. not a gun. not an i.d. >> travis mcmichael spent almost a decade of his life learning about duty and responsibility. he received extensive training on how to make decisions that would ultimately impact his beliefs -- these are real experiences of real people who were very scared. and so they took it upon themselves to do something about it. >> the prosecution wasn't able to respond to those arguments immediately because the jury said they had had enough for the day. but not before the defense made another attempt to smear arbery. cnn's martin savage has that part of ...

Their closing arguments. they face murder charge ands potential life in prison for the killing of 25-year-old jogger ahmaud arbery. >> this case is really about assumptions and driveway decisions. they made their decision to attack ahmaud arbery in their driveways because he was a black man running down the street. >> reporter: and reminding the jury the definition of a citizens arrest according to the law. >> they never, ever said on february 23rd, 2020, that they were doing a citizens arrest. a citizens arrest is for emergency situations where the crime happens right in front of you. they ne...

Decisions. namely, their decision to attack ahmaud arbery in their driveways because he was a black man running down the street. >> reporter: and reminding the jury the definition of a citizen's arrest according to the law. >> they never, ever said on february 23rd, 2020, that they were doing a citizen's arrest. a citizen's arrest is for emergency situations when a crime really happens right in front of you. they never said it. none of the defendants saw mr. arbery commit any crime that day. >> reporter: travis mcmichael's defense attorney attempting to drive home the argument that his client ...

They never said it. none of the defendants saw mr. arbery commit any crime that day. >> reporter: travis mcmichael's defense attorney attempting to drive home the argument that his client was simply acting out of civic duty and responsibility. >> travis mcmichael spent almost a decade of his life learning about duty and responsibility. >> reporter: arguing to the jury his, quote, duty was necessary that february day. >> this neighborhood was being covered in suspicious persons, in extra watches, in neighborhood patrols and concerned citizens. >> reporter: insisting arbery's presence was suspic...