The jury will begin to hear the case in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery by former policeman Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and neighbour William Bryan
In a trial that will scrutinize citizen’s arrest laws, an almost all-white Georgia jury will hear opening arguments on Friday in the case of three white men accused of chasing down and killing Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery, who they say they suspected was a burglar.
Former policeman Gregory McMichael, 65, his son Travis McMichael, 35, and neighbour William “Roddie” Bryan, 52, face charges of murder, aggravated assault and false imprisonment. The defendants said they suspected Arbery was a burglar and were trying to make a citizen’s arrest. Arbery had entered a nearby vacant property where a house was under construction, but the owner says nothing was taken and he believed Arbery had stopped by for a drink of water.
Defense attorneys are also claiming self-defense because the video recorded by Bryan shows Arbery turning toward Travis McMichael and grabbing his shotgun in what they say was an attack.Prosecutors are expected to show jurors Bryan’s cellphone video as they seek to persuade jurors to convict the men on the most serious charges – malice murder and felony murder, which are Georgia’s versions of first-degree murder.
Arbery’s aunt Thea Brooks, 37, has been organizing some demonstrations and said she plans to be outside the Glynn County courthouse as often as she can in support of her nephew, a former football star, whom she described as having a big heart and easy smile.It took more than two months before the first charges were filed, and only after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation took the case from local police, filing charges after just 36 hours.
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