{"id":1048666,"date":"2021-11-23T14:59:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T19:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1048666"},"modified":"2021-11-23T14:59:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T19:59:24","slug":"jury-now-deliberating-murder-charges-against-three-men-for-death-of-ahmaud-arbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jury-now-deliberating-murder-charges-against-three-men-for-death-of-ahmaud-arbery\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury Now Deliberating Murder Charges Against Three Men For Death Of Ahmaud Arbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjury-now-deliberating-murder-charges-against-three-men-for-death-of-ahmaud-arbery%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1048666&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A jury of Georgia residents is deciding whether to convict three men in the 2020 death of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old man who was pursued through a neighborhood and confronted on suspicion of being a robbery suspect but whose family says he was jogging.<\/p>\n<p>Closing arguments concluded on Tuesday, with prosecutor Linda Dunikoski arguing that Arbery was unjustifiably pursued, blocking any claims to self-defense. \u201cWho started this? It wasn\u2019t Ahmaud Arbery,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects, Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael, and William \u201cRoddie\u201d Bryan, have pleaded not guilty to charges of felony murder, aggravated assault, and false imprisonment. The McMichaels, the defense attorneys say, were seeking to perform a citizen\u2019s arrest; Bryan, his attorney says, was merely armed with a cell phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoddie Bryan was not aware of any intention, and could not be a party to the crime of malice murder, because he can\u2019t intentionally help commit a crime he doesn\u2019t know is underway,\u201d said defense attorney Kevin Gough.<\/p>\n<p>The trial gained national attention last year after the cell phone video Bryan recorded was leaked to a local media outlet, by an attorney who informally consulted with him, purportedly to set the record straight.<\/p>\n<p>The video shows Arbery&nbsp;running down the street, in the direction of a white pickup truck. Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael, who are father and son, can be seen waiting at the truck, armed. When Arbery approaches the truck, he goes around the passenger side, and a struggle begins between Arbery and Travis McMichael, who is holding a shotgun. Arbery is shot in the physical confrontation between them and is killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll three of these defendants made assumptions about what was going on that day,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/11\/22\/us\/ahmaud-arbery-murder-trial\">said<\/a>&nbsp;lead prosecutor Linda Dunikoski. \u201cAnd they made their decision to attack Ahmaud Arbery in their driveways, because he was a Black man running down the street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the law in Georgia at the time required someone to be in \u201cimmediate knowledge\u201d of a crime to perform a citizen\u2019s arrest. The law was repealed in light of the Ahmaud Arbery shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are allowed to defend yourself. You are allowed to use force that is likely to cause death or serious bodily injury if you believe it\u2019s necessary,\u201d Jason Sheffield, a defense attorney for Travis McMichael,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/11\/22\/1057937318\/ahmaud-arbery-mcmichael-bryan-updates-closing-arguments\">told<\/a>&nbsp;the jury during closing arguments. \u201cAt that moment Travis believed it was necessary. This is a law that is for a person in Travis\u2019s situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wanda Cooper, Arbery\u2019s mother, has said that she believes her son was jogging when he was pursued and killed. On Tuesday, she lauded the lead prosecutor for doing a thorough job, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/ahmaud-arbery-killing-trial-updates-11-23-21\/index.html\">reports<\/a> CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe presented the evidence again very well. I do think that we will come back with a guilty verdict, and I want to leave with this: God has brought us this far, and he\u2019s not going to fail us now. We will get justice for Ahmaud,\u201d she said<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A jury of Georgia residents is deciding whether to convict three men in the 2020 death of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old man who was pursued through a neighborhood and confronted on suspicion of being a robbery suspect but whose family says he was jogging.Closing arguments concluded on Tuesday, with prosecutor Linda Dunikoski arguing that Arbery was unjustifiably pursued, blocking any claims to self-defense. \u201cWho started this? It wasn\u2019t Ahmaud Arbery,\u201d she said.The suspects, Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael, and William \u201cRoddie\u201d Bryan, have pleaded not guilty to charges of felony murder, aggravated assault, and false imprisonment. The McMichaels, the defense attorneys say, were seeking to perform a citizen\u2019s arrest; Bryan, his attorney says, was merely armed with a cell phone.\u201cRoddie Bryan was not aware of any intention, and could not be a party to the crime of malice murder, because he can\u2019t intentionally help commit a crime he doesn\u2019t know is underway,\u201d said defense attorney Kevin Gough.The trial gained national attention last year after the cell phone video Bryan recorded was leaked to a local media outlet, by an attorney who informally consulted with him, purportedly to set the record straight.The video shows Arbery\u00a0running down the street, in the direction of a white pickup truck. Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael, who are father and son, can be seen waiting at the truck, armed. When Arbery approaches the truck, he goes around the passenger side, and a struggle begins between Arbery and Travis McMichael, who is holding a shotgun. Arbery is shot in the physical confrontation between them and is killed.\u201cAll three of these defendants made assumptions about what was going on that day,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0lead prosecutor Linda Dunikoski. \u201cAnd they made their decision to attack Ahmaud Arbery in their driveways, because he was a Black man running down the street.\u201dNotably, the law in Georgia at the time required someone to be in \u201cimmediate knowledge\u201d of a crime to perform a citizen\u2019s arrest. The law was repealed in light of the Ahmaud Arbery shooting.\u201cYou are allowed to defend yourself. You are allowed to use force that is likely to cause death or serious bodily injury if you believe it\u2019s necessary,\u201d Jason Sheffield, a defense attorney for Travis McMichael,\u00a0told\u00a0the jury during closing arguments. \u201cAt that moment Travis believed it was necessary. This is a law that is for a person in Travis\u2019s situation.\u201dWanda Cooper, Arbery\u2019s mother, has said that she believes her son was jogging when he was pursued and killed. On Tuesday, she lauded the lead prosecutor for doing a thorough job, reports CNN.\u201cShe presented the evidence again very well. I do think that we will come back with a guilty verdict, and I want to leave with this: God has brought us this far, and he\u2019s not going to fail us now. We will get justice for Ahmaud,\u201d she saidThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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