{"id":1052268,"date":"2021-11-24T13:59:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T18:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1052268"},"modified":"2021-11-24T13:59:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T18:59:28","slug":"breaking-father-and-son-found-guilty-of-murder-of-ahmaud-arbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-father-and-son-found-guilty-of-murder-of-ahmaud-arbery\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Father And Son Found Guilty Of Murder 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\">22<\/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%2Fbreaking-father-and-son-found-guilty-of-murder-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=1052268&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>The jury in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/father-and-son-charged-with-murder-for-death-of-ahmaud-arbery\">Ahmaud Arbery<\/a> murder trial reached a verdict on Wednesday afternoon, finding Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael guilty of murder. A third defendant, William \u201cRoddie\u201d Bryan, was found not guilty on one count of felony murder but guilty on other counts of felony murder.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gregory McMichael, 65, Travis McMichael, 35 \u2014 who are father and son \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-man-who-captured-footage-of-ahmaud-arberys-death-arrested\">William \u201cRoddie\u201d Bryan<\/a>, 52 \u2014 a neighbor \u2014 were charged with nine counts in Arbery\u2019s death, including felony murder, aggravated assault, and false imprisonment. Each of the men pleaded not guilty to all charges. Travis McMichael was also found guilty of malice murder, aggravated assault, and false imprisonment. Gregory McMichael was also found not guilty of malice murder, but guilty of felony murder, aggravated assault, and false imprisonment; Bryan was also found guilty of one count of aggravated assault as well as false imprisonment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for the McMichaels argued in court that they were pursuing a man they believed to be a burglary suspect so that they could perform a citizen\u2019s arrest. A lawyer for Bryan argued that Bryan merely recorded the incident and his presence was entirely irrelevant to Arbery\u2019s death. He was armed \u201cwith a cell phone,\u201d his attorney told the court.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although Arbery was killed in February 2020, the case drew national attention months later after a video of the fatal encounter was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/local-attorney-with-ties-to-suspects-says-he-leaked-video-of-ahmaud-arbery-shooting\">leaked to a local media station<\/a> by an attorney with an informal connection to Bryan \u2014 an attempt to set the record straight.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The video showed Arbery running down the street in the direction of a white pickup truck, where Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael can be seen armed and waiting for Arbery. The duo argued that they believed he was a suspect in a recent string of burglaries in the neighborhood. When Arbery approaches the truck, he goes around to the passenger\u2019s side, and a struggle breaks out between him and Travis McMichael, who is holding a shotgun. Arbery is fatally shot in the encounter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Arbery\u2019s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, said she believed her son was jogging at the time he was pursued. During closing arguments at trial, prosecutor Linda Dunikoski argued that the McMichaels \u201cmade the decision to attack Ahmaud Arbery in their driveways because he was a Black man running down the street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to the case, Georgia repealed its citizen\u2019s arrest law.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, Travis McMichael <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/travis-mcmichael-man-who-shot-ahmaud-arbery-testifies-in-court-i-shot-him-he-had-my-gun\">took the stand<\/a> to explain his actions, saying he wanted to give \u201cmy side of the story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The younger McMichael recalled seeing Arbery in the neighborhood a couple of weeks before the shooting, at night, and said the man tried to hide from him. \u201cHe comes out and pulls up his shirt, and goes to reach in his pocket or waistband area,\u201d Travis McMichael told the court. He added, \u201cIt freaked me out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hours before the verdict was reached, the jury asked the court to replay the video of the fatal encounter as well as the 9-1-1 call made by Gregory McMichael before the shooting. Most of the 9-1-1 call was filled with silence, although at the beginning of it, the elder McMichael could be heard shouting his son\u2019s name. Travis had also made a 9-1-1 call, moments earlier.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When recalling the shooting at trial, Travis McMichael said he shot Arbery because he \u201chad my gun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe struck me, it was obvious that he was \u2026 attacking me, that if he [would] have [gotten] the shotgun from me, then it was a \u2026 life or death situation,\u201d said Travis McMichael.<\/p>\n<p>The verdict brings an end to only one chapter of the case, which was tossed around from prosecutor to prosecutor due to conflicts of interest, pressure from Arbery\u2019s mother, and its growing size.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jackie Johnson, the first prosecutor in the case, was indicted in September for violating her oath of office and obstructing a law enforcement officer. According to the indictment, she also showed \u201cfavor and affection\u201d to Gregory McMichael, who previously worked in her office, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/02\/us\/jackie-johnson-indicted-ahmaud-arbery.html\">reports<\/a> The New York Times.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although Johnson recused herself from the case within days of receiving it, before doing so, she sought advice about the case from George Barnhill, who would later become the second prosecutor. Barnhill, whose son worked in Johnson\u2019s office, would later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fourth-prosecutor-takes-ahmaud-arbery-case-after-third-prosecutor-steps-down\">recuse himself<\/a> at the request of Arbery\u2019s mother, but not before telling the police department in a letter, in early April, that there was \u201cinsufficient probable cause to issue arrest warrants at this time.\u201d&nbsp;The McMichaels were arrested the following month, within 36 hours of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations taking over the case file, as The Daily Wire previously reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson faces up to five years for violating her oath of office, and up to 12 months for obstructing and hindering a law enforcement officer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/09\/03\/us\/ahmaud-arbery-jackie-johnson-indicted\/index.html\">according<\/a> to CNN. The former charge is a felony, while the latter charge is a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>This is a developing story; refresh<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The jury in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial reached a verdict on Wednesday afternoon, finding Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael guilty of murder. A third defendant, William \u201cRoddie\u201d Bryan, was found not guilty on one count of felony murder but guilty on other counts of felony murder.\u00a0Gregory McMichael, 65, Travis McMichael, 35 \u2014 who are father and son \u2014 and William \u201cRoddie\u201d Bryan, 52 \u2014 a neighbor \u2014 were charged with nine counts in Arbery\u2019s death, including felony murder, aggravated assault, and false imprisonment. Each of the men pleaded not guilty to all charges. Travis McMichael was also found guilty of malice murder, aggravated assault, and false imprisonment. Gregory McMichael was also found not guilty of malice murder, but guilty of felony murder, aggravated assault, and false imprisonment; Bryan was also found guilty of one count of aggravated assault as well as false imprisonment.\u00a0Lawyers for the McMichaels argued in court that they were pursuing a man they believed to be a burglary suspect so that they could perform a citizen\u2019s arrest. A lawyer for Bryan argued that Bryan merely recorded the incident and his presence was entirely irrelevant to Arbery\u2019s death. He was armed \u201cwith a cell phone,\u201d his attorney told the court.\u00a0Although Arbery was killed in February 2020, the case drew national attention months later after a video of the fatal encounter was leaked to a local media station by an attorney with an informal connection to Bryan \u2014 an attempt to set the record straight.\u00a0The video showed Arbery running down the street in the direction of a white pickup truck, where Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael can be seen armed and waiting for Arbery. The duo argued that they believed he was a suspect in a recent string of burglaries in the neighborhood. When Arbery approaches the truck, he goes around to the passenger\u2019s side, and a struggle breaks out between him and Travis McMichael, who is holding a shotgun. Arbery is fatally shot in the encounter.\u00a0Arbery\u2019s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, said she believed her son was jogging at the time he was pursued. During closing arguments at trial, prosecutor Linda Dunikoski argued that the McMichaels \u201cmade the decision to attack Ahmaud Arbery in their driveways because he was a Black man running down the street.\u201dIn response to the case, Georgia repealed its citizen\u2019s arrest law.During the trial, Travis McMichael took the stand to explain his actions, saying he wanted to give \u201cmy side of the story.\u201dThe younger McMichael recalled seeing Arbery in the neighborhood a couple of weeks before the shooting, at night, and said the man tried to hide from him. \u201cHe comes out and pulls up his shirt, and goes to reach in his pocket or waistband area,\u201d Travis McMichael told the court. He added, \u201cIt freaked me out.\u201dHours before the verdict was reached, the jury asked the court to replay the video of the fatal encounter as well as the 9-1-1 call made by Gregory McMichael before the shooting. Most of the 9-1-1 call was filled with silence, although at the beginning of it, the elder McMichael could be heard shouting his son\u2019s name. Travis had also made a 9-1-1 call, moments earlier.\u00a0When recalling the shooting at trial, Travis McMichael said he shot Arbery because he \u201chad my gun.\u201d\u201cHe struck me, it was obvious that he was \u2026 attacking me, that if he [would] have [gotten] the shotgun from me, then it was a \u2026 life or death situation,\u201d said Travis McMichael.The verdict brings an end to only one chapter of the case, which was tossed around from prosecutor to prosecutor due to conflicts of interest, pressure from Arbery\u2019s mother, and its growing size.\u00a0Jackie Johnson, the first prosecutor in the case, was indicted in September for violating her oath of office and obstructing a law enforcement officer. According to the indictment, she also showed \u201cfavor and affection\u201d to Gregory McMichael, who previously worked in her office, reports The New York Times.\u00a0Although Johnson recused herself from the case within days of receiving it, before doing so, she sought advice about the case from George Barnhill, who would later become the second prosecutor. Barnhill, whose son worked in Johnson\u2019s office, would later recuse himself at the request of Arbery\u2019s mother, but not before telling the police department in a letter, in early April, that there was \u201cinsufficient probable cause to issue arrest warrants at this time.\u201d\u00a0The McMichaels were arrested the following month, within 36 hours of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations taking over the case file, as The Daily Wire previously reported.\u00a0Johnson faces up to five years for violating her oath of office, and up to 12 months for obstructing and hindering a law enforcement officer, according to CNN. The former charge is a felony, while the latter charge is a misdemeanor.This is a developing story; refresh the page for updates.\u00a0The 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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