And State, Georgia, verses, Travis Mc Michael guilt regulate William or brine guilty Three white men were found guilty of murder for chasing down and fatally shooting a twenty. Five year old black man named among arbitrary in February twenty twenty the Italians and never thought this day would come back It is good. Think about it. A lot I gotta run as a very strong connection will not run now more Ahmad Aubrey. A model, our best friends, the way. It is

It hurts my soul Zog to enable man in his own business play, white man decided to get in their trucks the sole Ahmad they began, judge, jury and executioner, this via painful was my baby. A mosque on it was hunted down like an animal, This was a lunch in modern day. Little then bring is I miss the boat kisses on the cheek Maoist, a kid that which is common House Gimme a herd is unofficial, crime was job the local authorities, the police department.

does making make any less. They didn't. Economists worthy door tell Ally's hoping go away, no one has been arrested or charged in the death of twenty five year old Ahmad Arbitrary. My son was not committing a crime. I had to keep pushing to get answers. She is. endless. I would not go away. She was number Rebecca anywhere, but here has surfaced, have an african american ending chase down and killed by his family says he was just out job nobody gets you just whither, no media, this murder in broad daylight stringed into people's homes. All across the country.

Distinct. The world saw the waited he was killed to suspects of father and son are being held without bail tonight, charged with murder and aggravated Missouri and Travis. Mc Michael deny any wrong doing that. We say they have sole rested. William Brian, the men who reported the video the killing day marked the birthday of the murder trial against the men accused of killing Ahmad Avebury twelve jurors, her fiery, that's wonderful letter why people were worn. Black person is very hard to get it through. Defendants that are responsible for a motley remains sitting there in front of me. Yes, it's very hard Mr Armoury is under attack by all three of these Travis has no choice, buyer, his weapon in self defense. You still believe this case was about where I do. If it with a white guy that was hiding in a black neighbourhood, it would have been told that has nothing to do with racism. They took my baby

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we saw is under attack. Their decision to attack, because he was a black man running down the street A more arbitrary was not an innocent victim. He was an intruder from the beginning. There have been two starkly different stories about what led to the death of a modern, arbitrary, twelve jurors were to decide which of those stories they believed was trying to get away from these strangers for fattening. he raises the gun and he does to defend himself through it all his mother, wonder Cooper Jones, listen hoping to make good on a promise. She made to her son. Don't sign. I promise you today that later demands

then I will get answers and I will get justice. I haven't really grasp and a modest ever Abad was one. Three children. I was shocked when I had em. We grew up together. His parents split up wander, says she work to jobs while raising him and is older, siblings, Marcus, Junior and jasmine. How close or really clause Lama creates he defended me when I can defend myself. He saw the best and people lifelong friend, a keen baker. He always saw the potential. Now his friends were capable of law. Will such a leader literally

the kids follow more. He showed leadership in great on the gridiron says: Highschool Football, coach, Jason, Bourne MA was so easy to love and it has had a bride beard about a wonder says it was after high school when his bright spirit seemed a dim and then ass. He wasn't is talkative to me. After a year at a technical college and twenty thirteen, a mob lost income in school, says jasmine in its low point, a life where he had gotten in trouble over the next few years. I had some brushes with the law and was arrested twice once for bringing a gun on a school grounds and again for shoplifting. You're. No rest. He was on probation. Were you worried that has run in with the law or going too far

Very worried I mean there's something then I carried everyday whose behaviour she says was changing ass. To have him evaluated in December of twenty eight teen Abad was diagnosed with skill, effective disorder, but Jasmine says her brother was never dangerous. He didn't have ever so suicide Valley and Wander says Ahmad even came up with this own effective there running he felt like I was in total control when he ran we had Talents is, but we are working together to fix those. A mud was planning to go back to school. Wander remembers the last time she saw her son. She was leaving on a business trip now becomes a couple of days, and I love you and his past worsening. Was I love? You too, then came the phone call just days.

Later on February. Twenty third, twenty twenty. These gentlemen identified himself has investigated, we will encounter police department? She says the investigator told her that a mud had broken into a house and was shot and killed. How could this happen is real Is this a bad dream I remember fallen on the floor, so really bizarre. Even there he was The house is just that was a huge shock to me. Personal struggles? No one who knew him believed that story. I knew that wasn't true Mahdi Breakin in Any houses like now suffers right about this had to get answers to find out

what exactly happened wander says. She pushed the police for more details, convinced they were not levelling with her shortly after a mud was killed. Her suspicions only grew when she picked up the local paper. It tells us TAT Emma, was actually chased and trapped in and killed in the streets chased and killed the street not breaking into a home, committing a crime The whole thing off somebody has on the whole was not true shewn. and saw their names in the newspaper. Men who were present when her son was shocked to death. Gregory Mc Michael, a former law enforcement officers, his son Travis a coastguard better. and William Roddy Brian, a mechanic Wanda wondered why they weren't charged with any crime crime. Here was There's a dead man on the side of the road

Civil rights attorney Lee Merit is representing a modern family. Why wasn't any one arrested immediately. You have a dead man for the victim was black, the suspects for what and the South Georgia merit believes. Every bit of this case was affected by a modern race and the fact that Gregory Mc Michael had friends in high places. There was a close friend of the dossier for the cap, and Mc Michael once worked as an investigator in district attorney, Jackie Johnson's office. So what does that tell her responding officer that this person is not going to be someone else? You can arrest their above the law. They are the law, Jackie Johnson, refused herself. From the case, George Barnhill idea from another county took over wandered, discovered Barnhill with Facebook. Friends with Gregg Remit, Michael wandered over Jones did her homework.

Found connections by early April, more than thirty days had passed without an arrest in the armory shooting and people who had known Ahmad, refuse to let his death go unanswered and encourage the community to apply pressure on talking about just a great kid. I need you to call email. It apparently had an effect. Barnhill became the second prosecutor to refuse himself a thirty eight Tom Dirt took over still, no one was charged for a modern death, and I knew if I didn't find It would not be in a mess, came the release that, video

on May twenty. Twenty Indeed, two days after the shooting something happened, You're a mud, arborous name into the american sight. Better, though, has surfaced at an african American Amble chase down and killed by its very first. He was just out jogging it today one of the three men present at the shooting, William Roddy Brian, had been recalled. Bring cellphone video. His footage mysteriously appeared online repercussions, as video is hard to watch A common law cry

I was just her day. Tom Durden immediately said he plans to seek indictments on May seven. Seventy four days after the shooting agents from Georgia, Bureau of Investigation fluctuate in a restaurant to individuals, Gregg and Travis met Michael's. It was just two days after the video went viral charging them without felony martyr and aggravated assault. Two weeks later, Roddy Brien was arrested on charges, colluding, felony murder, but by then Dear Durden had asked to be replaced. images of, among our worries, final moments, still hunting laptops and living rooms around America. The question of what really happened to a mud would be front and centre to know that this that was his last homestead this evil,

where the video starts. We went with lean merit to retrace Ahmad Barberries. Last steps. Authorities have put together a chronology of what happened that day, based on video and witness accounts. You said modest running this way. On February, twenty third, twenty twenty Ahmad had gone running instead till a shores

a predominantly white subdivision, just two miles from his own neighborhood. He started his work out before one p m. Why do you think everybody comes to run? A may look at it. It was the other side of tracks almost or cordials uniform MOSS cover trees. You could smell the unease. Suckle in that neighbourhood is a home under construction. At two twenty scintilla drive out fitted with security cameras four months. It's been a curiosity to passers by like this couple, these kids and several times a mud and on the last day of a modern life, he stops by again

he's inside of the home. One of the neighbors notices neighbour calls police guy. Your house right now have solid hope. It's one await pm, decide security. Video shows him looking around. At the time the house is still missing doors. There are no signs prohibiting entry comes out of this up front entrance weight and Ahmad start running again. What does ago laws straight this with absolute the way that he can still not ready to go home, because if we want to go home he would go left. The neighbour is still watching like the one you like I went and now another neighbour has taken a special interest. Gregg Remit Michael says he recognizes the runner from one of the construction site, surveillance, videos. He alerts his son Travis, the Mc Michael's decided

give chase, they grab their guns and go after they followed Ahmad in their pickup truck down scintilla DR onto bird road. They claim that they begin to yell at home. Hey pull over stop. We want to talk to you. Why do you think a kept running it? Didn't so they were men pursuing them with guns, the MIC Michael's are still on a modern tale when he runs past Roddy Brian's house, Brian seasoned Michael, struck, chasing a mud and decides to join in at this point, a mud turns to run the other way. Brian follows in his truck. He starts filming with his phone. This is where things really escalate, because, as he turns around to run Other direction is confronted with another trip. According to the many statements to police, they continued chasing a mob through the neighbourhood is able to run around them and at that point it takes off appear, but Brian,

Is up with them again best together, say. The Mc Michael's have taken another route to get in front of a mud. Their way for him near the quarter of sit drive and homes. Rode by this point, Remit Michael, is in his truck bed with a three fifty seven Magnum and about one fifteen p m. He calls nine one one, and I am sure that the blackmail. Went out of jail. Where were you aware at First Pillar George, I don't know what we make Michaelson Travis is standing near the drivers door, shotgun in hand, Ahmad changes direction.

Travis, Michael, not simply by the front dump. You don't try out when a bully he had to engage at that point. You know yet to fight for his life. What happened next is hotly contested in difficult to watch. The first shot actually strikes a modern, the chess there's, a struggle, a second shot and then the third you see a mud stumble. He collapses. police arrived within minutes? They find Gregg and Travis Michael, near a mud lying in the road attends body, are rolling. What risks

start as widely among our is pronounced dead sea police question both make Michael this guy we say, no video tat regular, have fallen asked. Reg remake Michael tells police. He believed armoury was responsible for the regions in the neighborhood and that's why they started to chase. I read Ass Travis got broken, asked, enter, shreds Travis says he caught sight of a modern outside that house under construction two weeks earlier. And then today his father saw him running by stop reports that adopting sticks all wrapped up to stop such lovely Roddy brain does. Our neighbor who joined

chase, but also interplanetary Vasco Da Gama, necessarily the gallery to stop by level What is offered by way of metres would never happen. Simply then, Jason It's been a long year, eight months and nearly two weeks since wander coop, Jones lost her son. Now she's in Brunswick does three men charged with the mobs murder, face a judge and jury I didn't think they were ever get. This are because it was so dark in the very beginning, it was very dark, but the seal opening statements

more disturbing news tonight there are accusations of discrimination, as the racially charge from ordinary murder. Trial gets under way with eleven. Why Jersey, just one black, despite the nearly all white jury, wonder, has faith that the evidence will carry the day. my job was to be there each time a milestone was caught in court and I'll be every day, everything all day, JANET, Linda Dona Caskey makes the opening statement for the prosecution we're here because the and way decisions central to their case that three defenders acted as vague land is set into motion the deadly chain of events on February twenty third, twenty twenty, it all started running down. The street data costly tells the jury. Melbury was chase for five minutes, but Four Gregg Remit Michael made that nine one one call

was his emergency. It's the steamer, there's a blackmail wanna downstream says Ahmad Armoury was under attack. That day under my strangers, intend to kill him. It is very good for the police. This rob lawyer, but are actually Mr Ivory is an attack on Mr Armoury he's very Michael set it perfectly. Mr ivory was trapped like a rat, prosecutor points out that, but for William Roddy Brian TAT Armoury could have escaped your eyes. You, MR arguing for different ties. That is tat. Trot you get so

Mr Armoury at Mister, are we actually has a palm tree and way teacher fibres at our consistent on that score?. And that brings us to the cell phone video shot by Brian seeing the world over is played for this first, the jury. as the linchpin of the prosecutions case, it will be analyzed framed by frame throughout the trial, but Gregory Mc Michael's attorney, Franklin Hoag says it doesn't tell the full story here, looking through the whole of the fence good afternoon in their opening statements, the Mc Michael's defence contends weeks, they were only trying to stop armoury that day and hold them for police because they suspected him a burglary and they claim

under georgian citizens, arrests law, they had every right to do it. That law was overhauled after Arborous shooting defence attorney, Robert Reuben Travis, big Michael, a duty and responsibility that made him willing to put himself at risk to help the police, detain Ahmad Arbour Gregory MIC Michael, has said he recognized our brief from a neighbor secured. Footage regular Michael, was absolutely sure this was the guy, so they're gonna try to detain him for the police. This is what the law allows. Stop stop can doubt star Not stopping at that point. His attorney Jason Sheffield says Travis Mc Michael, was afraid. Armoury would overpower him

even though Travis has a gun and a vehicle, and a Marbury has two legs. You still can be afraid. While you have possession of a firearm, it turns out the mic. Michael's were so sure the shooting was justified. They are the ones who arrange to have the video leaked. Do you believe that this video establishes his innocence? Yes, I do, but not just the video you need more for the defense. The more is what they say was happening institution shores months before this. Eating crime had gone up. The break ins, the theft didn, especially for a man named Larry English Larry. English was the owner of that home under construction on two twenty scintilla, Dr English. Had reported several trespassers on his property, be six different times when the prosecution, please,

several nine, when one calls English may want to fulfil aground in clip from a security. Put those neighbourhood, kids, the couple and Ahmad Arbitrary enters four times before the February to Third, twenty twenty incident. English told investigators armoury never took any arborous presence at that construction site was causing suspicion among some neighbours, Alaska began to Peter criminality on a black person of coming out of the problem and less than two weeks before the shooting police responded to another nine one. One call of an intruder at English is home. This time made by Travis. Mc Michael CALL, to have been built by the blackmail Richard White.

sort of over be organised. Crime is actually saw. Police bought again after a conversation with a group of neighbours with gathered at the scene, disguise always nobody in the neighborhood knows who he is and all the times on the video that mystery English. You sent me send me whenever it's always been independent plumbing around. He hasn't seen him actually take anything. Gregory Mc Michael chiming reasons, for our sins. A few days before the event. So this need, words on edge and ankles are right at the centre of it. was this. There are real issues. Why isn't he leaves in prosecutor, say there's no evidence. Army was responsible for any of the crime in scintilla shores on February twenty third, twenty twenty

the army was killed. Gregg Remit Michael admitted to a responding officer. He didn't actually know if our Bri had committed a crime before they gave chase degrading Michael ever indicate to you at that time that he thought a moderate. The guy had committed a crime. That day did he ever tell you that we are going to turn this guy way for the police to investigate no man. After eight days of testimony, the prosecution rests and surprise witness takes to stand for the defense

Mr Brian was attempting to take a video in record. Mr, are very rather than shoot him workforce him Roddy, Brian's, lawyer, Kevin Gough has saved is opening argument until the prosecution rests and he uses it to paint a picture of her client as an innocent bystanders. In this case, Roddy Brian, is working on a porch front. Mine is on business. Brian owns a gun, but when he decides to join the chase golf points out, he doesn't even bring it. He walked back to his car with a cell phone in his keys, and that speaks volumes as to the antenna Mr Brian, on the day in question, but prosecutor say Brian was more than a bystander forcing armoury off road with his truck cost, suggested the jury. It was arbitrary, who was acting aggressively and trying to get into the truck.

That's scared, Mr Brian, and would golf finishes is opening a surprise. Witness takes the stands. Events calls you wanted to do why I want to give myself sore defence attorney Jason Sheffield points out there with Travis make Michael's coastguard training. He understood, and the appropriate use of force. Is it your goal to escalate situation? No, absolutely on the defensive. Travis Mc Michael, had reason to suspect armoury was armed that day, because twelve days earlier, Travis Mc Michael says he spotted, by the construction site at night, reaching into his waistband step, L, ass. He comes out of shares because directly to pulls off his shirt and goes to reach in his. Pocket always been area. So what If freaked me out, when Armoury ran

Has his house the day of the shooting Travis Mc Michael, tells a jury. He thought his father had called police the defensive. He had probable grounds to suspect and detain armoury under Georgia's all citizens arrest law. So he thought to what you said. This is a start for me, thought we please stop work, please I'm sure I do does he say, leave me alone. Anything Travis Mc Michael says that put him on edge even more so when he saw arbitrary, encounter Roddy Brian in his black pick up loose like you grab and the motto was: was he attacking a truck? He says he temporarily lost sight of arbitrary, so we got out of his truck dial nine when one and gave the phone to his father to escalate situation, something's, not right

Italy is a when armoury reappeared running in his direction. Travis Mc Michael says he yelled at him to stop and grabbed his shot gun from the truck is running. Baggily is rated two boats. Thirteen movie way wanted, but is focused on me Travis make Michael says he raised his weapon we after arbitrary began closing in on it. This is what I needed to to deter him to stay. To do not count. I gave you the furniture, but the front It is only in a flash.

What we are saying that son you do shop, I think about my son, is while his sons alive must understand forever. In the end, Travis Mc Michael says, pulling the trigger was a pure act of self defense. He had my vote is the life or death situation you shot. You show is that one of the shop, you see in our down the place right. There stood up realise that you know that I gotta gonna hear inflation since I walked over to decide if a machine gun down after that is, is a boar

on cross examination. Prosecutor Linda done a costly suggests. The deadly confrontation never would have happened if the MIC Michael's hadn't, decided to chase a man with no the actual proof had committed a crime, never threatened you at all. deplorably guns complaining. I do Reached ready thing: did he know you just ring? Yes, his usual, Let him run. I could have but I also want to make sure that everything's, ok down see what happened. You know no one has to take anyone they don't want to write the defence A series of neighbours who claims to shores has been grip of bike

I'm way were you aware whether guns had been stolen from cars in the in this climate, Arborous presents drew attention Certainly English would call and say the colored man back. A mass word would travel fast till the boys did. design, lock the doors

back at Larry's habitat make. You feel the fact that there was someone coming violated upset that my kids, what then to grow up in safe neighbourhood, I grew up in as the trial moves along a familiar, albeit masked face, appears in the audience. The right reverend AL sharpness managed to find his way into the Back Corinth Kevin gas complaints. Why more black half is coming here see with the victim's family trying to influence a jury in this case after cabin golf complains, the Reverend Jesse Jackson arrives in court outside the jury's presence. Golf keeps pushing arguing repeatedly that the arteries- profile supporters want to turn to trial into a spectacle, some say making a spectacle of himself in the process of came in the address. I colonel standard white mask sitting back and mean that will be the judge.

Having none of it. Is things are not disrupted and it's not a distraction to the jury or anything else going on in the courtroom, so be it. Days later, hundreds of black pastors have gathered to support the armory family. They hold a vigil in front of the courthouse. We Gulf repeatedly moves for a mistrial and prosecutor. Dunna Kostiei has had enough. Mr Duff. is a brilliant where he stood up in this courtroom knowing full well. He was on television. He got the response. He wanted now he's motion for Mistral based on something that he cause. Kevin Golf denies it, but, according to Lee, merit team, Roddy Brian makes a last minute request. Ruddy fry asked for replied, yes, for if we do not want to turn state evidence, but there would be no deal.

and a case would soon had to the jury It has been a long and difficult trial to sit through for wonder, Cooper Jones but said, there. She has listening to ten days of testimony watching her son dying over and over. again on cellphone video hearing, the man who killed them explain himself. They did you not come at me, but she still has the same question she had on February twenty third twenty twenty day among our very lost his life. If the prosecution, let you walk up there and Cross examined Travis with Michael. What would you have asked him why? Why did she seems to kill myself?

As these state ready to proceed in close Arguments led prosecutor and then a costly laid out to states position in plain language, the three men accused of murdering a monarch. Bree had no reason to kill him. They make their decision and their drivers because he was there.

Donna Caskey says the defendants had no right to make us citizens arrest in citizens presence. Could we have what they have done? A costly tells yours is a case of cold blooded, murder, three onwards to pick out tax to the story. Nothing happens. I suffer not a guy. I asked for the defences claim of self defence who brought the shop ended up, who took the shopping, who pointed the way they can sell because they were the initial, unjustified aggressive.

Miss Shepherd, but Travis Mc Michael's, attorney, Jason Sheffield says his client believed he had no other choice. You are allowed to defend yourself. You are allowed to use force likely to cause death or serious bodily injury. If you believe it's necessary, on behalf of Grigory Mcloughlin Gregory make Michael's attorney, Laura Whole claimed that a model library was no innocent victim turn Maude arbitrary into a victim after the choices that he made does not reflect the reality of what brought my arboretum scintilla shores. Hideous catchy shorts,

with no socks to cover his long dirty. There was already gas com you got up and left as well. I didn't expect them to go that low ladies and gentlemen. Welcome back closing arguments for the defendant, wrapped up Roddy bright, the attorney Kevin Gough, trying to distance his client from the murder, body. Brian's presence is absolutely superfluous and irrelevant to the tragic death of a modern key says that Armoury would have died whether or not Roddy Brian chose to leave his porch that day. Then what difference does it make whether Roddy Rye is there or not? Mr artery cannot run bullets. After almost a day and a half of closing arguments. The case did grip, the nation was in the hands of twelve ordinary sitting,

I ask that you retired the jury. It took about eleven hours, the voting, was it the prosecution to look Louvieres Paul comedy Linda done, accosting braced themselves, when you hear that the verdict is in which your reaction I stopped breathing in Paul had to come. Two men go free grieve and because it was like. It went up here into into my chest right here and I just stopped reading, because then I knew this was It was done three defendants, nine charges, each region, verdict forms to the sheriff judge. Timothy Walmsley begins with Travis Mc Michael malice were we the jury, find the defendant. Travis me Michael guilty guilty on all charges. The other two men guilty on multiple charges, including felony murder. What was that moment like? After the voting?

seeing wander seeing, Martin is incredibly emotional. One day came up and gave me a hug, and you could tell that the waves of relief in grief or still coursing through her outside court grieving mothers, ass. She always had the heart along. Five is a hard by, but God is wandered. Cooper Jones had done it. She had kept her promise too He will now rest and ran

I doubt it and capable of murder. She has thought about killing her brother. She is a danger to our family lost child that haunted us. We cannot be her parents until we under years later and heard her surprising story, a new forty, eight hours Saturday S