we, the jury, find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty.lony murder. we, the jury find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. count 4, felony murder. we, the jury, find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. count 5, felony murder. we, the jury, find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. count 6, aggravated assault. we, the jury, find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. count 7, aggravated assault. we, the jury, find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. count 8, false imprisonment. we, the jury, find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. count 9, criminal attempt to commit a felony. we, the jury, find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. this 24th day of november, 2021, signed by the foreperson. as to william r. bryan. in the superior court of glen county, state of georgia, state of georgia versus william r. bryan, case number cr-20000433, jury verdict form. count 1, malice murder. we, the jury, find william r. bryan not guilty. count 2, felony murder. we, the jury, find william r. bryan not guilty. count 3, felony murder. we, the jury, find def

greg mcmichael said it perfectly -- mr. arbery was trapped like a rat. ng their neighborhood. >> this case is about duty and responsibility. it's about travis mcmichael's duty and responsibility to himself. neam fighborany hood. hto >> they continuously used the arguments of citizens arrest and self-defense, highlighting the video doesn't tell the whole story. >> travis has no choice but to fire his weapon in self-defense. he's on travis and travis has to fire. because at that point it's his life or ahmaud arbery's luf. >> as the state went on presenting its case, they played for the jury that video recorded by roddie bryan. >> mr. arbery ran away from these three defendants in their pickup trucks for five minutes. >> marcus arbery, ahmaud's father, walked out of court. he didn't want to see it. wanda cooper-jones sat in the back corner of that courtroom, and for the first time, saw the complete video of her son being shot. >> i avoided the video for the last 18 months. i thought it was time to get familiar with what happened to ahmaud. i'm glad i was abl

greg mcmichael. where's greg mcmichael? greg mcmichael is sitting this-in that car seat, right? second person comes around. then what happens? then mr. albenze walks down the street. he's walking. he's walking. he's walking. he's walking. truck pulls out. wow. truck pulls out. mr. albenze does his pointing when the truck is already pulled out and going down the street. want to see it again? back it up. here we go. there's mr. albenze. there's the black car. there goes ahmaud. running down the street. there he goes. this is the white truck. he's still underneath here. here comes somebody to the truck. he's right there. here comes greg mcmichael-he comes around. he gets in. then mr. albenze starts walking down the street. truck pulls out. there goes his arm. there goes his arm. where is the truck? already pulled out. already pulled out and heading down the street. all right. should you trust the statements of travis mcmichael? well, let's go a

what does greg mcmichael do? well, while first responders are on the scene, he's telling his kid, you didn't have any choice. he goes over and talks to bryan to find out what he saw. oh, he's got a video. he talked to diego perez. he's outside the crime scene tape wandering around, talking to people. someone brings him a phone. stranger comes up to him, some stranger, some neighbor comes up to him. this is a crime scene. there is a deceased young man in the middle of the road, and strangers are walking up to him. what does he tell the stranger? this guy is an asshole. malice right there. that's how you know. right there. 2/15 p.m., he's talking to captain john pump, the head of the criminal investigations division of glynn county police department. while tom jones, crime scene tech, is taking photos. okay? and then greg mcmichael drives his white truck from the scene. never got any pictures of the white truck. never got pictures of the silverado. hmm. the white truck was never searched. mr. bryan's truck was neve

laura hogue's grandparents said, greg mcmichael is not a murder. yes, he is. he's just as big a murderer as travis mcmichael is, because he's a party to this crime. when three people chase an unarmed man in two pickup trucks with guns, in order to violate his personal liberty, who gets to claim, "i'm not really responsible for that"? under the law in georgia, no one gets to say that. everybody is responsible. all right. how? all right. i'm going to give you an example. this is just an illustration, just to make a point, okay. four men drive to a bank to commit an armed robbery, okay? you have the driver who never gets out of the car, the lookout who stands outside, you've got a guy who goes in without a gun, and a guy who goes in the bank and shoots the guard, all right? so who's guilty? under the law in georgia, all of them are responsible for aggravated assault for shooting the guard and armed robbery for trying rob the bank or robbing the bank, all right? because they committed the crime or they helped in the commission of the crime or they advised and encou

that's what greg mcmichael and mr. bryan saw. then you have to think to yourself, okay, what's going on in their heads? there's a dead man in the street. travis mcmichael has just shot him. okay? the police are on the scene. there's now a video of it. so are their statements a couple hours later self-serving? you decide. the investigation starting on may 5th, 2020, followed by the arrest. first off, the credibility of witnesses is for you to determine who you believe and don't believe. what that means is you're the one who decides whether travis mcmichael is telling you the truth or lying to you. let's talk about some of the defense witnesses. beasley, what did she do when she got off the stand? she walked over here and waved at them and walked off the stand. you all saw that. annabel beasley, dean mcmichael. sue lawrence. who is she? boy, team mcmichael. even after the shooting, they're going out on the boat with greg and lee mcmichael. they're still hanging out with them. okay. team mcmichael. mark perez. team mcmichael. up unti

we the jury find the defendant , greg mcmichael, lt. -- guilty. count nine. criminal intent to commit a felony. we the jury find the defendant guilty. dated this 24th day of november, 21, signed by the foreperson. as to william bryan. in the superior court of glynn county, state of georgia. state of georgia versus william bryan. count one, malice murder. the jury find the defendant, william bryan, not guilty. count two, felony murder. we the jury find the defendant not guilty. count three. felony murder. we the jury find the defendant , william bryan, guilty. count four, felony murder. we the jury find the defendant , william bryan, lt. count five, felony murder. we the jury find the defendant, william brian, guilty. count six, aggravated assault. we the jury find the defendant not guilty. count seven. aggravated assault. we the jury find the defendant , william bryan, guilty. count eight, false imprisonment. we the jury find the defendant guilty. count nine. criminal intent to commit a felony. we the jury find the defendant, william bryan, guilty. signed thi

travis mcmichael had his cell phone, but greg mcmichael does not take his cell phone to him. right. this is really important, ladies and gentlemen. on february 11th, the 911 operator staid on the phone with travis mcmichael the entire time, right? if greg mcmichael had actually made contact with a 911 operator, what would have been happening inside the truck? he would have been on the phone with that 911 operator, going, yeah, he's going this way, he's going this way, he's going that way, okay? the fact that greg mcmichael was not on the phone with 911, giving them a play by play, tells you that travis and greg knew they weren't -- they had not called 911. travis knew his dad hadn't called 911. neither one of them called 911. they had no intention of calling 911. just like they went and confronted the homeless guy under the bridge and then called 911. just like they ran back down on february 11th, 2020, to the house, and then called 911. what do they do? go to do a confrontation, and then they call 911. greg mcmichael didn't even bother to take his cell phone with him. obvious

you hear from greg mcmichael, there is a black man running down the street.part of the prosecution's closing. indications that maybe we're close to a verdict, yesterday at 5:30 p.m., the judge reached out to the jury and said, are you close to a verdict? they said they were. they stayed an extra hour, which is why a lot of people thought that maybe we were close. obviously with the holiday today, there was a lot of anticipation we could have a verdict. but we're standing by. the judge may let the jury go early today if they're not close to a verdict because of the holiday. that could be the other indication around 3:00 or 4:00 p.m. >> tell us what's going on behind you. who's there right now? >> these are going to be supporters of the family. the family is escorted in and out of the court by supporters. sometimes they are clergy. sometimes they are attorneys. this morning it was both. al sharpton, who is our colleague, ushered in the mother of ahmaud arbery. that is what you are seeing behind me. it is a small group today. again, all these chairs you see behi

greg mcmichael pulled no trigger. could the state seek a conviction for malice murder as greg stood in the bed of the pickup truck on the phone with 911 as the fatal shots were fired as a party to the crime? told you about the law that the judge will give you. if someone intentionally helps or aids or procures or hires or assists in the commission of a crime, they can be as guilty as the principal, as the person who fired the shots. but what is so very different about count 1 is that it's malice murder. it requires the desire and the intent to kill, the deliberate intention to take the life of another human being, where all of the circumstances of the killing show that an individual acted with an abandoned and malignant heart. the state will have to be asking you to find that greg mcmichael advised or encouraged travis mcmichael, his son, to take the life of ahmaud arbery because that's what he wanted to do. for no reason other than to see that young man die and to see him die at the hands of his own son. and to do it

greg mcmichael pulled no trigger. could the state seek a conviction for malice murder as greg stood in the bed of the pickup truck on the phone with 911 as the fatal shots were fired? as a party to the crime. you were told about the law that the judge will give you. if someone intentionally helps or aids or procures or hires or assists in the commission of a crime, they can be as guilty as the principal, as the person who fired the shots, but what is so very different about count someone that it's malice murder. it requires the desire and the intent to kill, the deliberate intention to take the life of another human being where all of the circumstances of the killing show that an individual acted with an abanned and malignant heart. the state will have to be asking you to find that greg mcmichael advised or encouraged travis mcmichael, his son, to take the life of ahmaud arbery because that's what he wanted to do. for no reason other than to see that young man die and to see him die at hands of his own son, and to do

even after this, they're going out in the boat with lee and greg mcmichael, still hanging out with them. team mcmichael. mark perez, team mcmichael. up until february 11th and then she tells you that her husband diego perez had had it with this. had had it with larry english not calling the police, with helping out larry english. he wasn't going to do it anymore, because this was not cool. why was it not cool? because diego perez went inside that house with his flashlight and greg mcmichael came up and went in the house. what was brook doing? my husband's in there, my husband's in there! all right. well, greg mcmichael had his gun, travis mcmichael told you that. he had his gun, brooke had her gun. everybody had a gun. everybody in this case had a gun except ahmaud arbery. so what almost happened? come on, let's get real. it's a miracle diego perez and greg mcmichael didn't kill each other inside that house, pulling guns out. and that was it. what did brooke tell you? no more. i'm not doing this anymore. you determine the credibility of those witnesses. now, when you consider travis mcm

that's greg mcmichael. we already passed that. now there's greg mcmichael in the back of the truck. now we know that he has a gun. i think at this point he's on the cell phone. but for mr. roddie bryan's vantage point, looking through this phone as he's trying to drive on a sunny day in his truck, how can mr. bryan know that greg mcmichael has a gun or that he's drawn it. he can't. go ahead. go to 1:21. play to 1:21. all right. this is 1:21. you can see mr. arbery. you can see how far back mr. bryan is. and you can see mr. arbery going to the left momentarily. and way over here, and i promise not to touch the screen. this little fuzzy black thing here, this silhouette, is travis mcmichael. where on this video -- putting aside the fact that mr. bryan is not going to have as good a view driving on a sunny day in his car. from this video alone, where is mr. travis mcmichael's shotgun? roddie bryan can't see any weapon. he has no reason to know that these men are armed. and at this point, there's 20 seconds left in this video. we're just going to go ahead and play it. and you tell me, i

we, the jury, find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. count three, felony murder. we, the jury, find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. count four, felony murder. we, the jury, find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. count five, felony murder. we, the jury, find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. count six, aggravated assault. we, the jury, find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. count seven, aggravated assault, we, the jury, find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. count eight, false imprisonment. we, the jury, find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. count nine, criminal attempt to commit a felony. we, the jury, find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. this 24th day of november, 2021. signed by the foreperson. as to william r bryan. in the superior court of glynn county, state of georgia. state of georgia versus william r bryan. the jury verdict form. count one, malice murder. we, the jury, find the defendant william r brian not guilty. count two, felony murder, we, the jury, find the defendant william r bryan not guilty. co

that's greg mcmichael. we are past that. okay. greg mcmichael in the back of the truck. we know he has a gun. i think at this point he's on the cell again to, but from mr. roddy brian's vantage point, looking through his phone as he's trying to drive on a sunny day in his truck, how can mr. brian know that greg mcmichael has gun or that he's drawn it? he can't. go ahead. go to 1:21, play it to 1:21. all right. this is 1:21. you can see mr. car bury -- you can see how far back mr. brian is. and you can see mr. arbery going to the left momentarily. and way over here -- i promise not to touch the screen. this little fuzzy black thing here, this silhouette, is travis mcmichael. where on this video -- putting aside the fact that mr. brian is not going to have as good a view driving on a sunny day in his car, from this video alone, where is mr. travis mcmichael's shotgun? roddy brian can't see any weapon. he has no reason to know that these men are armed. and at this point, there is 20 seconds left in this video. we are just going to go ahead and play it. and you tell me in yo

have also heard from the attorney for william "roddie" bryan, he was the person who did not know greg mcmichael and travis mcmichael, but took part in this chase. and his attorney says he expects his client to be exonerated in this case. the jury is the one that decides all this. and we're just waiting for that, expecting to hopefully hear something, sometime soon. guys, back to you. >> that's surprising to hear, attorneys think they're going to win a case. joining us to discuss law attorney paige pate. as erica was noting earlier you tweeted yesterday, sounds like we won't have to worry about a hung jury. that's based on what sara was describing their answer to the judge's questions about perhaps how close they could be to a decision here. you spent a lot of time in a courtroom. tell us why you think that. >> if a jury is having trouble reaching a consensus, reaching agreement on a verdict, you're going to see that early and they're going to indicate to the judge that, you know, they're having difficulty. and eventually if they continue to have difficulty, you get to the point where the judge

we the jury find defendant, greg mcmichael, not guilty.lony murder, we, the jury find the defendant, greg mcmichael, guilty. count four, felony murder, we the jury find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. count five, felony murder, we jury find the defendant, greg mcmichael, guilty. count six, aggravated assault, we jury find defendant, greg mcmichael, guilty. count seven, aggravated assault, we the jury find the defendant, greg mcmichael, guilty. count eight, palls imprison. , we the jury find defendant, greg mcmichael guilty. count nine, criminal intent to commit a money, we the jury find the defendant, greg mcmichael, guilty. this 24th day of november, 2021, signed -- [inaudible] >> as to william r. bryan, in the superior court of glenn county, state georgia, state of georgia versus william r. bryan, cr2000433, count one, malice murder, we the jury find the defendant not guilty. count two, felony murder, we the jury find the defendant william r. bryan not guilty. count three, felony murder, we the jury find the defendant, william r. br

and dan, two of the defendants, greg mcmichael and william bryan, were not found guilty of malice murder. but travis mcmichael was. could you explain those differences between the verdicts? >> yeah, the jurors basically assigned slightly different blame to the different defendants. travis mcmichael not only chased down ahmaud arbery, but he also was the one who shot and killed him. he was convicted of all the charges including the highest, malice murder. greg mcmichael, his dad, who was involved in chasing down arbery, came armed but didn't end up shooting him, was not convicted of that single count of malice murder, but of all the rest, including all the felony murder changes. and william bryan, the friend who was behind them, convicted of all the felony murder charges except for one, because apparently the jurors didn't believe that he was specifically responsible for an aggravated assault involving the shotgun. >> and dan, the legal issues are not over for these three men. they are back in court early next year. >> right. federal civil rights charges and that case will begin next year

greg mcmichael, the father of travis mcmichael, who was in that first pickup truck, is a former investigator for the d.a.'s office here in brunswick county. first, the d.a. in brunswick county recuses themselves. then it goes to waycross district court, the d.a. there recuses himself but not before writing a letter saying that the actions were perfectly legal. then it went to linda danakowsky and that's somehow she ended up taking the case. you have all of these outstanding that remain about how the local authorities handled this case. we talked about the two pickup trucks. those two pickup trucks were never impounded, they were never searched. there was never a crime scene made. there are photos of greg mcmichael, the former police officer, talking to the investigators at the scene of the crime. all of this is what raised the eyebrows not only of the family but of the family's attorneys and it's how we ended up with linda danakowsky giving that closing argument yesterday. >> let's go to nantucket. josh lederman, you have been following president biden. he has now released a statement about

but god is good. >> the mother of ahmaud arbery reacting to today's verdict as three men, greg mcmichaely of murdering ahmaud arbery. all three are facing minimum

where is greg mcmichael? this all started when i saw him running down the street. you that's synonymous, means the things thing. in my immediate knowledge, what does that mean? think about the eye in the sky, you know, attal mart. you're in walmart, and you see those things in the ceiling, you know there's a guy in a booth, watching a bunch of video cameras, right? so he's not seeing things next to the person shoplifting when she shoplifts. he's watching it on the cam camera, that's immediate knowledge. he's not right there, next to the person shoplifting but watching it so he has immediate knowledge, eye in the sky. that's just an example of how to think of immediate knowledge. immediate knowledge and inner presence is the exact same thing. in order to make an arrest, of an offender the offense has to be committed in the private citizen's presence. do we have that here? no. in addition, you will be charged, this is the second line if the offense is a felony, so once again the offense has to be a felony, the judge is going to charge you criminal trespass and loiter

we, the jury, find the defendant, greg mcmichael, guilty. >> reporter: travis mcmichael was found guilty on all nine counts, his father found guilty on eight other counts. bryan was the man who took the video of the shooting. he was found not guilty of malice murder, one felony murder charge, and aggravated assault with a firearm. >> we find the defendant william bryan, guilty. >> reporter: all three left the courtroom in handcuffs. ahmaud arbery's mother sat in court visibly crying and shared her gratgratitude. >> i thank each of you that fought this fight with us. it's been a long, hard fight. but god is good. thank you for those who marched, those who prayed, most of all, the ones who prayed. >> reporter: the jury, made up of nine white women, two white men and one black men deliberated for 11 hours. earlier today, the jury asked to see the two video clips, one of them enhanced from the deadly february 2020 shooting. they also asked to hear the 911 call that gregory mcmichael made the day ahmaud arbery was shot and killed. >> a black male running down the street. >> reporter: the thre

murder but guilty on all others. -- greg mcmichael was was guilty on malice murder but guilty on all other charges. >> even though we are clapping and cheering and crying, family still devastated. they are missing ahmaud. reporter: hours into deliberations, the jury asking to view the video again. at the heart of the trial, the question of whether travis and gregory mcmichael, along with william roddie bryan junior acted in self-defense under a now repealed citizen arrest law. the prosecution arguing against that notion sing the three were the aggressors and went after arbery because he was black. the police say he never took anything. the family of ahmaud arbery, and during the trial process from start to finish. hearing and watching arbery's final moments. with the verdict now in, they begin journey to healing. >> reporter: today's convictions carry a mandatory life sentence in prison. dan: stay with abc news for much more on today's verdicts in reaction coming up at 5:30 on world news tonight with david muir. ama: today's traffic is bad is expected. we will show you the condition

we the jury find the defendant, greg mcmichael, guilty. as to william r. yan, count five, felony murder. we, the jury, find the defendant, william r. bryan, guilty. >> reporter: travis mcmichael's father, gregory, found guilty on eight of the nine counts. neighbor william bryan guilty on six of the nine counts. >> the quick turnaround tells me the prosecution's case was so strong, it fed the jury the information they needed. >> reporter: outside the courtroom, cheers erupted. >> we have a lot of injustice, but finally we got justice. >> my grandmama say, you made your bed, sleep in it. >> reporter: the exhale of relief evident when i spoke to the family's attorney. >> if i can start with your reaction to the verdict? >> quickly, my mind thought about just all the names, byron. michael brown, tamir rice, philando castille, eric garner. finally, two times in one year. george floyd, ahmaud arbery. jim crow is still alive and well, but we gaining on it. >> reporter: for the family of arbery, relief and prayer. >> god put us all together to make this happen. >>

because greg mcmichael told police, stop or i'll proceed your bleeping head off. >> reporter: in a defense, the attorney portrays a very different story. >> this case is about doing and responsibility. >> reporter: describing travis mcmichael not as a vigilante but a ten-year veteran of the coast guard who felt a duty and responsibility to protect his neighborhood using his training. >> it is scenario-based training. you are relying on muscle memory. >> reporter: the defense says arbery was seen in many occasions inside a neighborhood under construction without permission, including the day that he was killed. >> reporter: the evidence shows overwhelming travis mcmichael honestly and lawfully attempted to detain ahmaud aubrey according to law and shot and killed him in self-defense. >> reporter: gregory mcmichael's attorney argued his client's actions were well within the law. >> greg mcmichael was absolutely sure this was the guy. the same guy he had seen on surveillance videos inside a house multiple times where greg had sound reasons to believe theft had occurred. >> reporter: the state

and then because of the conflict by the community that greg mcmichael was an investigator she recused herself and polluted the case before that and referred it to someone that worked in her office and worked with mr. mcmichaels the father so that person had to stand down and ultimately sent to cobb county. she also with the attorney general failed to disclose the conflict of interest. there's so many things. that's just a tip of the iceberg. the conduct is reprehencible. she needs to be accountable for her actions in the obstruction because a three-month delay when your child is shot and killed, murdered the way ahmaud arbery was, is devastated. but for the efforts of the family we may have not gotten to this point in this case. >> as so many families have to do, they kept this story alive. danielle, ck, cal, as always, you have been great in this trial. thank you. >>> up next, migration tragedy. dozens deds after the boat capsized. now two u.s. allies at odds on how to stop it. >>> the crisis. a state suffering a 70% spike in covid cases. is testing the answer to keep your family saf

you can hear greg mcmichael saying, quote, there's a black male running down the street. why would they want to listen to just that part? >> that really goes to the heart of the case, doesn't it? the whole point here is what motive do they have to think there's a rhyme? what motive do they have in terms of racial. what's your emergency? black guy running down the street. not really an emergency, racial motive there. it's very important that they're looking at that. i agree with joey, it's an interesting juxtaposition. one, i don't like holiday verdicts as a prosecutor, but if i'm the prosecution here, i don't want them looking at that last moment where there's this struggle and encounter because that does go to self-defense. it want them looking at what led up to that. i would like them to review the evidence of how they followed him, how they boxed him in, the earlier encounters. that's the big picture of them being the aggressors, planning to find him, to hunt him down, trap him that way. but, on the other hand, when you juxtapose that moment, they're looking at the two

our own little tunnel vision going, but i always thought the video was helpful to us just as greg mcmichael said at the very moment it happened. >> we have been listening there to attorneys for travis mcmichael, and they said very interesting things. i mean, they praised the family of ahmaud arbery, they praised the judge and prosecutor for their professionalism, and the jury having done justice but they also appear to be doing some soul searching about anything they could have done differently, and they say they will appeal the decision, the guilty verdicts. let's bring in our ryan young right now. have the other defense attorneys been speaking out yet? >> reporter: not just yet, but you have to wonder when they will step out. i got a chance to talk to kevin gaugh, he was thinking about the families involved in this. i wanted to ask a question about the black pastors, would love to ask the other attorney about the dirty nail comment. she put out a statement being floored. you think about the idea of moving forward and marching forward, that sort of racial hairline conversation, it didn't p

because greg mcmichael told the police this, stop or i'll blow your [ bleep ] head off. >> reporter: he defense's opening statements, travis mcmichael's attorney portrays a very different story. >> this case is about duty and responsibility. >> reporter: describing travis mcmichael not as a vigilante but as a ten-year veteran of the coast guard who felt a duty and responsibility to protect his neighborhood using his training. >> it is scenario-based training. you're relying on muscle memory. >> reporter: the defense maintains arbery was seen on video on multiple occasions in a neighborhood home under construction without permission, including the day arbery was killed. >> the evidence shows overwhelmingly that travis mcmichael honestly and lawfully attempted to detain ahmaud arbery, according to the law, and shot and killed him in self-defense. >> reporter: gregory mcmichael's attorney also argued his client's actions were well within the law. >> greg mcmichael was absolutely sure this was the guy. the same guy he had seen on surveillance videos inside a house multiple times where gre

because greg mcmichael told the police this. stop or i'll blow your [ bleep ] head off. >> reporter: in the defense's opening statements, travis mcmichael's attorney portrays a very different story. >> this case is about duty and responsibility. >> reporter: describing travis mcmichael not as a vigilante but as a ten-year veteran of the coast guard who felt a duty and responsibility to protect his neighborhood using his training. >> it's scenario-based training. you are rely ongoing muscle memory. >> the defense maintains arbery was seen on video on multiple different occasions inside a neighborhood home under construction without permission. including, the day that arbery was killed. >> the evidence shows overwhelmingly that travis mcmichael honestly and lawfully attempted to detain ahmaud arbery according to the law and shot and killed him in self-defense. >> reporter: gregory mcmichael's attorney, also, argued his client's actions were well within the law. >> greg mcmichael was absolutely sure this was the guy. the same guy he

greg mcmichael with the hip replacement, heart attack, stroke, sitting in the back of that truck. it was was afraid for him. if this was a case about wanting to murder a black jogger, if this was really a case about that, travis would not have reacted the way he reacted. it was described to you by brooke perez who talked about how totally freaked out he looked, how totally discombobulated he was, and she was right. the officer is saying just breathe, just breathe. just take a minute, just breathe. just calm down. i know. just hold on a second. it was from that spot to this spot within just an hour and a half of what had happened where he would be brought for several hours of questioning. he was afraid. he was in shock. his adrenaline was still going through his body. you guys know how fear and worry works. you sat here through jury selection all day and probably felt that just by getting asked questions for an hour. travis testified even though he didn't have to, the judge will -- will give you the law that close travis in sort of a shield of silence. you don't have to testify. yo

and then i want to make sure that you all understand the 911 call made by greg mcmichael on februaryre's some deadup and follow-up to see if somebody's on the line. if i could just get you to raise your hand at the point we no longer need to listen to that 911 call and we'll stop it at that point. do you understand? >> yes, sir. >> does everybody understand where we are? >> yes, judge. >> i understand that you were requesting that each of the videos be played three times each. >> that's correct. >> let's start with the original video picking up from when the phone comes up. that would be 190, a shortened version of exhibit 190. yes, yeah, you can sit wherever you are most comfortable. it's on the record we'll say where we're playing from too. >> yes, judge. >> for the record, the state is publishing state's exhibit 190 beginning at 1:08. [ gunshot ] [ gunshot ] [ gunshot ] [ gunshot ] [ gunshot ] [ gunshot ] [ gunshot ] [ gunshot ] [ gunshot ] >> all right. all right. for the retired, that was 190 starting at 1:08 played three times for the panel. i think we are at 192. >> now publis

greg mcmichael was found guilty on all charges, including malice, murder, his father, travis, was found guilty of felony murder. and a 3rd man who joined the chase and filmed the killing william bryan, was also found guilty of felony murder. they pursued the 25 year old black man who was out jogging with their truck. let the word go floor of all over the world. let's better jewelry over levin white one black ramos in the deed sounds good up in the court room has said that black lab do, man, a deadly new wave of crone of iris cases continues to sweep through europe. several countries are seeing record, high case counts, and the e. u has made a u turn to recommend booster shots. the head of the public health agency now says 3rd jobs it should be considered for all adults. the ethiopian prime minister arby ahmed says that he's heading to the front line to lead his troops as fighting between the government and rebels escalates rebels from t gr, i have pushed into the amara and a far regions and down a major road running to the capital r this about those are the top stories, stay with us. wi

greg mcmichael and his son travis are two of the . defendants their lawyers say they saw ar bury enter a nearby construction site and they thought he stole something. today the jury watched the deposition of the man the killing of ahmaud arbery february 23rd he was jogging near his home in brunswick, georgia, when three men allegedly chased him down in their trucks and shot and killed him. greg mcmichael and his son travis are two of the defendants their lawyers say they saw arbery enter a nearby construction site and they thought he stole something today the jury watched the deposition of the man who owned that house that arbery entered at the center of all of this larry english is his name. the deposition was taped back in september and aired in court today because the lawyers say english was too sick to testify in person. in this jurors saw surveillance video of arbery walking around the construction site, not once, but multiple instances before the day he was killed in october, november, december of 2019 and earlier in february of

defense attorney laura hogue, who represents greg mcmichael, the former police officer, blamed arbery's own actions for his death. and she drew outrage over these comments. >> turning ahmaud arbery into a victim after the choices that he made does not reflect the reality of what brought ahmaud arbery to satilla shores. in his khaki shorts with no socks to cover his long dirty toenails. amy: hogue's comment drew audible gasps from the courtroom. ahmaud arbery's mother, wanda cooper-jones, got up and briefly left the trial. she later condemned hogue's remarks. >> she described ahmaud as his long legs and his dirty long toenails. that was beyond rude. regardless of what kind of toenails he had, what size lexie had -- gs he had, that was still my son and my son actually proffers like. amy: taken together, gregory mcmichael, travis mcmichael and william bryan face nine counts that could see them sentenced to life in prison. in yemen, the saudi-led military coalition has launched air raids on the capital send with -- sanaa, with reports of massive explosions in the city's northern neighborhoo

he also denied ever asking greg mcmichael to confront anyone on his property. >> [inaudible] did you s to ever confront anybody on your site? >> no. >> now, jon, certainly some tensions outside of the courtroom. the reverend al sharpton is calling on faith leaders to meet him at the glenn county courthouse next thursday following comments from the defense attorney that some have deemed as racist. >> we don't want any more [inaudible] coming in here sitting with the victim's family trying to influence the jury in this case. >> now, since he has walked back those comments, apologizing to anyone he may have unintentionally offended. the trial continues tomorrow morning. jon? >> jon: charles watson live in atlanta, thanks. >>> new york city police have arrested a man suspected of raping a woman in new york central park. the suspect was previously arrested for sexual assault in florida. yet was back on the streets shortly after. mayor eric adams is looking to make big changes to the big apple's police department, but is getting pushback from some local activists. molly line has the latest

. >> reporter: travis mcmichael guilty on all counts >> to defendant greg mcmichael, guilty >> gregory mcmichael convicted on eight of nine counts. >> we the jury find the defendant william r. brian guilty. >> reporter: on six of nine counts inside the courtroom, aubrey's mother appeared overcome by emotion. outside the courtroom -- >> my heart is pounding with gladness, excitement pro crowds erupted and ahmaud aubrey's mother gave thanks. >> i never saw this day back in 2020 i never thought this day would come but god is good. >> reporter: while brunswick celebrates, the defendants now wait to be sentenced dan scheneman. nbc news >>> wisconsin residents are honoring the six killed at the town's annual christmas parade when an suv tore through the crowd. we're learning about the youngest victim. an 8-year-old boy. megan fitzgerald has more. >> reporter: communities shatter as more details emerge about the youngest victim in waukesha. 8-year-old jackson sparks was marching through the parade. jackson undergoing emergency brain surgery, passing away on tuesday. the family calling it a tr

bryan and greg mcmichael were acquitted of malice murder, which is connected with intent to kill. rdict was closely watched around the country. >> the state of georgia versus travis mcmichael, case number cr000433. jury verdict form. count one, malice murder. we the jury find the defendant travis mcmichael guilty. guilt >> nawaz: the three could face life sentences in prison. before video of the shooting was leaked, it was more than two months before anyone was arrested. ahmaud arbery, who was never armed, was shot in february 2020 while he was jogging in brunswick, georgia. the mcmichaels' pursued him in a pick-up truck and bryan joined them moments later. they claimed arbery resembled a suspect in a series of break- ins. after a struggle, three shots were fired, two of which struck arbery in the chest. moments after the verdict was read today, a crowd erupted in cheers outside the glynn county courthouse. and arbery's mother, wanda cooper-jones, spoke of her son. >> i just want to tell everybody thank you. thank you for those who marched, those who prayed. most of all the ones wh

you heard greg mcmichael say, you heard travis mcmichael say. this is my notes as i was writing as he was talking in front of the jury with the state present during trial. i do this because it captures what's said on the stand in a visual way and the jury can understand it. i don't see what the objection is. the state can talk about and type up, but i can't show what i wrote down during the testimony? that doesn't make any sense. >> i understand now what that was. i agree, mr. sheffield did write those things down on a big piece of paper and he chooses now to show it this way. the state is okay with that. the problem becomes the next photo of satilla shores, no one testified to that photo. >> are you objecting satilla shores is a neighborhood with a neighborhood sign out front? what's objectionable about that? it's just a chapter heading of what i'm going to be presenting. >> judge, my fear here is just that i'm going to have to october to every single slide when it comes up where no one's testified to i want or information no one testified to.

travis mcmichael, greg mcmichael and neighbor william roddi bryan. the jury just requested to review and just reviewed three -- just wanted to see a piece of video evidence and a 9 911 call. >> a shocking moment in that courtroom to see video repeatedly of the shooting death of ahmaud arbery. let's begin in brunswick, georgia, cnn national correspondent sara sidner outside the courthouse. what are you hearing from others perhaps trying to judge the significance of this moment here with the jury requesting this particular evidence? >> reporter: the one thing that you can say when you have a jury that is asking for evidence is that they are doing their job. they are trying to go over the evidence. they're trying to look through it and be conscientious. and these are, if you looked at that video which i know is extremely difficult to watch, especially over and over again, but it is their job to try and determine what happened there. all perceptions aside, you have the video, you can go over the video and you can discuss all of the evidence including the

where's greg mcmichael? this all started when i saw him running down the street. >> reporter: the racially charged trial was inflamed by the attorney by william bryan. goff tried several times to get the black pastors showing up to support arbery's mother kicked out of court. >> we don't want any more black pastors coming in here. >> reporter: some found themselves face-to-face with protefrts, some armed to the hilt. prompting attorney goff to call for a mistrial. >> i agree with the concern that is out there. with regard to the jurors having exposure to anything that may be going on outside, whatever is going on outside, i have -- it has not been brought to my attention on a security level. >> reporter: and so the trial continues. a mistrial has not yet been granted for the many times that a mistrial has been called for by the defense. there was a moment that really sent arbery's mother out of the courtroom. she was very upset. listening to defense attorney laura hogue, who is the attorney for greg mcmichae

, he is on the stand, testifying moments ago during his interview with one of the defendants, greg mcmichael at any point in time was greg mcmichael isolated from speaking with any of the other parties there? >> no. >> was he told to sit on the curb and don't move? >> no. >> was he put in the back of a patrol car? >> no. >> you have unknown people coming up and interrupting and you're trying to get a statement from this person. >> yes, ma'am. >> the officer's body camera video also being entered into evidence during today's proceedings. we'll continue to follow those. >>> now to a report you'll see only on cnn. black and brown families across america are crying out for help as their loved ones remain missing. so many families are saying they have to fight and beg for police to give their full attention to their loved ones' cases, even taking matters into their own hands. >> reporter: at the break of dawn in the middling of the arizona desert, a crowd of strangers meet for one purpose. >> you guys coming out here to help me out, i really appreciate that from the bottom of my heart. >> reporte

right now prosecutors are questioning the officer who interviewed one of the defendants, greg mcmichaele officer jake brandonberry testified his interview with mcmichael was continually interrupted by his supervisors, even by bystanders. >> at any point in time was greg mcmichael isolated from speaking with any of the other parties there? >> no. >> was he told to sit on the curb and don't move? >> no. >> was he put in the back of a patrol car? >> no. >> you have unknown people coming up and interrupting and you're trying to get a statement from this person. >> yes, ma'am. >> let's speak to attorney elchrist stewart. how do you think the prosecution has handled the case? >> effectively so far. you know, we were disappointed with the jury with only one african-american, but, you know, despite that, your color doesn't mean you can't see justice. >> hmm. >> based on what we just heard and some of the testimony we saw this morning, the fact that there were these other people sort of jumping in, talking, supervisors, as the officer is trying to question one of the defendants on the scene, wha

in her closing argument for greg mcmichael yesterday attorney laura hoge argued it was arbery's choicembined with his appearance. arbery's mom later spoke to reporters. >> no one but ahmaud arbery made the decision not to stop when travis's truck rolled up beside him. to wait to tell the police what he was doing there or just plain run away into the woods. i realize more than any of you what an unpopular thing that is to say, but in a courtroom with greg mcmichael facing the charge of murder, somebody's got to say it. >> turning ahmaud arbery into a victim after the choices that he made does not reflect the reality of what brought ahmaud arbery to satilla shores with his khaki shorts with no socks to cover his long dirty toenails. >> that was just beyond rude, regardless of what kind of toenails he had, what size legs he had, that was still my son, and my son actually was running for his life. >> the defendants are charged in the shooting death of the 25-year-old black man after chasing him as he jogged. they claim they suspected him of burglary. >>> the new york state's judiciary comm

. >> did greg mcmichael tell you what happened, and i'm going to have you do the specific quote of what i was -- i was in my driveway working on my -- i'm reup holstering some boat cushions in the back of my truck. i look up and this guy -- this guy comes hauling ask down the street. i'm talking dead run. he's not jogging. >> and line 19. >> i haul as and get my magnum. >> reporter: they are accused of chasing and killing arbery while he was jogging in a brunswick, georgia neighborhood in 2020. they pled not guilty on all charges. police investigator parker marcy, the second witness at tuesday's proceedings, detailed what mcmichael told him during a later interview at the police station about chasing down arbery in his truck. >> what does he specifically said. >> i said stop. you know, i'm blow your [ bleep ] head off or something. i was trying to convey with this guy we were not playing. >> reporter: once the three defendants were able to catch up with arbery, he tells detective marcy. . >> of course, you know, it's pretty -- don't take a rocket surgeon to figure out, you know, that th

greg mcmichael told the place said "stop or i'll blow your [ bleep ] head off." >> reporter: they andin prison without parole if convicted on murder. each with their own defense attorney, travis mcmichael's attorney in his opening statement frames what happened that day differently than prosecutors. >> this case is about duty and responsibility. >> reporter: while not contending arbery committed a crime travis mcmichael's attorney said the veteran felt a duty and responsibility to protect his neighborhood. >> the evidence shows overwhelmingly travis mcmichael honestly and lawfully attempted to detain ahmaud arbery according to the law and shot and killed him in self-defense. >> reporter: he also maintains arbery was seen on surveillance video on multiple occasions inside a neighborhood home under construction without permission, including the data arbery was killed. the state's first witness, glenn county police officer william duncan was a second police officer on the scene the day arbery was killed. >> and what did that man, covered in blood, seated over there, say to you when you a

the murder of ahmaud arbery. >> count three, felony murder, we, the jury, find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. >> reporter: travis mcmichael was found guilty on all nine counts. his father, gregory mcmichael, was found not guilty on malice murder was found guilty on all other eight counts. william brian was found guilty on six counts including three felony murder charges. brian was the man who took the video of the shooting. he was found not guilty of malice murder, one felony murder charge, and aggravated vaultd with a firearm. >> find the defendant william r. brian guilty. >> all three men left the courtroom today in handcuffs. arbery's mother sat in court when their guilty verdicts were read, visibly crying. outside the courthouse, she shared her gratitude. >> thank each and every one of you who fought this fight with us. it's been a long fight. it's been a hard fight but god is good. thank you forth those who march, those who prayed. most of all, the ones who prayed. >> reporter: the jury made up of nine white women, two white men, and one black man deliberated for more than 11 hou

we don't know about greg mcmichael. we don't know where this is going. we suspect mr. mcmichael on the stand will be there all day. the prosecution was basically trying to get the jury to understand their point of view that mr. arbery never threatened mr. mcmichael, he didn't have a weapon, he said a number of times there was no contact, there was no response when travis mcmichael says he asked arbery questions during that chase we've seen so many times on the videotape. the prosecution is trying to make the case arbery was innocent, he was just running and that the mcmichaels had no reason to suspect him of a crime or stop him and detain him. travis mcmichael was trying to convince the jury in his answers apparently he was trying to deet sclat the system, he was calm and measured and different points along the way when the fatal encounter happened, he claimed arbery was the aggressor and attacked him and had to fire in self-defense. the other thing, jose, outside the courthouse there was a huge gathering of supporters of the arbery family. amongst the crowd are countle