Ahmaud Arbery Appeared ‘Tired Of Running’ Before He Was Shot, Jury Hears

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  • 11/08/2021

Ahmaud Arbery Appeared ‘Tired Of Running’ Before He Was Shot, Jury Hears

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  • Source: OANN
  • 11/08/2021

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) -One of the three white men in pickup trucks who pursued Ahmaud Arbery through their southern Georgia neighborhood told police the Black jogger appeared tired from the chase before he was shot dead, a jury heard on Monday at the men’s trial.

Police body-worn camera footage of the first moments following Arbery’s killing was played, giving jurors a glimpse of the demeanor of defendants Gregory McMichael, 65; his son Travis McMichael, 35; and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan, 52.

“You had no choice,” Gregory McMichael could be heard telling his son, hands on his shoulders, as the first police officer on the scene walked over. Arbery’s body lay in a pool of blood in the middle of the road a few steps away.

Jurors were also shown graphic police photographs showing close-ups of large gaping shotgun wounds in the center of Arbery’s chest, below his left armpit and in one of his wrists.

The three men have pleaded not guilty in Glynn County Superior Court to charges of murder, aggravated assault and false imprisonment. They face life in prison if convicted on the most serious charge by the jury, which is composed of 11 white people and one Black person.

The men say they thought Arbery might have been fleeing from a crime when he ran through Satilla Shores, a quiet cluster of family homes outside the small coastal city of Brunswick, on a Sunday afternoon in February 2020.

Prosecutors say they had unfairly assumed the worst about a 25-year-old Black man out for a Sunday run.

The men pursued Arbery in pickup trucks for several minutes before the younger McMichael opened fire with his shotgun as Arbery ran toward him and appeared to reach for the weapon.
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