WATCH: Travis McMichael, Man Who Shot Ahmaud Arbery, Testifies In Murder Trial — Admits He Was Not Under Any Threat
The White man on trial for the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, who is Black, returned to the stand Thursday for cross-examination.
McMichael actually acknowledged that Arbery did NOT pull out a weapon or threaten him in anyway and indicated several times that he didn’t want to talk to him.
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McMichael, who is one of three White men on trial in Georgia for the murder of Arbery, also took the stand Wednesday in his own defense and said “it was a life-or-death situation.” The 35-year-old became emotional as he recounted to jurors the deadly encounter he had with Arbery on Feb. 23, 2020, after he and his co-defendants pursued the unarmed man through Satilla Shores in their trucks, suspecting he was a burglar who might be armed.
“He struck me, he had my gun. It was obvious he was attacking me. This is a life-or-death situation. I’m going to have to stop him from doing this,” McMichael testified on Wednesday
The McMichaels are accused of arming themselves and chasing down Arbery in their truck after they spotted him running past their home. Their their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan joined in on the chase in his own truck and filmed the younger McMichael shooting Arbery at close range with his shotgun. All three men have pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges.
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