A now-recused prosecutor defended their actions this spring as part of a lawful “citizen’s arrest,” arguing that defendant Travis McMichael had grounds to use deadly force in self-defense. Cellphone footage shows Arbery jogging past McMichael and his father Greg McMichael’s truck, then struggling with Travis before being shot. “The footage clearly documents that Bryan used his truck to block Ahmaud from escaping the McMichaels,” Crump said. The police officer did not provide assistance to Arbery as he lay on the road’s yellow stripe, the video shows. “Why would he be in cuffs?” an officer says of Travis McMichael at one point in the body camera footage.

Source: Washington Post December 18, 2020 02:48 UTC