Ahmaud Arbery killing: three men charged provoked confrontation, prosecutor says
by Oliver Laughland from US news | The Guardian on (#5S87V)
You can't claim self-defense if you are the unjustified aggressor,' prosecutor says in closing arguments of trial of three white men charged in killing
A jury has begun deliberations in the trial of the three white men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, after 10 days of evidence and lengthy closing arguments in the closely watched case which became part of the movement for racial justice in the US.
On Tuesday morning, prosecutors ended closing arguments before Judge Timothy Walmsley, who briefed the jury on the multiple counts of murder, false imprisonment and other charges faced by the three defendants.
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