Defendant believed Ahmaud Arbery was ‘wanting to flee’ and not out jogging

Greg McMichael told police he and two other white defendants were convinced Arbery was getting the hell out of there'

One of the three white men standing trial for killing Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia last year told the police that they chased the 25-year-old Black man because they were convinced he was running away from a potential crime and not out jogging, a court heard on Wednesday.

Father and son defendants, Greg and Travis McMichael, armed themselves and chased Arbery in a pickup truck after they spotted him running in their coastal south-east Georgia area of Brunswick on 23 February 2020.