Ahmaud Arbery killing: prosecutor urges jury to ‘use common sense’
by Oliver Laughland from US news | The Guardian on (#5S6ZS)
Jury asked to consider whether claims of self-defense and attempted citizen's arrest were completely made up for trial'
As the trial of the white men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery reached closing arguments on Monday, prosecutors urged the jury to use your common sense" and convict all three defendants. Defense attorneys then attempted to place the blame for the shooting on the unarmed 25-year-old himself.
Travis McMichael, his father, Greg McMichael, and their neighbor William Roddie" Bryan each face charges of felony murder, malice murder and other counts over the killing of Arbery, a Black man shot dead in south Georgia last year.
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