#Snoopes snow on the bluff trial#

There had been a вЂњstring of robberiesвЂќ in the neighborhood, he says, and he describes the man as a вЂњBlack male in a red T-shirt and white shorts,вЂќ about вЂњ6 footвЂќ tall. 11, just 12 days before ArberyвЂ™s killing, Travis McMichael tells a 911 operator that he has been sitting in his house watching a home construction site across the street when he spotted a man.

вЂњI need a police officer, I need to report a stolen pistol,вЂќ he says. 1, 2020, call, Travis McMichael reports that a gun has been stolen from his truck. We just made contact with him, a real shady looking fella and a possibility he may be the one that has been breaking into all of these automobiles around here.вЂќ вЂњWe think he may be living under Bluff Creek bridge. And my son and I just discovered a guy,вЂќ Gregory McMichael says. вЂњWe got a lot of break-ins in this area, automobile break-ins. They are being tried in Glynn County, where the killing occurred.

Gregory McMichael, his son, Travis, and William вЂњRoddieвЂќ Bryan, a resident who followed the McMichaels and filmed the shooting, are facing charges of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment, as well as federal hate crime charges. Though the men donвЂ™t name Arbery, the descriptions they give fit the man they saw running along the road and later gunned down, and the defense has pointed to the calls as evidence that the McMichaels were merely trying to enact a вЂњcitizen arrestвЂќ on a suspected thief. 23, 2020, fatal shooting in Brunswick, Georgia.Д¬ara Richardson, a 911 center operations coordinator in Glynn County, took the stand Wednesday and recounted the accusations the McMichaels made in calls dating back to July 2019.

#Snoopes snow on the bluff trial#

On Day Four of the trial of Ahmaud ArberyвЂ™s accused killers, prosecutors played 911 calls Gregory and Travis McMichael made in the months before the Feb.