Lawyers: Security Video In Arbery Case Shows Others Entered Home

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Newly released surveillance video from the under construction home that Ahmaud Arbery visited shows that many other people went to that home also, day and night without any issues.

The attorney for a homeowner thrust into the spotlight of the Ahmaud Arbery shooting says a young black man filmed by a security camera walking through the unfinished home in December and February may have stopped there for a drink of water.

A white father and son — Gregory and Travis McMichael — have been charged with murder after they pursued Arbery on Feb. 23.

His family believes Arbery, who is black, was out jogging.

Video released Friday shows a black man in a T-shirt and shorts leaving the home-building site Dec. 17. He walks a few feet, then runs to the street at a jogging pace.

It is not known if the person in that video is Arbery.

Attorney J. Elizabeth Graddy, who represents homeowner Larry English, said there is a water source at the dock behind the house as well as a source near the front of the structure.

"Although these water sources do not appear within any of the cameras’ frames, the young man moves to and from their locations,” Graddy said in a statement.

Attorneys for Arbery's family, S. Lee Merritt, Benjamin Crump and L. Chris Stewart, said they have reviewed a number of videos of the home under construction.

"We are able to confirm that Ahmaud Arbery appeared in one video, however we are unable to confirm that he appeared in any other videos," the lawyers said in a statement. "There were frequently people on the construction site both day and night. Ahmaud Arbery seems to be the only one who was presumed to be a criminal and ultimately the only one murdered based on that assumption."

The attorneys said they appreciate that English acknowledged Arbery didn’t steal from or damage anything on the property.

"It is the homeowner’s opinion, after watching Mr. Arbery’s movements on the video, that he briefly stopped into the home under construction to get a drink of water from the working sinks."

 

 
 

 

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Newly released surveillance video from the under construction home that Ahmaud Arbery visited shows that many other people went to that home also, day and night without any issues. This couple went in the home at night. #ahmaudarbery #peoplegoinemptyconstructionsites #nothingeverstolenbyanyone

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Ahmaud Arbery was recorded inside an open-framed home being built on the same street right before he was chased and reportedly killed by a white father and son.