Monday on Political Rewind: Self-defense was a key argument in the pursuit of acquittal in Kenosha, Wisc., in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. Meanwhile in Georgia, defense lawyers in the trial of Gregory and Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan" also claimed self-defense as closing arguments unfolded on Monday.
A prosecutor in the murder trial over Ahmaud Arbery's death is arguing that none of the three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery had cause to make a citizen's arrest when they saw him in their neighborhood. Linda Dunikoski told jurors in her closing arguments Monday that the three defendants decided to pursue Arbery "because he was a Black man running down their street."
The Glynn County jury will hear closing arguments in the murder case against Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael, and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan for the February 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery.
The state House is set to approve a new Congressional map that would give Republicans another seat.
Atlanta police continue to search for Kenny Wells, the man who escaped with his gun from an airport security checkpoint after the gun in his luggage discharged on Saturday.
When defense attorney Kevin Gough called for Black pastors to be barred from the courtroom in the trial of three men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, shock and outrage rippled across the country. But for people familiar with his courtroom style, it came as no surprise.
Closing arguments in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial will begin Monday. This after defense attorneys wrapped up their case yesterday after calling seven witnesses.
A former state correctional officer has been charged with two felonies, including obstruction of justice, in connection to the 2018 assault by guards on an inmate at Valdosta State Prison.
Defense attorneys for the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery rested Thursday after calling a total of seven witnesses. Six neighbors testified about their concerns regarding crime in the neighborhood.
Hundreds of pastors are rallying at the Georgia courthouse where three white men are on trial in the killing of Ahmed Arbery. Many carried signs that said "Black pastors matter," and some wore buttons with Arbery's picture.
The man who killed Ahmaud Arbery testified Thursday that Arbery did not speak, show a weapon or threaten him in any way before he raised his shotgun and pointed it at him. Travis McMichael said he was “under the impression” that Arbery could be a threat because he was running straight at him and he had seen the 25-year-old Black man trying to get into the truck of a neighbor who had joined in a pursuit of Arbery.
In Travis McMichael’s four-hour testimony, he repeated that he reacted to the “totality of circumstances” of Arbery being spotted several times at the construction site of a new home in the Satilla Shores neighborhood combined with concerns about property crime.
The trial of the three white men accused of felony murder in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery continues in Glynn County, with one of the defendants, Travis McMichael, speaking on his own behalf.
Savannah is the latest city in Georgia to pull back on mask mandates.
The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery has testified Arbery attacked him and grabbed his shotgun after he and two other white men pursued the 25-year-old Black man in their Georgia neighborhood. Travis McMichael's testimony came as defense attorneys in the murder trial for the three white men opened their case by building on arguments that their clients were lawfully trying to stop burglaries in their neighborhood.
The prosecution in the trial of three white men accused of murder in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery have rested their case.
Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr have filed another lawsuit over the Biden administration's COVID vaccine mandate, this time for health care workers.
All five of the inmates who escaped from the Pulaski County Jail on Friday are now back in custody.
Prosecutors have rested their case in the trial of three white men charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery as the Black man ran in their neighborhood.
Tuesday on Political Rewind, defense lawyer Kevin Gough called for another Black pastor, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, to be removed from the Brunswick, Ga., courtroom in the trial of the three white men charged with murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a young Black man.
Monday on Political Rewind: Race continues to be a central theme in the case of Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan — three men charged with murder in the Ahmaud Arbery shooting. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is scheduled to sign the long-awaited infrastructure bill.
