Ahmaud Arbery killers' sentencing | Travis McMichael defense says he shouldn't receive max sentence

A jury found the three white men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, guilty on most of the 29 charges they faced the day before Thanksgiving.
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Arbery was shot and killed on Feb. 23, 2020. Cellphone video leaked to the public shows two armed white men in a truck approaching the 25-year-old Black man as he runs down the road. One of the men, later identified as Travis McMichael, and Arbery struggle over McMichael's shotgun before Arbery is shot and collapses.
Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and William "Roddy" Bryan, who recorded the video, are all charged with murder in Arbery's death.
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A jury found the three white men accused of killing Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man guilty on most of the 29 charges they faced the day before Thanksgiving.
Arbery was shot and killed on Feb. 23, 2020. Cellphone video leaked to the public shows two armed white men in a truck approaching the 25-year-old Black man as he runs down the road. One of the men, later identified as Travis McMichael, and Arbery struggle over McMichael's shotgun before Arbery is shot and collapses.
Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and William "Roddy" Bryan, who recorded the video, are all charged with murder in Arbery's death.
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[@cw9627]

The mere fact that they actually "thought that they were doing the right thing" is exactly why they all need a life sentence...

[@NeechOne]

Exactly.

[@mitchellbrown1425]

100% fact

[@pilotdave1000]

Too bad we can't send the rest of the people that agreed with the killers. There be less racial tension and cops on the streets 😆

[@Oneofakind123]

Not to mention they believed it so much they released the video that is the sole reason they got charged with crime in the first place should give the life in solidarity due to stupidity. 😂

[@lettiefrazier5983]

FACT 💯

[@alw87642]

If he didn’t plan or intend to hurt anyone, why’d he grab his gun?

[@sdmalveauxthomas6266]

Exactly

[@nathandixon2048]

Im sure his defense to that would be "I was simply pointing my loaded gun at him so we could all have a nice discussion without any lies and clear all this up. Pointing a loaded gun at someone isnt a crime"

[@marcgrossman980]

you think everybody that picks up a gun has an intention to use it? You think people don't pick up guns just to prevent other people from getting away or attacking them, with no intension to use them unless provoked? Maybe you should think a little harder.

[@donnawall5543]

They was no reason to bring a gun if your intention is just to ask him why he was running Or what he was doing in the neighbourhood,,,

[@marcgrossman980]

@@donnawall5543 Their intention was not to just ask them why he was running. Their intention could have been to keep him there until the police arrived.

[@aquariusrizing]

The death penalty is the harshest possible sentence. They imposed it on Mr. Aubrey without the benefit of trial, and have proven themselves irredeemable.

[@jimsachtjen119]

The harshest sentence the State is asking for is life . Since the State didn't pursue the death penalty it isn't relevant.

[@aquariusrizing]

@@jimsachtjen119 Maybe not to you, but for those of us who are thinking people, the relevance is obvious. And so's your bias.

[@curtisbrown4449]

@@jimsachtjen119 Life without parole for 25yrs is reasonable. I would love to see more but for Georgia it would be reasonable. Yal know Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana etc still in the 1930s

[@jimsachtjen119]

@@curtisbrown4449 In Georgia they won't be eligible for parole for 30 years. Then they face time on the lesser charges and whatever they get in Federal Court. None of them will ever get out.

[@jimsachtjen119]

@@aquariusrizing Not relevant to this sentencing period. It wasn't a death penalty case so it doesn't matter what you or I think. Make all the ignorant personal attacks you like it still doesn't change a thing. Only bias I have is having to listen to crap from people like you.

[@marcusprice9969]

The fact that they thought they got away with murder because of their connections in law enforcement though. They killed an unarmed black man and got to go home to their families like it was nothing says a lot about them type of people. It’s sickening to even think about

[@pilotdave1000]

@@bluesloose2606 stop trying to normalize racism. We will not be back tracking 😒

[@michaelredding1130]

Easily

[@jabonyakeh]

@@bluesloose2606 sooo u did not see the deposition hearings where the lead GBI investigator detailed the McMichaels racist attitudes....

[@MyAb111]

Systemic racism was uncovered in the arrest and prosecution process. For two months Amaud's mom called the police station asking what happened to her son and they kept telling her "He was shot while committing a burglary." The prosecutor was hoping that she'd just forget about her son, so they can sweep the murder under the rug..

[@nathandixon2048]

@@MyAb111 because they already had forgotten about him, just shows the cops didnt view him as human... shame on each and every one of them

[@kerrythompson7399]

This judge is a fine specimen of a human being. God bless you sir.

[@desomusicinc]

A judge is never supposed to use emotion to determine the outcome of a case. A judge definitely not supposed to bring up a debunked narrative and use it as the reason why someone should go to jail for life. This judge is a disgrace. He sat there and lied and used it as an excuse. Smh

[@robertglasper4845]

I totally agree with you the judge is a God-fearing man may he always be bless and his family for many years to come🙏🏾👍🏿

[@desomusicinc]

@@yjopharaoh2727 who doing the hating? Men trying to protect there neighborhood or all you people lying talking about a thief was jogging to try to get these people life? Smh

[@cass1092]

@@desomusicinc how did he use his emotions to determine the outcome?? Why should they get parole? They still didn’t think they did anything wrong and made no statement for us to even think they understood.

[@jesse7157]

@@desomusicinc literally 0 evidence that he ever stole anything. Educate yourself.

[@angelathuku4176]

This lawyer telling us about the murderer’s son, wasn’t Ahmaud somebody’s son? Shameless! Throw the book at him

[@TruthSetsUfree100]

Because your clueless on the process of Court? Get an education then you wont get all emotional about what is going on. The defendant has rights too before sentencing is given to them.

[@starshowers2239]

@@TruthSetsUfree100 Your clueless shame on you

[@nathandixon2048]

@@TruthSetsUfree100 the defendant ACKNOWLEDGED rights that ahmaud arbery had that he chose to ignore so he could justify chasing and shooting him... thats one of the biggest reasons he was convicted in the first place "Mr. Arbery never threatened you?" "No ma'am" "Never brandished a weapon?" "No ma'am" "Why were you continuing to chase him?" "We wanted to talk to him" "You know people have a right to not talk to you if they dont want too, right?" "Yes ma'am" So dont go defending his rights when he himself admittedly doesnt give a shit about others rights. And dont bitch and moan that people are uneducated when YOURE the one who clearly hasnt paid attention to the case and dont ACUSE people of not knowing anything in a way that ONLY shows your a racist who didnt follow a damn minute of this case and automatically sided with the 3 white men chasing an unarmed black man

[@timthomson7532]

@@starshowers2239 don’t try to be a defense lawyer in this case, just watch and learn

[@King.David.219]

@@nathandixon2048 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾well said 👏🏾 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@konsejitos]

Reserve the harshest sentence for the worst of the worst? what can be worst that taking another human beings life? This guy is a joke.

[@patriciafoster3347]

I know. It’s like it doesn’t matter.

[@marcgrossman980]

It seems to me if someone plans a murder and does it, it is worse than what Travis did. You don't think someone planning in advance a murder and going through with it, is worse than what Travis did?

[@lpk6372]

@@marcgrossman980 it wasn't planned? They chased him for 5 mins then had their buddy cut off the other side of the road so Ahmaud had to go back up the road they were waiting for him. Intent easily shown when it comes out the car with his shotgun pointed at Ahmaud only feet away. They only decided to call 911 not during that 5 min chase but when they were ready to confront a unarmed man with gunS INTENT... A raised gun at a person IS INTENT and that gun coincidentally killed someone how Interesting. Also interesting how you don't care about the fact of this case and seem to run on something else... I wonder what that is

[@studentprojects7696]

According to this attorney during the bond hearing, one of Travis’ best friends is Black. I’m waiting for his Black best friend to testify in his favor during this sentencing hearing. If not, Travis will find new Black friends when he settles in his new community.

[@cynthiawells9042]

Lol I his black friend is probably his mailman or someone he knows from work.

[@harveymyers6052]

Name Bubba 😂😂😂

[@studentprojects7696]

@@cynthiawells9042 💯

[@stephanie1571]

@@harveymyers6052 🤣🤣🤣

[@stoptheorange5872]

Yeah, there new black husbands in prison.

[@JustMe-pu3xm]

That Lawyer really got some nerves, saying don’t let a 4 minutes mistake destroy Travis life, He took a life in them 4 minutes. “Give him Life without parole “ He should hve stayed on that couch with his son.

[@nycgirltee]

Yeah because his goal wasn't to kill "that person" just to investigate. With a shot gun. 😒

[@bhillis99]

The lawyer is doing what any defense attorney would do.

[@amirrizer5069]

That’s his job. He knows his client is gonna rot in jail…

[@innocentnemesis3519]

It’s so disgusting. If this isn’t the worst of the worst I don’t know what is

[@purestreflection5847]

A mother losing her child in the manner in which Aubrey was taken away from is mother is probably one of the harshest life sentences they could inflict on the poor lady. May God give her strength.

[@Devin03_]

🙏🏽.

[@marka4204]

😔

[@ollieox9181]

Man, the truth takes an awful beating with this guy. You'd think Travis was just sitting on his porch, playing with his kids, and Arbery came up and attacked him and Travis had no choice but to shoot him dead. Actually, Travis didn't have to make any choices that day. He could simply have done nothing. And everybody would be fine today.

[@auntiepie16]

I partially agree. Greg Mc would have possibly done it without his son. He said if Travis hadn’t taken him out, he would’ve. Sad, for what reason being a black man running down the road.

[@doom2avatar]

@@auntiepie16 and yet didn't think to try and claim more responsibility to give cover for his son. Travis gets some sympathy soley for the racist father he couldn't say no to

[@Squeaxx]

tbh there are soo many people saying that’s what happened. they say ahmaud just walked up to their truck trying to take their gun. it’s ridiculous.

[@gwenstone9685]

@@doom2avatar sorry no sympathy for Travis. As a grown man he made his own decision and he is paying the price for that decision.

[@carbon6951]

Travis will make a great wife for some weightlifting lifer.. Lol 😆

[@alsjeep]

Ahmaud Arbrey was terrorized and had his life wrongfully taken away from him. These men deserve their freedom taken away from them Forever!

[@NationalEligraphic]

They deserve to be off earth. But things don’t work like that anymore. If people had something to fear I think they’d stop doing dumb shit like this but I have a feeling we’re not even close to ending this shit. Sucks to think where the human race will be in 1,000 years, either dead or dead.

[@dorothysims122]

That was Larry English house and he didn’t tell Ahmaud to stay off his property so these 3 wanted this life sentence because house didn’t even belong to them no way so good life in prison you deserve

[@milli2385]

Throw away the key. There’s people doing life without parole for far less malicious killings.

[@micah.1009]

Also doing life for 3 strike laws

[@harveymyers6052]

Throw away the key and dont feed them.

[@penskepc2374]

Not really, the only way you can believe they had intent to kill is if you're being deliberately disingenuous or you are dumb, in most states and without the circus they would of probably been sentenced to 10 to 15.

[@marcgrossman980]

@@penskepc2374 Agree that intent to kill was never proven. And i serious doubt they did. Just about everyone on here thinks life in prison is appropriate. Real geniuses.

[@carbon6951]

@@penskepc2374 The only way you can prove they didn't have the intent to kill would be if they were chasing him down the street with a bouquet of flowers... Firearms even including calibers as small as a 22's were created to kill, not to wound or to detain.

[@cejjackson96]

Defense attorney’s was extremely disingenuous. The nerve to minimize his client stalking and killing Ahmad.

[@cynthiamyles6179]

an opportunity for redemption? awe damn, he way out there for this request.....

[@blaisemacpherson7637]

No. He actually gave a good argument. I dont think this guy is a danger to society. I believe in mercy. Ultimately i think the judge made the right call though. The community needed to see a clear message that this is unacceptable. Especially after the Rittenhouse verdict and the media reaction to it.

[@DD-d6d3]

@@blaisemacpherson7637 "they thought they were doing the right thing." that's why they're a danger to. Society. The Mcmichaels had a barbecue party the day after the murder!

[@christopher257]

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

[@rose.g.]

These "men" don't deserve a chance at redemption. Why didn't they try to help Ahmaud while he was lying there dying? Because their intent was for him to die right from the outset of their heinous crime!

[@sherryhannah9262]

Rose G Roddy will be eligible for parole after 30 years

[@Bandhead07]

@@sherryhannah9262 THE FATHER AND SON WILL ONLY BE ELIGIBLE!!! “AFTER THEY TAKE A DIRT NAP” AND MR BRYAN PROBABLY WON’T LIVE THAT LONG. FATHER SON=30 YEARS NO PAROLE WILLIAM BRYAN= ELIGIBLE AFTER 30 YEARS AND HE WAS 53 AT THE TIME

[@monicductan5002]

He mentions that we still don’t know what Ahmaud was doing in that house. What an irrelevant comment. He’s still trying to blame Ahmaud for what happened. Around the 13:37 mark he says it would help heal the Arberrys if Travis were to be paroled and to atone. How dare he say that?! The Arberys have already spoken and they’ve stated what they want. He doesn’t speak for them. Then he claims around 15:40 that Travis being released early would give him the opportunity to help the country heal from decades of discrimination. How would Travis make POC feel better about discrimination? Is he suggesting Travis will become an activist for minority rights? If anything, Travis’s entitled behavior on the day he profiled Arbery and took his life is a reminder that well-connected people feel emboldened to misbehave with impunity, and then Travis took the witness stand and told lie after lie after lie. Terrible arguments from this attorney. Wow.

[@lulu5803]

Those arguments are just desperate and sickening.

[@kclark8080]

Did his lawyer believe these were good arguments? If so, he was perfect for the McMichaels because this thinking is what made all this happen. I thought lawyers could read the room. This guy did a poor job of arguing for a reprieve for his client.

[@hottleggs1]

We still don’t know what he was doing in the house? We’ll never know…they killed the guy that would have given you that answer.

[@tonym2513]

What everyone misses tho, is that less than two weeks before they murdered Ahmaud, the McMichaels were told by the property owner (and in the presence of police) that Ahmaud wasn’t suspected of stealing anything, a white couple was. And that he had never been informed not to trespass. And that he’d never so much as touched anything in the house. He just walks thru and looks around every so often. As did MANY people. It’s on record and was testified to in court. I think 2/10 this happened and they killed him 2/22. So they knew they had no business with him whatsoever, and that the owner didn’t need them white knighting his property. But they chose to go after him with guns anyway. That renders everything his attorney just said to be bullshit.

[@debraharris879]

I just could not agree with you, I was astonished by his comments and the comments of the father who said he was good man, seriously!

[@memyself7134]

If he was such a good friend, why are his friends so scared to come & speak on his behalf?

[@cryptoenthusiast4999]

Everything he’s said is ridiculous. Who are these people?!?

[@NationalEligraphic]

I don’t understand how one can actually defend this shit but hey that’s the man’s job which says something about him.

[@timothymorgan2150]

My thoughts exactly

[@donnarobinson3804]

My thoughts

[@nathandixon2048]

@@NationalEligraphic every person ive seen defending these monsters does it by straight up making shit up and/or simply ignoring every single one of the mcmichaels and bryans actions while nitpicking each and every thing ahmaud couldve/mightve done that wasnt anywhere near as bad nor deserving of being chased, threatened and killed... its truly pathetic and if they dont see that, i dont see how they can be helped

[@CZYK-]

That’s incredibly frightening to hear. He said that Travis cooperated with police, “…because he and Greg McMichael thought they were doing the right thing”… like that’s the whole fucking point. They’re moral compasses are skewed so far that they believed their actions were justified. It’s incredibly disheartening.

[@cynthiamyles6179]

travis should have thought about his toddler son, greg should have thought about his wife and daughter and roddie just sittin' up there lookin' like he regret not minding his own damn business....dude look like he's about to burst with regret!!!

[@mas5867]

Gimme a F B! What's incredibly frightening is going into hundreds of neighborhoods that have gone to hell bec of people of certain kind not giving a F. Now, that's incredibly disheartening.

[@sherryhannah9262]

Jacob watch your mouth dirty words are not allowed on KZbin

[@sherryhannah9262]

@@cynthiamyles6179 the brat will probably be racist when he gets older

[@CZYK-]

@@sherryhannah9262 I understand that swear words carry a lot more weight. That's the precisely the reason I used it. It's crucial that we understand the greater problem(s) at hand, and the reason(s) they exist.

[@joeysbestfriend2614]

How would Travis McMichael feel if 2 black men chased down his son Everett for walking, jogging in their neighborhood. How would he feel if someone in Ahmauds family sought revenge and murdered his wife and kids while he’s in prison

[@gloriamcfadden3413]

That kind of talk about black folks is what got us Here where we are,, what make you Think BLACK folks will START revenge killing wife and kids we Don't Think like That, we Fo believe in the Laws no matter how unjust it has been for Black America

[@cradames]

He should be given the max for his comments after the shooting and especially his sister sharing the Pic of his body after. They felt justified and thought they did nothing wrong at all were proud of themselves her sharing thar pic tells that

[@estherfarris3802]

Amaud's family should go after her for putting that on the internet

[@fivefiveqt214]

@@estherfarris3802 wow! Did she really?? Disgusting family!

[@kennethcharles1386]

The defense attorney just described his own client. You don't grab a shotgun and go and try to question an unarmed man with a shotgun Even now the defense attorneys won't admit that he killed a man and then continues to lie about what the video shows.....unbelievable they will lie to the end.

[@marcgrossman980]

Its also pretty dumb to rush a guy who is holding a shotgun.

[@franciscovalladolid1370]

@@marcgrossman980 yes yes ,send flowers to this dead mans' family or three stooges. 🙃🥴🥳

[@ellen9925]

@@marcgrossman980 you don't get to commit a felony and then shoot someone after they defend themselves from YOU. Smh

[@monamccann4161]

@@marcgrossman980 please don't call the young man dumb. Sounds like something you would have done sir

[@marcgrossman980]

@@monamccann4161 i never called him dumb. I know nothing about his intelligence. For all I know, he might have been smarter than me.

[@raisinraisin1476]

He shot him as soon as he ran to the front of the truck. He had malice in his mind and heart. There was no need to get out his truck with a shotgun.

[@t.e.8084]

Especially since he said they only wanted to talk to him.

[@janeicekaranja8977]

Travis's lawyer keeps saying who deserves life without parole. There are people serving life without parole for drug convictions. His client hunted someone down and murdered them. That's exactly the type of person that needs life without parole. His hatred got the best of him. He wanted to be the big man in the neighborhood, now he can be the big man in prison.

[@ankhheruel5201]

Al Capone, was the shyt in Chicago, but in prison he wasn't shyt! Travis, is going to be absolutely nothing in prison and trust me in prison he is going to mind his own business and his lover!

[@korrijohnson4386]

Where was the compassion for Ahmaud Arbery???? What makes his life any lesser than Travis McMichael's???

[@sidneytyson3772]

Running 🏃‍♂️ for your life is torture

[@jamessleet2319]

And being shot a few times by a shotgun is too

[@laniluv12]

Smh.. everything the attorney is asking the judge to consider the Mcmichaels never considered when going after Ahmaud. They should have a second chance at life? Why? They hunted this man and showed blatantant disregard for what they had done. It’s really nothing else to consider after watching that on video.

[@MarmaladeSally]

Travis and Greg most likely spent MANY HOURS of their lives day dreaming about the opportunity to do exactly what they did.

[@jonathanwaters2624]

and everyone in that neighborhood.

[@MarmaladeSally]

@@jonathanwaters2624 Why assume that? Out of everyone in the neighborhood only these 3 chased him down and shot him. The rest of the neighborhood found them guilty.

[@cg4224]

The neighbors were weirdos too. They probably won't be that way now, but it could have easily been one of their husband's in the court.

[@MarmaladeSally]

@@cg4224 Such an ignorant assumption to make.

[@Viperveteran]

@@MarmaladeSally a couple of them took the stand to try to get those guys off so...

[@outsidlookingconcerned]

And if he wouldn't have took trying to take the law into his own hands this would have never happened

[@sharonfrazier4217]

Speak!!👏👏

[@rubyburks7366]

The nerve of that defense attorney Ahmaud mother don't get to see her son again ever & you wanna make it about Travis son GTFOH!! Life w/o parole

[@testingspirits7446]

Hear, hear! #GTFOH Indeed! 👈🏾

[@TruthSetsUfree100]

If you had a son who commited murder you would of course have no problem if they are sentenced to life without parole right?

[@jacquelinejackson1374]

@@TruthSetsUfree100 no one told those racist cowards the "McMURDERERS" to hunt him down and trap him like a rat and murder him....I don't have one ounce of sympathy for any of those murderers!!!!!!!

[@jamesmason3539]

It's his job why are people so ignorant they can't understand how law works.

[@agapeagapeone]

Old man had enough energy to commit this crime. He can handle jail.

[@NeechOne]

This guy’s in the wrong profession, he should have been a comedian.

[@Alvan81]

"Worst of the Worst" : Is posting pics of your victim on Social Media and making 'humorous' comments about it.

[@jayson1geek479]

Omg!!!

[@kingfreedom4308]

Four minutes of misconduct shouldn't erase a life well lived.....wtf did he really just said that...... but what about armauds ..within those same four minutes they earse armauds live but wants theirs to be spared 🙄🙄 the irony!....I say all 3 shall only be released from prison to they Graves!

[@sussieasempapa6787]

Especially when Armand is being maligned and insulted even after his death? Who knows what his life would have been if he also had lived

[@lileray1983]

And I know the defense attorney is just doing his job, but these three men killed that guy, KILLED that guy, good people can make bad decisions, they are not mutual exclusive, but they deceived to go after and kill him, or “trap him like a rat”. These people need to rot in jail and think about what they did. This attorney should be ashamed.

[@raisinraisin1476]

Travis lawyer says, we still don't know why Ahmuad was in the construction site.🙄 The video shows him looking around for 5 mins or less each time, then leaving. Empty handed. Looking at the progress of the house being built. If your client wouldn't have murdered him, he could have told the world why.

[@ladybuglwaw4050]

I couldn't believe he was still saying that BS

[@Abrighterfuture24]

Bashing the Mom? Basing the victim? Who gives a F what he did in the past. It’s all about what he did that day.

[@AnaThaLight]

They are asking for grace that the convicted didn't give Ahmaud.

[@jimsachtjen119]

All three will get a mandatory life sentence. All three face anywhere from 20 to 40 years on the lesser charges and still face time in Federal court. Simply put even if any of them are given the possibility of parole none of them will ever go free.

[@zealanddublin9047]

@@marcgrossman980 Why?

[@marcgrossman980]

@@zealanddublin9047 Because with murder there is a huge difference between, say someone planning to kill someone and then doing it, and what TM did. It was not demonstrated that TM had a plan to kill him, and I don't think he did. He killed him because he tried to take the gun. Do you agree these are vastly different? I don't think TM would have killed him if AA had not tried to take the gun. But obviously we will never know.

[@sunshine3652]

@@marcgrossman980 so if a civilian saw you running through their neighborhood unarmed, grabbed a gun and shot you. You and your family would be ok with your killer going free?

[@marcgrossman980]

@@sunshine3652 First of all i never said they should go free. And what was the reason this civilian who saw me running shot me? Did i rush up to the civilian and try to take his gun?

[@stephanie1571]

@@marcgrossman980 @Marc Grossman the gun didn't just go off he, had to pull the trigger so AA grabbing the gun isn't why he's dead!

[@keepwhiningtankies3594]

So the murderer had a family? Good, that means he's truly losing something important to him.

[@raisinraisin1476]

When Travis woke up Sunday morning. One thing for sure, and two for certain. He knew Ahmuad never stole anything,12 days before he and his daddy murdered Ahmuad. The cop and the homeowner told them this the same night Travis fabricated and embellished his 911 call how Ahmuad saw him and ran into the construction site. It's on the police body cam. So he did have melious intent in his heart as chased and murdered this young man. Why chase him?

[@peggysmith8467]

Good to know that the judge let this guy do all that talking while knowing that he was going to hand down a life sentence either way 🤣

[@KnowYourWorthPodcast]

Lol 😂 exactly

[@glenbrown8215]

Did he say Ahmaud wasn't torchord he was, did he not see Ahmaud running for his life.

[@ZenDreaming60]

Yeah, The Michaels lawyers are unreal! The shit they say!!! 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

[@summerbrightbright4602]

The Lawyer himself is Racists .and has nothing good to say about his Clients as they are guilty as charged and they don’t belong on the streets anywhere in the world they belong to be in the bloody jail.. they are dangerous and are not fit for purpose in society..but Jail

[@lm406]

Did this attorney just talk about discrimination to save Travis from life in prison? It sounds like Travis saying “I just wanted to talk to him” when he got out of the truck with a gun?

[@sussieasempapa6787]

I know right! Unbelievable🤦‍♀️

[@marcgrossman980]

@@sussieasempapa6787 Not unbelievable. Just cause a guy gets out of the truck with a gun does not mean he will use it. Fact is, AA rushing him made him use it. He may or may not have used it if AA didnt rush him. Nobody knows. I suppose you can read minds.

[@sussieasempapa6787]

@@marcgrossman980 just see where logic like yours can land people. Life without the possibility of parole must feel good. 🤦‍♀️

[@sussieasempapa6787]

@@marcgrossman980 the road to hell is paved with good intentions and twisted reasoning.

[@marcgrossman980]

@@sussieasempapa6787 So you think it's a smart and normal reaction to run towards and fight a guy with a shotgun? Doesn't seem too smart or normal to me.

[@cameroncurrie7208]

If you can tell me he was carrying stolen items and running it is still no grounds to use a shotgun and kill someone.

[@007stinkey]

Excuse me sir, who's gun was Travis fighting over, that was his gun, he had no business confronting that man, let alone with a gun. You are trying to humanize Travis, but who was there to humanize Ahmad. Nor one person, they ran him down and executed him.

[@fayseverin2305]

You have no idea how many bad acts they committed prior to slaughtering Ahmaud. Glad they got the max.

[@beamishpirikahu3145]

when his dad called him out for the pursuit he didn't hesitate for a second, he grabbed his shotgun, abandoned his son chased an unarmed man who committed no crime and murdered him. The federal hate crime lawsuit will reveal more about their character, this is awful, dispicable behaviour.

[@robertbruce2840]

NO PAROLE. This s**t has to stop! Give them 2 concerent life sentences with NO PAROLE.

[@sir7544]

It’s called consecutive not concurrent. Concurrent would mean they run together not one after another. Consecutive would make sure they stay in prison so if one life sentence is thrown out then they would still have to serve the other one. Also, they received one sentence of life without parole plus 20 years.

[@roscoesweat1888]

They needed life without parole for killing that unarmed man

[@catherinejohnson1354]

The guy is more dangerous as he truly felt what he was doing is justified.

[@michaelredding1130]

Justified racism? Hmm.

[@rebarod4812]

WE NEED MORE JUDGES LIKE HIM!!!

[@fivefiveqt214]

And prosecutors like her!!

[@benniecleveland7092]

Defense lawyers went from lying to begging for mercy.

[@joeysbestfriend2614]

I’ve never seen a lawyer make a fool so much of himself

[@patriciafoster3347]

I’ve had a haunting feeling since this happened. That…what if Ahmaud was simply more and more interested in the building process? What if he had become a builder? No one will ever know.

[@lifeofpetrovich]

And I guess when he stole the TV and got arrested, I'm sure it was all misunderstanding as the young lad was just trying to understand electrical components!

[@KennadyKrea]

@@lifeofpetrovich Ironically enough he wanted to go to school for electrical engineering…

[@Axel.Foley.the.3rd]

U sound stupid. They didnt know his story or his past. This women speaking truth and u come in showing your bigotry. THE "JURY" CONVICTED THEM on the facts. They deserved the death penalty Emmitt till killers still lived good lives. There are still Good ol boys that attended picnics where black people where hung. U just witnessed the age of social media version.

[@patriciafoster3347]

@@lifeofpetrovich I stole a Tootsie Roll once. Then I ended up as a registered nurse and eventually the Director of Operations for an in home care company in Ga. 🙂

[@sylviayoung9009]

@@lifeofpetrovich what made you like young boys

[@coranurse2476]

He didn't care for Ahmards life cause why he had the gun in the first place so he shouldn't get mercy for this we got men in prison on life for a lesser offenses...kick rocks

[@MarmaladeSally]

You hear that folks? He paid his taxes. I guess case closed.

[@vfrmr6401]

The Lawyer for the state was Awesome. She dropped the bomb. She is a sharp shooter with an Eagle eye. Omg! She is great!

[@chronicledchronicles2104]

When a lawyer is telling a judge how to sentence a murderer, he is walking a very fine line..... This judge listened to this liar in a suit and did the right thing.....Life without parole No redemption....no... A lifeguard who chose to kill another human being deserves to rot in jail....

[@rickygranderson9625]

The fact is Travis chased down a man who had done nothing to him and murdered him. His goal was to kill and there is a price to pay.

[@brickcity1027]

Life without parole sounds good to me ..🤷🏾

[@ceceliadavis1999]

We charge teenagers as Adults and throw away the keys, and sentence them to life in person and turn our backs on them and don't even say that there can be rehabilitation for them,they said that If they do the crime that they should do it time. So why do these very grown men deserve anything less than life without parole.

[@sweettalkbutterfly8888]

Rest in Power Ahmaud Arbery!!!!

[@richardt1792]

Hopefully these harsh sentences will give those wanting to be vigilantes pause for thought. If you really think a crime has been committed, you can always call the police. We have way to many people that are wannabe cops. Packing heat and itching for someone to shoot.

[@Ashas.Garden]

They may pause, think a moment, then say, “okay, before we do this … turn off your phones. No recording.”

[@franciscovalladolid1370]

Sad ! Uncalled for , hunting a person , down ! R I P AA 💐AA. You reap , what you sow 😑

[@lennysmith8851]

They aren’t vigilantes. They are racist murderers.

[@GUIRADE95]

They killed a human being without any remorse,! They acted knowingly that the pray was the poor man. They deserve the same! No defense was given to the deceased therefore they deserve the same. Anything else is crap!

[@TB-ll4ko]

4 minutes of conduct did erase a life well lived

[@Yo_Chino]

Imagine being the “friend” that was asked to come speak on his behalf as a character witness…. “Yeah, no, Travis who?”

[@fromwhereeyesit7513]

And the McMichael wife/ mother didn't show up either I think they said her excuse was that she "couldn't handle it"..

[@Yo_Chino]

@@fromwhereeyesit7513 I think they’re gonna have to move out of that neighborhood, but that’s just my humble opinion 🤷🏽‍♂️ lol

[@Ashas.Garden]

@@Yo_Chino I believe the wife, daughter and grandson have moved. The man in front of whose house they KILLED a man moved his family out if that neighborhood and Larry English doesn’t plan to live their anymore. All this for what … a neighborhood watch with guns for a home they only rented and another property they didn’t own.

[@Ashas.Garden]

@@fromwhereeyesit7513 She was there every day of the trial sitting in front of Wanda Jones.

[@marcosmarin8930]

@@fromwhereeyesit7513 Greg'wife was there, but Travis' wife and son were not.

[@heathergingrich6170]

He deserves the sentence that he got. He chose to grab a gun, he chose to follow his fathers request, he chose to pull the trigger when he got out of his truck with gun in hand, he now has no choice, but to sit in prison and reflect on his choices.

[@LowenKoniig]

I bet when he’s alone in his cell at night, he cries lol

[@raymondsteptore5062]

But, McMichael isn't on trial for 99 good acts but one BAD act, the indiscretion that needlessly and callously resulted in death. Someone must be held to account for the funeral and this is the end result, accountability for that funeral. It effectively sends a message that vigilantism will be answered with severe consequences and repercussions as well it should. This is a classic case of the seriousness of risks involved with 'taking the law nto your own hands'. It's bad juju, a bad idea. DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!

[@theinvisibleswordsman1196]

Justice served, thank you! ✊

[@Sparrowdean]

How dare this disgusting defence attorney claim "this was not a case involving torture" - of course it was. Mr Arbery was tortured by these 3 men when they chased him with their pick-up trucks until he could run no more. Robbie Bryan confirm that the murdered man was exhausted and could run no more. Imagine what it must have been like for him being chased by armed men in pick-up trucks, one with a confederate flag on the number plate, running him off the road and continually blocking his means of escape; if that wasn't torture, I don't know what is.

[@sharonfrazier4217]

AMEN!!!!👏👏👏

[@Tyster81]

To reduce the death of Ahmaud to a fight over a gun is NERVE. Travis deserved and received life without parole plus 20. Should have thought of his son before he blindly followed his dad.

[@ikeaub]

Wow, shocking to know he had a toddler, took a life from a family knowing very well his actions will land in prison and away from his own son. Will his son ever know the truth or be fed with lies. A travesty indeed.

[@nightwithoutstars9415]

@Ike, I don't think he knew his actions would send him to prison. The prosecutor asked him during cross exam if he was nervous because he thought he was going to jail, and Travis said, "No." I think Travis believed he was right. In his twisted mind, Ahmaud was supposed to stop running and allow Travis to detain him. In Travis's mind, Ahmaud didn't have any rights that Travis was obligated to respect. He didn't even think Ahmaud had the right to live.

[@karlkorleontv1294]

He did a fine job as a defense attorney, but nah man, Travis did in fact had an abandoned and malignant heart

[@barneyronnie]

He and his father do have black souls. Neither are they susceptible to successful rehabilitation. Life without parole and served in General Population. Travis can make a lot of contributions in prison, including his flabby butt. Travis has a dark malignant heart, and described only how He felt after the shooting: the most traumatic day of MY life.

[@MyAb111]

That attorney is really not in touch with reality.

[@tyronejoihnson7046]

The Judge is laughing. He knew from the first day this racist murderer was going to be in prison FOREVER! They say Travis wears a dress in prison and is passed around. That's his redemption!

[@reefwill3092]

This lawyer is wrong: The sentencing is Just. Roddy Bryan may have not brought with him a gun but he sure used his vehicle to block and steer Ahmad Arbrey to the 2 killers who were waiting for him ahead. No mercy!

[@carolynm9638]

The defence lawyer who is stupid enough to think that saying his client "thought he was doing the right thing for his community" in this circumstance needs to be retired. Unbelievable - this says it all - these defendants never had a civilised defence to put forward.

[@tekcomputers]

Except what this defense atty did is largely what they are supposed to do in our system. We have an adversarial legal system, not an inquisitive system. The job of the defense attorney is to contest the state case, and mitigate the states claims as much as possible on behalf of their client. The job of the state is to prove beyond reasonable doubt the defendant is guilty.

[@shastsle]

It was worse when he said "If it were my family I would seek the maximum sentence"

[@TeemElohim]

Ignorance is no excuse of the law

[@NadeemKhan-xu9pk]

Life to life .The cold murder deserves what they got.

[@t.e.8084]

We'll see how blackened his heart is in the federal trial.

[@ankhheruel5201]

yep!

[@carolynjohnson4299]

The best judge I've ever seen. Thank you sir for being a very fare person you can tell that you a man of God

[@cheyennetapiasmith9056]

At the end of the day he made a decision and he murdered a man based on "something he thought happened." He is a murderer. He made the wrong decision and now he has to pay the price for the decision he made. Their thoughts cost them their freedom. Life is about choices and consequences. He made a choice. Now "they" have to pay the consequences for the choices he made. He and his father have the rest of their lives, to think about how they played judge and jury and executed a "African American man jogging in "their" neighborhood."

[@samuelgomezmartinez5257]

He (defense lawyer) said that the heinous crime that Travis McMichael committed is not as bad as other crimes

[@gearmagnum]

2:48 If Travis McMichael had got on with achieving his "goals" for that day, Ahmaud would still be ALIVE, and he'd still be ABLE to play with his son!!! And yes... I know the lawyer is just doing his job, and everyone is entitled to a defence, but if you're going to put up an argument for a more lenient sentence, at least try and make it credible!!!

[@kennymackie4518]

They made the wrong Choice at the time and there’s consequences for your actions, no- one had to Die!

[@missinformed9550]

People who don't wish to commit crimes don't grab the shotgun on their way out of the house.

[@hottleggs1]

He knew the fears of his neighbors? How do you know what other people are feeling and thinking? If he was remorseful and it was a mistake he would have rendered aid as he lie dying in the street not turned his back and agreed with the DA report that the deceased was mentally ill for someone he didn’t even know. The sentence is just.

[@cherylgyrl3427]

Your mouth is outta pocket!!...trying to get a lighter sentence..... what consideration does he give Ahmaud.... Ahmaud is dead.... all the perpetrators need to recognize is they need to pay recompense with thier lives.... Ahmaud's mother will live without ever seeing her son again!!

[@tomhazi6935]

Bye bye boys, watch your backs boys

[@PinkyakaAyannaj]

3:51... He says that Travis was covered in Aumauds blood. He never should have touched him.

[@atomicvagrant7686]

What have we learned here. 1. Your neighbors and coworkers are not your friends. 2. If you don't like something then call the police. 3. If you choose to destroy someone's life, then be prepared to have your life destroyed. 4. Learn from other people's mistakes.

[@TisEYEthe1]

Judge to Defense Lawyers: oh I'll send a message buddy, I'll definitely send a message: Life + 20 without Parole! Next!!!

[@damacc594]

“We are asking the court to reserve the harshest penalty for those who deserve it the worst of the worst”

[@marcgrossman980]

@Do no harm There is no evidence that he would have killed him without him rushing at Travis.

[@laniluv12]

@@marcgrossman980 The statement makes no sense. The man was minding his business and they hunted him and killed him.

[@marcgrossman980]

@@laniluv12 So, they would have killed him if he hadn't rushed TM to get the gun?

[@bric3688]

@@marcgrossman980 They should of mind their own business instead of killing a man if they had thought he was a thief all they had to do was call the cops but it’s a family full of retards

[@animal1nstinct394]

@@laniluv12 they shot and killed him during a struggle for the gun. There is no evidence they would have shot him if Arbrey didn't grab for the gun.

[@benniecleveland7092]

Detained a private citizen with a shotgun.

[@Nirotix]

All I hear its : "Blah blah blah blah". Your client's actively sought out, confronted someone minding their own business doing there own thing, and shot him to death. They murdered him! For going for a jog! - From Canada No, you two can rot in prison.

[@peterkeefe3227]

You got in a nutshell, to many long winded replies on this site.

[@gemrichards904]

Mr. Aubery will never have the same rights to play with a son or a son to the bed. He may have saved lives as a lifeguard, but it wasn’t black lives; of course, it doesn’t matter to him

[@joyibezim4605]

I listened to this man in disbelief. He didn’t know he will commit a crime but committed a crime and murdered an innocent soul

[@tlermanda]

I love how in the first 3 minutes of his speech, he explains why they deserve exactly life without parole.

[@Sparrowdean]

These 5 defence attorneys are the most clueless and inept I've ever seen in action. They made no attempt to elicit any kind of sympathy for their clients because they focused on trying to blame and disparage the murdered man. A far cleverer tactic might have been to show some kind of contrition, at least that might have garnered some sympathy for them with the jury and the Judge.

[@nightwithoutstars9415]

@Rosie, I agree with you. I think showing contrition would've been a much better tactic. However, to show contrition would require them to be humble. The defendants and the lawyers are too arrogant for that, especially the McMichaels. I think another reason the lawyers didn't show contrition was because to show contrition would make it appear that they did something wrong to be contrite about. They didn't want to admit they were wrong. For them, it was about assigning blame and making Ahmaud out to be the guilty party.

[@katiematthews9278]

Because they don't have a clue. They are dumb too.