BRUNSWICK, Georgia (Reuters). Accused of shooting and killing Ahmaud Abery while he was running on Sunday in a mostly-white neighborhood two miles (3.2km) away from his mother’s home near Brunswick (NYSE:), Georgia on February 23, 2020.

Gregory McMichael (65) and Travis McMichael (35) killed Arbery using a shotgun. William Bryan (52), was their neighbor and pleaded not guilty. Three white men claimed that Arbery ran from crime and “hauled” by McMichaels’ Satilla Shores home.

Police were informed that they wanted to arrest a citizen. Arbery’s relatives and supporters claim he was attacked because he is Black.

These are highlights from the Superior Court Trial before Judge Timothy Walmsley, Georgia’s Eastern Judicial District.

Nov. 3:

Glynn County Superior Court selects a jury consisting of eleven white men and one Black man. It took almost three weeks because many potential jurors told the court they personally knew https://www.reuters.com/world/us/small-town-problem-arbery-trial-jury-selection-everyone-knows-everyone-2021-10-28 Arbery or know some or all of the defendants.

Kevin Gough (Bryan’s representative) complained to the jury that Bryan didn’t have enough men of color over forty without a college education. He called them “Joe Sixpack” and “Bubba.”

Prosecutors attempted unsuccessfully to make the argument that potential jurors had been rejected by defense attorneys because they were Black. However, this is a claim which was long rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Nov. 5:

The jury is seated, and opening statements https://www.reuters.com/world/us/murder-or-self-defense-jury-begin-hearing-case-killing-ahmaud-arbery-2021-11-05 were made. Linda Dunikoski, Cobb County prosecutor, told jurors that defendants intended to kill. She pointed at something McMichael said to police: “Stop, or I’ll blow my fucking heads off!”

Rob Rubin, the defense attorney for the younger McMichael told the jury the men wanted to take a citizen into custody.

Rubin stated, “It’s a citizen’s job to assist the police. And the law permits that.” Rubin stated, “When seconds matter, the police can often be minutes away.”

Nov. 10:

Roderic Nohilly from Glynn County Police told the jury Greg McMichael stated that Arbery was aware he couldn’t get away.

According to court transcripts, McMichael said that McMichael was “trapped like a mouse” after his fatal pursuit.

Nov. 11

Jurors heard recordings of police calls, and watched surveillance video footage that showed Arbery wandering around the half-built, vacant house in the weeks and months prior to his death. His final visit occurred just minutes prior to his death.

Police were informed by McMichaels that they knew of reports of a Black man roaming the grounds.

Kevin Gough, the defense attorney, complained that Al Sharpton (a well-known Black preacher) was present in courtroom along with the Arbery families.

Gough claimed that his team does not wish to see “anymore Black pastors” in the Georgia courtroom. This could impact the juries.

Judge Walmsley stated, “I’m not going to exempt members of the public from my jurisdiction.”

Nov. 16

Eight days of testimony, 23 witnesses and eight more days later, the prosecution decided to end its case. It presented evidence that showed defendants incorrectly believed the worst about Black men running through Satilla Shores.

After seeing graphic images of Arbery’s corpse and listening to the testimony of the medical examiner, the jury resigned.

Nov. 17

Travis McMichael, who shot Arbery, took the stand https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ahmaud-arbery-could-have-asked-defendant-help-defense-tells-georgia-jury-2021-11-17 in his own defense and testified, at times on the verge of tears, that he thought Arbery was a burglar and said Arbery tried to take his weapon.

I shot him. Travis McMichael stated that he had his gun. It was life or death.

His Coast Guard training in apprehending and protecting high-value shipping, as well as intercepting or helping immigrants, was a testimony.

Nov. 18

Travis McMichael, a suspect in Travis McMichael’s shooting of Arbery was interrogated by the prosecutor.

McMichael claimed that his statements to police on the day of the incident were “choppy” due to nervousness and stress.

He said, “I just murdered a man.” He said, “I still had blood on my body.” That was the worst thing that happened in my entire life.

Defense teams relinquished their arguments and jurors were asked to go back Monday morning to hear closing arguments.

Nov. 22

The jury was presented with closing statements from the defense and the prosecution.

Nov. 23

After hearing the closing arguments of the prosecution, jurors were provided with lengthy instructions by the judge. Then they started deliberating about whether or not the men are guilty of murder.