GO AHEAD. BOARD AT WAS AS YOU KNOW YOU HAVE LIVED THROUGH THESE INVESTIGATE LIST LAST
FEED.
>>TARIK MINOR: JUST 36 HOURS
AFTER STATE INVESTIGATORS GOT
THE CASE THEY WERE ABLE TO
FILE CHARGES. THIS MORNING,
THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE ABLE
TO QUICKLY ESTABLISH SUFFICIENT
PROBABLE CAUSE TO SEEK ARREST
WARRANTS FOR THE BIG MICHAELS
NEWS 4 JAX I TEAM INVESTIGATOR
KELLY WILEY HAS OBTAINED THE
ARREST WARRANTS AND HAS DETAILS
ABOUT WHAT’S ON PAPER KELLY.
>> TART THIS CASE HAS SPARKED OUTRAGE. I’M GOING TO STEP ASIDE TO SHOW YOU THE PEOPLE
WHO
ARE STILL OUT HERE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD GUARDING OVER THE
VIGIL, THESE ARE SOME OF THE
FOLKS THAT WERE OUT HERE THIS
MORNING AT 10:00AM AT THE
DEMONSTRATION IN FRONT OF THE
COURTHOUSE. THIS CASE IS NOT TO
SPARK OUTRAGE FOR THE PEOPLE
SEEN IN THE VIDEO BUT ALSO FOR
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
WHO SOME SAY FAILED TO ACT
BEFORE THIS VIDEO
WAS RELEASED. 36 HOURS AFTER
THIS VIDEO OF FATHER AND SON
CONFRONTING AND FATALLY
SHOOTING OF NOT ARBERY WENT
VIRAL AND STATE INVESTIGATORS
WITH THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION.
>> ARRESTED AND
CHARGED BOTH WITH AGGRAVATED
ASSAULT AND FELONY MURDER CAME
UP PRETTY QUICKLY
WITH IT.
>> WITH A WITH A SOLID BELIEF
THAT THIS THERE’S A SUFFICIENT
PROBABLE CAUSE TO CHARGE THEM
AT MICHAEL’S WITH FELONY MURDER
AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. I CAN
TELL YOU THAT IF WE DIDN’T
BELIEVE IT.
>> WE WOULD HAVE ARRESTED
ARREST WARRANTS STATE TRAVIS
MCMICHAEL POINTED AND
DISCHARGED A SHOTGUN
ARBERY AND THAT HIS FATHER A
RETIRED INVESTIGATOR WITH THE
BRUNSWICK COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE AIDED AND
ABETTED HIS SIDE THIS WAS A
MURDER.
>> IF THIS WAS NOT A STAND YOUR
GROUND DEFENDING AGAINST YOU
KNOW, IT’S A DIFFERENT DEFENSE
AGAINST OR SO THESE PEOPLE GOT
INTO A CAR AND CHASED HIM DOWN
AND KILLED.
>> THE 2 FACED A JUDGE IN THE
SAME COURTHOUSE FOR HUNDREDS
GATHERED OUTSIDE TO ME IN THE
ANSWERS IN RESIGNATIONS FROM
LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED IN
THE CASE, INCLUDING THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE AREA
IN THE SHARE IT.
>> A COUNTY COMMISSIONER, PETER
MURPHY SAYS INVESTIGATORS WITH
LEE COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE. WE’RE TOLD BY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY JACKIE
JOHNSON’S OFFICE TO NOT ARREST
THE MCMICHAELS FOLLOWING THE
DEADLY SHOOTING. AND THEN AFTER
SHE RECUSED HERSELF THE NEXT
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ASSIGNED TO
THE CASE GEORGE BARNHILL ALSO
ADVISED INVESTIGATORS NOT TO
ARREST THE MCMICHAELS IN THE
LETTER WERE BARRED HELP ACCUSES
HIMSELF. THE AUTOPSY SUPPORTS
THE INITIAL OPINION WE GAVE YOU
A FEBRUARY 24TH AT THE BRIEFING
ROOM IN THE GLYNN COUNTY POLICE
DEPARTMENT AFTER REVIEWING THE
EVIDENCE YOU HAD AT THE TIME.
WE DO NOT SEE GROUNDS FOR THE
REST OF ANY OF THE 3 PARTIES.
>> I DON’T SEE HOW THEIR BACK.
GO THE
GO THE MEN UP. WHEN THEY’VE BEEN TOLD DIRECTLY ON SUNDAY AND ON
MONDAY BY THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IS NOT THE
WRECK ANYBODY.
>> WE ASKED THAT THE GBI PLAYED
TO INVESTIGATE THE WAY GLYNN
COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
CONDUCTED THE CASE. DIRECTOR
RANDALL SAYS HIS INVESTIGATORS.
WE GO WHERE THE FACTS
LEAD THEM.
>> YOU KNOW ONLY WAY I CAN
ANSWER THAT TO TELL YOU THAT
ANYTHING THAT’S RELEVANT
TO THE MURDER INVESTIGATION,
WE’RE DOING WE WILL LOOK AT.
>> IN THE LAST HALF HOUR WE GOT A STATEMENT FROM THE BRUNSWICK DISTRICT ATTORNEY SHE WAS THE
FIRST ATTORNEY TO RECUSE
HERSELF FROM
THIS CASE, GREGORY MCMICHAEL
WORK AS AN INVESTIGATOR IN HER
OFFICE, THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS IN
PART COMMISSIONERS MURPHY AND
BOOKER HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE
FALSE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, JACKIE
JOHNSON IN ATTEMPT TO MAKE
EXCUSES AND IGNORE THE PROBLEMS
AT THE GLYNN COUNTY POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR WHICH THEY ARE
ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE ACTING
POLICE CHIEF JAY WIGGINS HAS
INDICATED THAT IT WAS
A MISTAKE. THAT THEN POLICE
CHIEF JOHN POWELL DID NOT
IMMEDIATELY CALL IN THE GEORGIA
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TO THE
VEST A GATE, THE DEATH ARBERY
HER SPOKESMAN SENT SPOKESPERSON
ALSO SAID AT
NO TIME ON FEBRUARY 23RD 2020
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, JACKIE
JOHNSON HAD ANY CONVERSATION
WITH ANY GLYNN COUNTY POLICE
OFFICER ABOUT THIS CASE THEY
SAID FURTHER KNOW ASSISTANT DA