THIS MORNING, WE’RE DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING
DEATH OF THIS 25 YEAR-OLD
JOGGER IN GLYNN COUNTY LAST
NIGHT WE LEARNED AADHAAR
BERRY’S MOTHER MET WITH A
FEDERAL PROSECUTOR
LAST WEEK.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: HER ATTORNEY
SAYS THAT FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS
ARE LOOKING INTO POTENTIAL
MISCONDUCT BY THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY’S OFFICES, INVOLVED IN
THE INVESTIGATION AND ALSO CONSIDERING IF HER SON’S DEATH CONSTITUTES A
HATE CRIME PAGE PATE IS A
CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY IN
BRUNSWICK, JOINING US AGAIN TO
EXPLAIN
THE SIGNIFICANCE. THIS LATEST
DEVELOPMENT MR. PATE WE WANT TO
REMIND OUR VIEWERS ALSO THAT
YOU’RE NOT AFFILIATED WITH
ANYONE INVOLVED IN THIS CASE.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. JEN
THANK YOU.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: ONE WOULD
PROSECUTORS HAVE TO PROVE IN
ORDER TO PROSECUTE THIS AS A
HATE CRIME.
>> WELL IT’S IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER THAT GEORGE AND NO
LONGER HAS A HATE CRIME
STATUTE. WE HAD ONE IN THIS
STATE FOR A
FEW YEARS. BUT OUR STATE
SUPREME COURT STRUCK IT DOWN
BECAUSE IT
WAS TODAY. SO THE ONLY WAY
THESE INDIVIDUALS COULD BE
PROSECUTED FOR A HATE CRIME
WOULD BE ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL
AND WHAT FEDERAL PROSECUTORS
WOULD HAVE TO SHOW IS NOT
JUST AT THE CRIME OCCURRED, BUT
THAT IT
WAS MOTIVATED ISOM UNLAWFUL
PURPOSE RELATING TO A
RACIAL PREJUDICE. SEXUAL
ORIENTATION THERE SEVERAL
THINGS LISTED IN THE FEDERAL
STATUTE, BUT IN ADDITION TO
SHOWING THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
AND THE MURDER, THEY HAVE TO
SHOW THAT
THAT MOTIVATION WAS USUALLY IN
A CASE LIKE THIS BASED
ON RACE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO AS WE KNOW
THERE ARE A GROWING NUMBER OF
RED FLAGS INVOLVING PREVIOUS
SHOOTINGS. INVOLVING THE GLYNN
COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
THE ACTIONS OF THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY WE HAVE HEARD
THAT AS PART OF THIS D O J
INVESTIGATION THAT IT COULD
ALSO
INVOLVE PERHAPS CIVIL OR
CRIMINAL CHARGES INVOLVING
THOSE
2 OFFICES. GIVEN THE FACT THAT
YOU LIVE THERE AND KNOWING AS
LONG AS YOU HAVE BEEN
PRACTICING IN
THAT AREA. WHAT IS THIS DOING
WITH THE QUESTIONS NOW BEING
RAISED ABOUT MISCONDUCT ON A
LOCAL
LEVEL THERE TO THIS COMMUNITY
ARE THEIR CONCERNS AND COULD
THE SIMPLE AND YOU KNOW BEING
AN ISSUE FOR PREVIOUS
PROSECUTIONS.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: ASSOCIATED
WITH THESE RED FLAGS ARE NOW
BEING RAISED.
>> ABSOLUTELY JAN AND THE
PEOPLE HERE ARE VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT
THE ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION
WITHIN THE LOCAL DISTRICT
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE AND THE WAY
THIS CASE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN
MISHANDLED FROM THE
VERY BEGINNING. I THINK IT’S
CLEAR THAT EITHER THE LOCAL
POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE
DISTRICT
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SHOULD HAVE
IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE
GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
AND CLICK ON THE CHARGE OF THIS
CASE.
AND THIS IS JUST THE MOST
RECENT EXAMPLE OF A
SITUATION WHERE AT LEAST PEOPLE
IN THE COMMUNITY BELIEVED THAT
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
WAS NOT AS RESPONSIVE AS THEY
SHOULD IN THERE
WE’RE ALREADY SEEING A A
POLITICAL ARGUMENT HERE
BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE GLYNN
COUNTY COMMISSION AND THE
DISTRICT
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE POINTING
FINGERS AT EACH OTHER FOR NOT
FOLLOWING UP IN THE RIGHT WAY
IN
THIS CASE. AND WHEN WE START
LOOKING BACK AT OLD CASES AS I
KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE DONE WITH
THE DENTIST
ARIE CASE. THERE ARE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THAT
CASE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED
DIFFERENTLY AND THESE NEW
ALLEGATIONS ONE ON TOP OF THE
OTHER TENDS TO SHOW A PATTERN
WHICH IS VERY CONCERNING TO
PEOPLE HERE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO I WANTED
TO TAKE US BACK NOW TO
LAST THURSDAY, A 3RD PERSON
WILLIAM RODDIE BRYAN WAS
ARRESTED HE IS NOW CHARGED WITH
FELONY MURDER SPECIFICALLY IN
THIS CASE. BRIAN AND HIS
FACING.
FACING. >> WELL IT’S CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE’VE SEEN
ON THE SHORT VERSION OF THAT
VIDEO THAT MISTER
THAT’S NOT ENOUGH FOR A
CRIMINAL CHARGE AMINE AT THAT
POINT HE’S AN APPARENTLY HIS
VEHICLE HE CAPTURES PART OF THE
STRUGGLE BETWEEN MISTER ARBERY
AND MISTER MCMICHAEL.
>> THAT’S NOT
A CRIME. BUT WHAT THE GBI
SUGGESTING IS THAT THERE’S
A LOT WE DIDN’T SEE ON THE
SHORT ART OF THAT VIDEO THAT’S
BEEN MADE UP THERE IS MORE TO
THAT VIDEO AND THE GBI
SUGGESTING THAT MISTER BRYAN
WAS PART OF THE INITIAL CHASE
MISTER ARBERY THROUGH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD TRIED TO BLOCK HIM
OFF USING HIS VEHICLE AND IF HE
DID THAT AND IT
EVENTUALLY LED TO THE DEATH OF
MISTER ARE GREAT THEN I CAN
UNDERSTAND THE BASIS FOR
THE CHARGE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: WE HAVE NOW
SEEN SINCE YOU AND I LAST
TALKED 2 WEEKS AGO A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT PEOPLE CHILDREN, A
COUPLE, ANOTHER MAN ONE THAT IS
ARBERY BASICALLY WALKING
THROUGH THIS HOUSE THAT’S UNDER
CONSTRUCTION. IN GREGORY AND
TRAVIS MCMICHAEL’S NEIGHBORHOOD
AND WE WANT TO REMIND OUR
VIEWERS THAT THE MCMICHAELS
SAID THAT THE REASON THAT THEY
CHASED HIM OUT ARBERY THAT DAYS
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT HE
HAD BROKEN INTO THIS HOME WHERE
WE’RE SEEING ALL THESE PEOPLE
WALKING IN
AND OUT SOME OF THE VIDEO IS
DARK, BUT IT DOES SHOW A BLACK
MAN INSIDE THE HOUSE HE HAPPENS
TO HAVE TATTOOS ON HIS ARMS
ARBERY DOES NOT.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THIS WAS A
CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
IF THE MCMICHAELS CHASE THE
WRONG PERSON. AND IT LED TO
THIS DEADLY CONFRONTATION WITH
THAT SOMEHOW IMPACT THEIR
DEFENSE AT ALL.
>> YES IT BECAUSE AGAIN THE
MCMICHAELS HAVE TO SHOW THAT
THEY HAD
A LEGITIMATE LEGAL BASIS FOR
PURSUING MISTER ARBERY AND WHAT
WE’VE HEARD
SO FAR IS THAT THE BASES WAS
THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE A
CITIZENS ARREST AND THEY WERE
GOING TO DETAIN HIM UNTIL THE
POLICE ARRIVED, BUT THAT
REQUIRES THAT THEY HAD A
REASONABLE TO BELIEVE THAT HE
WAS COMMITTING SOME SORT OF
CRIME AND EVEN IF YOU ASSUME
THEY GOT THE RIGHT GUY.
THEY STILL HAVE TO SHOW THAT HE
WAS COMMITTING A CRIME AND
SIMPLY WALKING THROUGH THIS
HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
I DON’T THINK IT REACHES THAT
POINT IT’S
NOT BURGLARY. AND IT DOESN’T
EVEN APPEAR TO BE CRIMINAL
TRESPASS BECAUSE THE OWNER OF
THE HOUSE AND NOT SPECIFICALLY
TOLD THEM TO STAY OUT SO I
THINK THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE A
VERY DIFFICULT TIME PIECING
TOGETHER THAT
PENCE R.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: PAGE PATE IS
A CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY IN
BRUNSWICK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
INSIGHT THIS MORNING WE DO
APPRECIATE IT. WE ALSO WANT TO
REMIND OUR VIEWERS. WE HAVE A
SENSE OF COURSE HEARD FROM THE
MCMICHAELS ATTORNEYS, BOTH OF
WHOM INSIST THAT NO ONE SHOULD
RUSH TO JUDGMENT BASED ON