THAT IS IN >> THE FATHER AND SON CHARGED
WITH MURDERING A MOB ARBERY TODAY THEY MADE A VIRTUAL COURT
APPEARANCE IN GLYNN COUNTY.
NOT
FAR AWAY. UNITY RALLY TOGETHER
ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
ARBERY’S
26TH BIRTHDAY.
>> AS WE CELEBRATE THERE WAS
LEAD OF THE DAY CLEAR HOW THAT.
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♪ ♪ STILL IS NOT.
>>MARY BAER: THE DIRECTOR OF THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SAYS IT TOOK HIS
AGENTS JUST 36 HOURS TO FIND
PROBABLE CAUSE FOR MURDER
CHARGES. AND THEN ARREST
GREGORY AND TRAVIS MCMICHAEL.
>>TOM WILLS: DIRECTOR VIC REYNOLDS ALSO SAYS HE CANNOT SPEAK TO WHY THE FATHER AND SON
WERE NOT CHARGED BY POLICE
SOONER.
THE MCMICHAELS ARE BEING HELD
FOR FELONY MURDER IN THE
SHOTGUN KILLING OF 25 YEAR-OLD
AHMED ARBERY BACK
IN FEBRUARY WHILE HE WAS
JOGGING UNARMED ON A
RESIDENTIAL STREET. GREGORY
MCMICHAEL PREVIOUSLY TOLD GLYNN
COUNTY POLICE HE SUSPECTED
ARBERY WAS
A BURGLAR MAKE MICHAEL IS A
FORMER INVESTIGATOR FOR THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY. WE HAVE A
NUMBER OF CREWS COVERING
TODAY’S DEVELOPMENTS WE BEGIN
WITH NEWS 4 JAX I TEAM
INVESTIGATOR TARIK MINOR.
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IS LIVE FROM LANE COUNTY WITH
THE MCMICHAELS A COURT
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APPEARANCE DARK.
>>TARIK MINOR: WE KNOW FORMER
BRUNSWICK DISTRICT ATTORNEY
INVESTIGATOR GREGORY MCMICHAEL
HAS A LOT OF RELATIONSHIP WAS
WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH THE
JUDICIAL COMMUNITY AND THE
CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT
COMMUNITY HERE AT THE GLENN
COUNTY JAIL AFTER WORKING IN
GLYNN COUNTY FOR MORE THAN 20
YEARS.
TONIGHT HE AND HIS SON
TRAVIS REMAIN BEHIND BARS AT
THE GLYNN COUNTY JAIL FOR THE
MURDER OF 25 YEAR-OLD AHMAD
ARBERY ON
FEBRUARY 23RD. GREGORY
MCMICHAEL INNOCENT TRAVIS
APPEARED TO BE VERY TIRED AS
THEY STOOD BEFORE THE JUDGE
THIS AFTERNOON BUT TO REMAIN ON
A NO BOND STATUS UNTIL A
SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE TAKES UP
THIS CASE DURING A PRESS
CONFERENCE THIS MORNING WITH
STATE INVESTIGATORS. GBI
OFFICIALS SAID THE PERSON WHO
SHOT THAT CELL PHONE VIDEO OF
THE DEADLY CONFRONTATION AS
PART OF THEIR INVESTIGATION.
WILLIAM RODDY BRIAN WHO LIVES
DOWN THE STREET FROM THE BANK
MICHAELS SHOT
THE VIDEO POLICE SAY HE CHASED
ARBERY AND TRIED TO
UNSUCCESSFULLY BLOCK HIM WITH
HIS CAR BEFORE FOLLOWING HIM IN
THE LAST MOMENTS OF HIS LIFE.
GBI INVESTIGATORS ALSO SAY THE
CASE WILL GO TO A GRAND JURY.
THE EXPECTED TO GO
TO TRIAL.
>> WE BASE OUR DECISIONS ON 2
THINGS ONE OR FACTS AND THE
OTHER
THE LAW. WHATEVER THE FACTS ARE
WE APPLY THE LAW TO ALLOW LAW
SAYS WHAT THE FACTS ARE AS A
FELONY MURDER THAN WE TAKE THE
WARRANT FOR
I’M VERY COMFORTABLE IN TELLING
YOU THAT THERE’S THERE’S MORE
THAN SUFFICIENT PROBABLE CAUSE
IN THIS CASE.
>> WHEN WE TAKE THIS CASE WHO
RAISED 2. AND IF IT IF
THE WE EXPECT YOU WILL YOU HAVE
TO GO THROUGH A TRIAL. WE’LL
WHO IS OKAY THE LEGAL
PRINCIPLES WILL BE EXPLORING.
BUT THE JUDGE.
>>TARIK MINOR: AS YOU HEARD INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY’RE THEY FEEL AS IF THEY HAVE A VERY
STRONG CASE AGAINST GREGORY IN
TRAVIS MCMICHAEL WANT TO CHECK IN NOW LIVE WITH KELLY WILEY WHO JOINS US NOW MORE WITH MORE
INFORMATION ON THIS
INVESTIGATION AND THE STATE’S
CASE KELLY.
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>> THE DIRECTOR WOULDN’T SAY EXACTLY WHAT NEW ELEMENTS THEY HAVE BUT THEY DID SAY THEY HAD
NEW ELEMENTS FROM THE LAST 2
DAYS AT THE GLYNN COUNTY CASE
DID NOT BE SAID IS THAT THE
FIRST 8 REVIEWING THE
INFORMATION EXCUSE ME FROM THE
FIRST CASE THAT THE GLYNN
COUNTY HAD SET UP AND THEN THEY
CAME INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
STARTED CANVASSING THEY SAY
THEY ALL AGREED THERE
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>> WAS SUFFICIENT PROBABLE
CAUSE TO MAKE ARRESTS.
>> HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED ON THE STEPS OF THE GLYNN COUNTY COURTHOUSE
EARLY FRIDAY. DEMANDING JUSTICE
IN THE DEADLY SHOOTING OF A
LOT ARBERY ALL RIGHT GOOD
MORNING AND MINUTES BEFORE THE
DEMONSTRATION BEGAN THE GEORGIA
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SAID
NEW INFORMATION DISCOVERED OVER
THE LAST
48 HOURS LED TO THE ARREST OF
FATHER AND SON GREGORY AND
TRAVIS MCMICHAEL FOR FELONY
MURDER, THE 2 MEN ARE SEEN IN
THIS GRAPHIC VIDEO CONFRONTING
25 YEAR-OLD ARE BARRY AS HE RAN
DOWN THE STREET ACCORDING TO
REPORTS TRAVIS MCMICHAEL
FATALLY
SHOT HIM GBI DIRECTOR VIC
REYNOLDS, SAYS THEY RECEIVED A
CALL FROM DISTRICT ATTORNEY TOM
DURDEN TUESDAY TO INVESTIGATE
THE CASE DURDEN IS THE 3RD
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ASSIGNED TO
THIS CASE SINCE FEBRUARY
DIRTY CLAIMED HE HAD THE CASE
FILE SINCE APRIL 14TH THE GBI
SAYS IT WAS REQUESTED TO
INVESTIGATE AFTER THE VIDEO WAS
RELEASED NOT MISLEAD TO THE
PUBLIC. DIRECTOR REYNOLDS SAYS
HIS INVESTIGATORS REVIEWED THE
CASE FILE WEDNESDAY AFTER
CANVASSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD
THURSDAY. THE TEAM WARRANTS FOR
THE MCMICHAELS ARREST, WE BASE
OUR DECISIONS ON 2 THINGS ONE
OR FACTS AND THE OTHER
THE LAW.
>> WHATEVER THE FACTS ARE WE
APPLY THE LAW TO ALLOW LAW SAYS
WHAT THE FACTS ARE AS FELONY
MURDER THAN WE TAKE THE
WARRANT FOR I’M VERY
COMFORTABLE IN TELLING YOU THAT
THERE’S THERE’S MORE THAN
SUFFICIENT PROBABLE CAUSE IN
THIS CASE HER FOR FILM
OR NOT.
>> BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT
THE 3RD PERSON BEHIND THE
CAMERA AGAIN A FIGHT IS WILLIAM
RODDY BRIAN GREGORY MCMICHAEL DETAIL TO POLICE THAT BRYANT WAS ATTEMPTING TO BLOCK HIM ON
THAT STREET BUT WAS
UNSUCCESSFUL WE’RE CONTINUING
TO LOOK AT ALL THE EVIDENCE
THEY’RE CONTINUING TO DO THINGS
THAT HAVEN’T BEEN
DONE YET.
>> IT WILL PLAN ON DOING THAT
THE REST OF THE TIME IT TAKES
BEFORE THEY MAKE SOME A
DECISION A CONCLUSION FOR NOT
PROBABLE CAUSE EXIST TO REST
ANY ONE OUT.
>> AND COMING UP AT 6 O’CLOCK WE’VE OBTAINED THE ARREST WARRANTS WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT
THOSE ARREST WARRANTS ARE
TELLING US AND ALSO WE’LL TELL
YOU WHY A HATE CRIME LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT
POSSIBLY BEING AT PLAY IN THIS
CASE BUT WE’RE TELLING YOU WHY
THAT PROBABLY WILL NOT HAPPEN