>> Ahmaud Arbery was gunned down by the McMichaels, Travis and Gregory McMichaels. And what they
claimed was that they saw Arbery going into homes and suspected him to be someone connected
to a string of burglaries in the area. Now, let me be clear about one thing before we
move on with the rest of the details.
There were no reports of a string of burglaries in the area. However, a video has emerged
showing Arbery walking into a construction site.
>> We have some new imagery that's come to light. I should point out, this really is
not new, it is additional footage. The investigators have had this for some time and the GBI admits
that they saw this footage even before they went out and made the arrest of the McMichaels
rather.
And what this video shows is Ahmaud Arbery, on the day that he died, inside of a house
under construction, it's surveillance video. You see that briefly, he walks around a bit
and then he goes out and continues his run through the neighborhood. He doesn't take
anything, and the most trouble he would be in would be, I guess for trespassing.
That is not a felony offense, and it would not justify the citizen's arrest law or hot
pursuit. >> Yeah.
>> So that's the video that conservatives are now latching onto, as a justification
for gunning someone down in cold blood. But I wanna know that, that construction site
was a construction site.
And many people, myself included, have done the exact same thing that Arbery is seen doing
in that video. He didn't take anything. The owner of the property made it abundantly clear
that he wasn't robbed. He wasn't burglarized. The owner is Larry English and he said the
following to the press, I've never had a police report or anything stolen from my property,
or any kind of robbery.
English says it's not likely his family will move into the home due to death threats that
he's now getting. He has also voiced condolences to Arbery's mother, saying quote, I don't
think anybody should ever have to lose a child, it's not supposed to be that way. So English
hasn't done anything wrong.
He's not one of these people who's accusing Arbery of stealing anything or burglarizing
homes. He's just the unfortunate person who owns the property that was under construction.
And he wanted to let people know that nothing was stolen from him.
>> All right, so first of all, what that video shows Arbery doing is nothing.
It's literally the opposite of evidence that they're looking for. They're saying, they
were chasing him down cuz they thought he was a burglar, except the video shows he didn't
take anything. So they didn't say that they were chasing him down for trespassing, and
if it's earlier in the same day, and their theory is that he burglarized the place, when
he's jogging, he doesn't have anything on him.
So you saw it, there's sheet rock, there's stuff like that. You'd see the sheet rock
if he was running away with it. So none of this makes any sense. By the way if you really
actually do suspect someone of committing burglary and you're really concerned about
it, there is a thing called 911 where you actually call real police instead of going
out with a shot gun and seeing what happens.
>> Right. >> So that's insanity. Secondly, there are
now white people all over the neighborhood contacting the family's attorney, contacting
Shaun King saying, I did the same exact thing, I went into that same construction site, I
looked around because we were curious, cuz we live in the neighborhood.
By the way, Arbery, I think he lives around a mile from there. So I've done the same thing
that you said, I jog, and sometimes I'll see something interesting and I'll look for a
second. >> Yeah, yeah.
>> And none of us have ever gotten murdered for it.
>> I'll give you a specific example. There was this incredibly beautiful building in
West Hollywood. It was like a pre war building called El Mirador. And this very unsavoury
developer purchased the building and then evicted all the people who are living there.
But I always found it a fascinating building because of its architecture.
So when I knew that no one was living there and that it was gonna be under construction,
I looked through the windows because I wanted to see what does the architecture inside look
like? What is the design, it's just Interesting stuff. To then be shot and killed, without
any questions whatsoever, is just so disturbing and so disgusting.
And the McMichaels lied about how there's been a string of burglaries in the area because
there are no reports, no police reports, nothing, that indicated that that was happening. And
Jake, you mentioned 911. That McMichaels actually did call 911, and I want you guys to pay close
attention to how this conversation went, because the 911 dispatcher makes it clear that she
needs to know if Arbery is in the process of committing a crime.
And the McMichaels make it clear that no he's not. So let's listen in on the first clip
of this 911 call. >> There's a guy in a house right now, it's
a house that's under construction. >> I mean, do you have your address, or do
you have that house's address?
>> Right at 219 or 220 Satilla Drive. >> And you said someone is breaking into it
right now? >> No, it's all open, it's under construction.
And he's running right now. There he goes right now.
>> Okay, what is he doing? >> He's running down the street.
>> Take it easy.
>> Back up for any officers. >> Is there anybody back there?
>> Okay, that's fine I'll get them out there. I just need to know what he was doing wrong.
Was he just on the premises he's not supposed to be?
>> And he's been caught on camera a bunch before tonight.
Kind of an ongoing thing out here. The man that's building the house is not here, he's
not even finished it. >> Okay, that's fine. And you said it was
a male in a black t-shirt? >> No, white t-shirt, black guy, white t-shirt.
And he's done run back through to the neighborhood.
>> So you heard the 911 dispatcher there. I just need to know what he's doing wrong,
because simply being on a construction site is not a crime.
>> Yeah, so, as you listen to that 911 tape, it clearly reminds you of something, at least
it reminds me of something, Trayvon Martin.
George Zimmerman calls 911, says I have a suspicious black guy. They're like, what was
he doing. He's like I don't know. He's like, I'm gonna go pursue. They're like, don't,
don't pursue. And Zimmerman decides to pursue with a weapon, shoots him dead. He was innocent.
Very similar here.
911 is like, well, what's he doing wrong? And they're like I don't know, he's running.
Yeah people run through their neighborhood all the time, it's called jogging. And they
pursue him anyway with weapons. And they murder him, in cold blood, in the middle of the day.
So stop pursuing people just because they're black, and don't pursue them with a weapon,
and when you call 911, let them handle it.
Exactly, and that's unfortunately not what happened here. And we have one more audio
clip from the 911 call, let's take a listen to that.
>> 911, what's your emergency? >> I'm out here at Satilla Shores. There's
a black male running down the street. >> Where at Satilla Shores?
>> I don't know what street we're on. Stop right there! Dammit! Stop! Travis!
>> Sir, hello? Sir? Sir, where are you at? Hello? Hello?
>> So look, I think it's important to see all the details and hear all the evidence
because what the McMichaels are alleging, in their defense, is that they were conducting
a citizen's arrest.
But as we've already said on the show multiple times, what they did does not follow, or does
not qualify as a citizen's arrest. You have to see the person in the process of committing
a crime in order for that to qualify as a citizen's arrest, and you're not allowed to
shoot and kill the person.
An arrest is different from a murder, obviously. >> Yeah. I've jogged in neighborhoods for
decades. And I don't know how many different things I looked at. But I never got followed
with a shotgun. And so many people jog in that neighborhood, they never get followed
with a shotgun.
You follow somebody with a shotgun, at some point you might use it. And so, for God's
sake man, stop shooting unarmed black people. I don't care if they were jogging or barbecuing
or mowing the lawn or at an Airbnb, so many different times, either they call the cops
on people, or worse yet, they pursue it on their own and kill people.
It happened again in this case. How long can people continue to be outraged by this and
it still continues? Our government has to actually protect its own citizens. And yes,
sometimes from people who want to take the law into their own hands. And it's so often
we have completely unequal justice in this country.
The prosecutors had these videos the whole time. And they didn't do anything after all
this public pressure. >> They did nothing.
>> Sickening.