Ahmaud Arbery 'may have been looking for drink of water' when he visited construction site near where he was killed - as new video shows multiple people wandered around the property the day of the shooting
Ahmaud Arbery may have been looking for a drink of water when he wandered into a construction site just before he was killed, the property's lawyer has said.
J. Elizabeth Graddy, the attorney for homeowner Larry English, said surveillance footage showing a young black man who looks like Arbery walking through the premises on two other occasions suggests he may have been looking for a faucet during his run on February 23.
The water sources are not visible in the cameras, but Graddy says his movement suggests he would be moving to and from where they are located.
She revealed her theory as more video emerged showing multiple people visited the construction site on the day Arbery was gunned down - prompting his legal team to question why he was the only one considered a 'criminal'.
On Friday, Graddy released four security camera videos - three from December 17 and one from February 11 - showing a man who looks like Arbery wearing a T-shirt and shorts and walking through the site.
J. Elizabeth Graddy, the attorney for homeowner Larry English, released videos that showed a black man walk onto the site. His movements, she suggests, show he was trying to find a water faucet on the premises to get a drink
The lawyer's statements come after the lawyer for Arbery's family, S Lee Merritt, released new video that showed 'frequent visitors' on the site where Arbery visited
'It now appears that this young man may have been coming onto the property for water,' J. Elizabeth Graddy, the attorney for homeowner Larry English, said in a statement. 'There is a water source at the dock behind the house as well as a source near the front of the structure.
'Although these water sources do not appear within any of the cameras´ frames, the young man moves to and from their locations.'
The lawyer's statements come after the lawyer for Arbery's family, S. Lee Merritt, released new video that showed 'frequent visitors' on the site where Arbery visited.
'New video shows there were frequent visitors on the construction site where Ahmaud was seen leaving on the day he was killed both day & night,' the lawyer said in a post that showed two people making their way onto the property.
'Ahmaud Arbery seems to be the only one who was presumed to be a criminal and ultimately the only one murdered based on that presumption.'
In another clip, two young boys can be seen making their way onto the property as well.
'New video shows there were frequent visitors on the construction site where Ahmaud was seen leaving on the day he was killed both day & night,' the lawyer said in a post. 'Ahmaud Arbery seems to be the only one who was presumed to be a criminal and ultimately the only one murdered based on that presumption'
In one undated clip, two young boys can be seen making their way onto the property
'More alleged “trespassers” entering the construction site where Ahmaud Arbery was last seen before his murder. These children were not implicated in any crimes due to their presence at this location. No white person ever was,' Merritt said in the follow up post.
Arbery was killed February 23 in a pursuit by a white father and son who armed themselves after the 25-year-old black man ran past their yard just outside the port city of Brunswick.
Right before the chase, Arbery was recorded inside an open-framed home being built on the same street.
Arbery was killed Feb. 23 in a pursuit by a white father and son who armed themselves after the 25-year-old black man ran past their yard just outside the port city of Brunswick. Right before the chase, Arbery was recorded inside an open-framed home being built on the same street
Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, have been jailed on murder charges since May 7.
The elder McMichael told police he suspected Arbery was responsible for recent break-ins in the neighborhood.
He also said Arbery attacked his son before he was shot.
Arbery's mother has said she believes her son was merely out jogging.
Defense lawyers for Gregory McMichael said Friday that they have examined evidence that 'tells a very different story' about Arbery and the two men charged with killing him. Attorney Laura Hogue told reporters: 'There is more than one video of the incident.'
Arbery's mother has said she believes her son was merely out jogging
She did not give any specifics. A roughly 40-second cellphone video of the shooting was leaked online last week, a day before the McMichaels were charged the felony murder and aggravated assault.
The video fueled a national outcry not just over the killing but also that more than two months passed before arrests were made.
Attorney Franklin Hogue, hired to defend Gregory McMichael along with his law partner wife, said more details would be revealed at a preliminary court hearing that he plans to request soon.
'The truth will reveal this is not just another act of violent racism,' Franklin Hogue told a news conference outside the couple's Macon office. 'Greg McMichael did not commit murder. Greg McMichael is not a party to the crime of murder.'
Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, have been jailed on murder charges since May 7
Attorneys for Arbery's parents have said security camera video from the same home construction site Feb. 23 shows Arbery on the property right before the shooting. They also say the footage shows Arbery committing no crimes.
'There were frequently people on the construction site both day and night,' attorneys for Arbery's parents said in a statement Friday. 'Ahmaud Arbery seems to be the only one who was presumed to be a criminal and ultimately the only one murdered based on that assumption.'
Travis McMichael, 34, called 911 to report a possible trespasser on English's property the night of Feb. 11, less than two weeks before Arbery was shot. He described a 'black male, red shirt and white shorts.'
'When I turned around and saw him and backed up, he reached into his pocket and ran into the house,' Travis McMichael told the 911 operator. 'So I don´t know if he´s armed or not. But he looked like, he was acting like he was.'
Ahmaud Arbery 'may have been looking for drink of water' when he visited construction site near where he was killed - as new video shows multiple people wandered around the property the day of the shooting
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