'You had no choice. This guy's an a**hole': How ex-cop father consoled his son, 35, after he'd shot dead unarmed black jogger Ahmaud Arbery: Murder trial enters fourth day
The ex-cop on trial for Ahmaud Arbery’s murder consoled his son after the fatal shooting of the unarmed jogger, according to evidence presented to a Georgia court on Monday.
'You had no choice,' ex-cop Gregory McMichael, 65, told his son, Travis McMichael, 35, body camera footage revealed.
The video showed McMichael place his hands on his son's shoulder while Arbery, 25, - who had been shot three times - laid on the pavement, bleeding.
Additional body camera footage, presented in court Tuesday, also suggested that the elder McMichael wanted to shoot Arbery.
'To be perfectly honest with you, if I could have gotten a shot at the guy, I'd have shot him myself,' McMichael told Officer Jeff Brandeberry, according to a transcript of the cop's body-camera footage that was read aloud.
McMichael added: 'This ain't no shuffler. This guy's an a**hole.'
Officer-worn body camera footage presented in court this week showed Gregory McMichael, 65, (left) consoling his son, Travis McMichael (right), after the 35-year-old shot Ahmaud Arbery
'You had no choice,' ex-cop Gregory McMichael (left) told Travis McMichael (right), as he placed his hands on his son's shoulders
Glenn County Police Detective Parker Marcy also took the stand on Tuesday, alleging that hours after the incident, McMichael admitted he was carrying a pistol and prepared to shoot Arbery.
'I said, 'Stop, you know, I'll blow your f*****g head off or something,'' McMichael said, according to a transcript of the conversation of his conversation with Marcy.
'I was trying to convey to this guy we were not playing.'
Arbery was chased and shot Feb. 23, 2020, after he was spotted running in the suburban neighborhood of Satilla Shores, located just outside the port city of Brunswick. The ex-cop on trial for Ahmaud Arbery’s murder consoled his son after the fatal shooting of the unarmed jogger, according to evidence presented to a Georgia court on Monday.
'You had no choice,' ex-cop Gregory McMichael, 65, told his son, Travis McMichael, 35, body camera footage revealed.
The video showed McMichael place his hands on his son's shoulder while Arbery, 25, - who had been shot three times - laid on the pavement, bleeding.
Additional body camera footage, presented in court Tuesday, also suggested that the elder McMichael wanted to shoot Arbery.
'To be perfectly honest with you, if I could have gotten a shot at the guy, I'd have shot him myself,' McMichael told Officer Jeff Brandeberry, according to a transcript of the cop's body-camera footage that was read aloud.
McMichael added: 'This ain't no shuffler. This guy's an a**hole.'
Officer-worn body camera footage presented in court this week showed Gregory McMichael, 65, (left) consoling his son, Travis McMichael (right), after the 35-year-old shot Ahmaud Arbery
'You had no choice,' ex-cop Gregory McMichael (left) told Travis McMichael (right), as he placed his hands on his son's shoulders
Glenn County Police Detective Parker Marcy also took the stand on Tuesday, alleging that hours after the incident, McMichael admitted he was carrying a pistol and prepared to shoot Arbery.
'I said, 'Stop, you know, I'll blow your f*****g head off or something,'' McMichael said, according to a transcript of the conversation of his conversation with Marcy.
'I was trying to convey to this guy we were not playing.'
Arbery was chased and shot Feb. 23, 2020, after he was spotted running in the suburban neighborhood of Satilla Shores, located just outside the port city of Brunswick. 
This image from video posted on Twitter in May 2020, purports to show Ahmaud Arbery stumbling and falling to the ground after being shot by Travis McMichael
Police photographs presented in court Monday showed bloodstains on the asphalt (left) and Travis McMichael's pump-action 12-gauge shotgun lying on grass near Arbery's body (right)
Father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael armed themselves and used a pickup truck to pursue Arbery after they spotted him running in their neighborhood.
A neighbor, William 'Roddie' Bryan, 52, joined the chase and took cellphone video of Travis McMichael shooting Arbery in the street at close range.
During the hearing, the jury was also presented with several photos police took of Travis McMichael in the moments after he shot Arbery.
The pictures show the younger McMichael with the jogger's blood on his hands and arms as well as spattering his shirt, face and neck.
On Tuesday, the jury was presented with several photos police took of Travis McMichael after the shooting (pictured) 
The jury was shown a pictured of Travis McMichael covered in Ahmaud Arbery's blood
Travis McMichael (left), Gregory McMichael (center) and William Bryan Jr. (right) have all pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, aggravated assault and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment
Officer William Duggan, who also responded to the scene, said when he approached the younger McMichael, he was covered in blood, saying, 'I'm not okay.'
Gregory McMichael also had Arbery's blood on his right hand, police have testified.
Brandeberry said, when he arrived on the scene shortly after the fatal shooting, that McMichael told him he got the blood on himself because he moved Arbery's arm - as he lay prone on the ground - to check him for a weapon.
'I didn't know if he (Arbery) had a weapon or not. I don't take any chances,' McMichael told the officer, explaining why he touched the body, Brandeberry recalled.
The McMichaels and Bryan have all pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, aggravated assault and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.
The jury, which the prosecution alleges is disproportionately white, enters the fourth day of testimony ion Wednesday.
The 12 juror panel includes only one black juror. Despite objections from the prosecution, Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley allowed the jury to be sworn in.
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