Prosecutor says defendants attacked Arbery because he was Black
Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski began her closing argument by telling the jury that the three defendants chased and killed Arbery based on "assumptions and decisions" made in their driveways based on rumor and neighborhood gossip.
"The state's position is all three of these defendants made assumptions, made assumptions about what was going on that day and they made their decision to attack Ahmaud Arbery in their driveways because he was a Black man running down the street," Dunikoski said.
She stressed that the "bottom line" is that the defendants assumed Arbery had committed a crime "because he was running real fast down the street."
"They did not call 911. They wanted to stop him and 'question' him before they called 911," she said. "How do we know that? Because that is what they told the police that night."
She asked the jury to closely consider the evidence she said shows beyond reasonable doubt that the men committed murder.
"This is your search for the truth," Dunikoski told the jury. "You are Glynn County."
