'DOESN'T LOOK GOOD'
Vid of Ahmaud Arbery suspect ‘covered in blood stains and saying he “just shot a man”‘ near scene of shooting
SHOCKING police footage showed one of the men charged over the death of Ahmaud Arbery covered in blood minutes after he died.
The Glynn County Department released footage which showed Travis McMichael, 34, with blood on his arms moments after died in .
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The 25-year-old black man was shot on February 23, 2020 after allegedly being chased by Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory McMichael.
In the video, can be heard saying that they know McMichael's dad, who is an ex-cop.
During the three-minute clip, he said: "We've had break-ins. And my gun stolen. And we caught him the other day. I saw him running, running by, and the neighbors pointed and everything. "
When the cop asked who he saw running by, Travis said "him" and gestured towards the road, where Arbery's body was lying in the street a few feet away.
"I mean, I just shot a man. Last thing I've ever wanted to do in my life," Travis could be heard saying, according to .
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"I told him to 'stop, stop, stop' until he hit me," he told the officer as he paced back and forth. "There was nothing else I could do.
"I want it [the investigation] done right. It just doesn't look good," McMichael added, before again claiming Arbery "struck me a few times" in the face.
Towards the end of the video, the female cop asked a stressed-looking McMichael: "Did he [Gregory McMichael] retire about a year ago?"
"June," he replied before asking her for some water.
In the video, McMichael Sr can be heard repeatedly mentioning his police connections, which the prosecution has said was an attempt to "obstruct justice."
He told the responding officers his revolver is "Glynn County-issued" and touted his experience with law enforcement.
Prosecutors alleged that he said these things "in the hopes that this will impact what investigators were doing at the time."
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Arbery's mom, Wanda Cooper-Jones, was visibly emotional when she viewed the clip for the first time at the hearing.
Three Georgia men have now been charged with federal hate crimes in the attempted kidnapping and death of Arbery.
A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia indicted the three men on hate crimes and charged two of them with separate counts of using firearms during Arbery's attempted kidnapping.
Travis McMichael, his father Gregory, and their friend William "Roddie" Bryan, 51, were charged each with one count of interference with rights and with one count of attempted kidnapping.
Travis, 35, and his father, 65, were charged with one count each of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Travis even discharged his.
The first two counts allege each defendant used force and the threat of force to intimidate Arbery and interfere with his right to use a public street due to his race.
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Count One of the indictment alleges that both McMichaels armed themselves with firearms solely because Arbery was running on a public street in the Satilla Shores neighborhood of Brunswick, Georgia.
The father and son then got into a truck and chased Arbery through the neighborhood while yelling at him and used their truck to cut him off while threatening him with guns.
The first count also alleges that "the offense results in Arbery's death," a release from the Justice Department.
Both counts allege the three men "used force and threats of force to intimidate and interfere with Arbery’s right to use a public street because of his race."
The second alleges Bryan joined the two McMichaels in chasing Arbery and used his truck to drive the jogger off-route.
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The third count alleges all three men "attempted to unlawfully seize and confine Arbery by chasing after him in their trucks in an attempt to restrain him, restrict his free movement, corral and detain him against his will, and prevent his escape."
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The fourth and fifth counts allege that Travis discharged a Remington shotgun and his father brandished a .357 Magnum revolver during their alleged crimes against Arbery.
The three men were also charged in state proceedings with a charge each of felony and malice murder in addition to aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and criminal attempt to commit a felony.
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