特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔周四回到证人席上，在检察官的盘问下重复了这一点Ahmaud Arbery在他、他的父亲和他们的邻居追赶Arbery的五分钟里，他从未口头威胁过他，也从未挥舞过武器，直到McMichael开枪打死了他。

检察官琳达·杜尼可斯基试图通过让35岁的麦克迈克尔承认他当天告诉警方的事情不一致来破坏他的可信度枪击事件以及他在周三直接作证时告诉佐治亚州布伦瑞克陪审团的话。

“你在给警方的陈述中，一次也没有说过你和你父亲试图逮捕阿贝里先生吗?”Dunikoski在询问了被告在海岸警卫队期间可能的原因后问道。

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被告特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔在法庭上为杀害艾哈迈德·阿贝里作证...

特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔承认，在他的所有陈述中，他都没有告诉警方他和他的父亲试图对阿尔贝里进行公民逮捕。他还承认，他怀疑另一个人在2020年1月1日从他的卡车上偷了一支手枪，他还猜测是这个人，而不是阿贝里，对他在布伦瑞克附近的萨提亚海岸社区的犯罪激增负责。

Dunikoski盘问了Travis McMichael，询问他为什么怀疑Arbery在杀人当天入室盗窃正在建造的房屋，并在挂图上写下了一系列假设和陈述，其中他说“也许”一个邻居在未完工的房屋里看到了他，“也许”他破门而入，“也许”他是在逃避犯罪，“也许”Arbery是在作案时被抓的。

特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔作证说，他的怀疑是基于所有的情况，包括2020年2月11日在他附近的建筑工地与一名男子的短暂相遇，这名男子原来是Arbery，他认为这名男子携带武器，因为他把手伸进了裤子里。

特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔、他65岁的父亲格雷戈里·麦克迈克尔和他们的邻居、53岁的威廉·罗德迪·布莱恩对谋杀、严重袭击和企图非法监禁的指控不认罪。

对杰西·杰克逊牧师的控诉

在特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔周四的证词中，杰西·杰克逊牧师和阿贝里的父母坐在法庭旁听席上，提出了布莱恩的律师凯文·高夫最近几次反对的最新意见，即著名的黑人部长出现在法庭上是试图恐吓陪审团。

沃尔姆斯利法官说，他已经对戈夫禁止黑人部长进入法庭的动议作出了两次裁决，认为他们没有破坏诉讼程序。

审判进行期间，数百名黑人部长周四在法院外举行了祈祷守夜活动，这显然是对高夫抱怨的回应。

追逐

2020年2月23日，杜尼可斯基让特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔注意到他和他的父亲格雷戈里·麦克迈克尔对阿贝瑞的追求，这是在他的父亲看到阿贝瑞跑过他们的家，导致他们两人抢夺枪支后开始的。

在周三的直接证词中，特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔作证说，他拿着猎枪走出家门，看到一个邻居指着他的方向，好像在示意他看到年轻的黑人在哪里跑。

特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔(Travis McMichael)周四作证说，在他和他的父亲带着枪跳进卡车并在Arbery之后出发之前，他从未去和邻居谈过发生的事情。

他作证说，他三次开车靠近阿贝里，要求他停止跑步，这样他就可以和他说话，但每次，阿贝里都不停地跑，从来不和他说一句话，并改变路线，显然是想逃离麦克迈克尔家。

“当你第一次看到他时，他没有把手伸进口袋?”杜尼可斯基问。

特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔回答说:“不，夫人。”

杜尼可斯基继续她的提问，说，“他从来没有对你们大喊大叫，从来没有威胁过你们?”

特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔回应道:“不要口头威胁我。”

他同意阿伯里在追捕过程中从未挥舞过刀、枪或手里拿过任何东西，并作证说，“他只是在逃跑。”

Travis McMichael testifies Ahmaud Arbery never verbally threatened him or pulled weapon

Travis McMichael returned to the witness stand on Thursday and under cross-examination from the prosecutor repeated thatAhmaud Arberynever verbally threatened him or brandished a weapon during the five minutes he, his father and their neighbor chased Arbery before McMichael fatally shot him.

Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski attempted to undermine the 35-year-old McMichael's credibility by getting him to concede to inconsistencies between what he told police the day ofthe shootingand what he told the Brunswick, Georgia, jury during his direct testimony on Wednesday.

"Not once in your statement to police did you say that you and your father were trying to arrest Mr. Arbery?" Dunikoski asked after inquiring about the defendant's training on probable cause during his time in the Coast Guard.

Travis McMichael acknowledged that in none of his statements did he tell police that he and his father were attempting to make a citizens' arrest of Arbery. He also conceded that he had suspected another individual of stealing a pistol from his truck on Jan. 1, 2020, and that he had also surmised that person, not Arbery, was the one responsible for a spike in crime in his Satilla Shores neighborhood near Brunswick.

Dunikoski grilled Travis McMichael on why he suspected Arbery of burglarizing a home under construction on the day of the killing, writing on a flipchart a series of assumptions and statements in which he said "maybe" a neighbor had seen him in the unfinished home, "maybe" he had broken in, "maybe" he was running from a crime, "maybe" Arbery had been caught in the act.

Travis McMichael testified that he based his suspicions on a totality of circumstances, including a brief encounter at the construction site in his neighborhood he had on Feb. 11, 2020, with a man that turned out to be Arbery, whom he thought was armed because he reached into his pants.

Travis McMichael, his 65-year-old father, Gregory McMichael, and their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, 53, have pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, aggravated assault and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.

Complaint about Rev. Jesse Jackson

During Travis McMichael's testimony on Thursday, the Rev. Jesse Jackson sat in the courtroom gallery with Arbery's parents, raising the latest of several recent objections from Bryan's attorney, Kevin Gough, that the presence of prominent Black ministers in the court was an attempt to intimidate the jury.

Judge Walmsley said he has already ruled twice on Gough's motions to bar the Black ministers from the courtroom, finding that they have not been disruptive to the proceedings.

In an apparent reaction to Gough's complaints, hundreds of Black ministers held a prayer vigil outside the courthouse on Thursday as the trial was going on.

The chase

Dunikoski directed Travis McMichael's attention to the pursuit of Arbery that he and his father, Gregory McMichael, initiated after his dad saw Arbery running past their home on Feb. 23, 2020, causing them both to grab their guns.

During his direct testimony on Wednesday, Travis McMichael testified that he walked out of his house with his shotgun and saw a neighbor pointing in his direction as if signaling where he saw the young Black man running.

Travis McMichael testified on Thursday that at no time did he go and speak to the neighbor about what had occurred before he and his father jumped in his truck with their guns and set out after Arbery.

He testified that he drove close enough to Arbery on three separate occasions to ask him to stop running so he could speak to him, but in each instance, Arbery kept running, never said a word to him and altered his course in an apparent attempt to get away from the McMichaels.

"When you first see him, he's not reaching into his pockets?" Dunikoski asked.

Travis McMichael answered, "No, ma'am."

Dunikoski continued her line of questioning, saying, "And he never yelled at you guys, never threatened you at all?"

Travis McMichael responded, "Did not threaten me verbally."

He agreed that Abery never brandished a knife, gun, or had anything in his hands at any time during the pursuit, testifying, "He was just running."