On Thursday afternoon, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. 50, who caught the last moments of Arbery’s life on his cellphone.
The 30-second video taken by Bryan shows 25-year-old Arbery running down the street and encountering ex-cop Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis McMichael, 34, both white.
“We are going to continue to push for the arrest of William Bryan for recording and participating in the ambush of Ahmaud Arbery,” S. Lee Merritt, one of the attorneys for Arbery’s family, told CNN’s Don Lemon.
But the lawyer representing Bryan says his client should be credited with drawing attention to Arbery’s case through the video.
“Without Roddie Bryan, there would be no video of the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery,” Kevin Gough, Bryan’s lawyer, wrote in a statement, according to the New York Times.
