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Posted: 2022-02-18T22:47:47Z | Updated: 2022-02-18T22:47:47Z

The prosecution and defense both rested Friday in the trial of the three white men charged with a federal hate crime in the murder of Black 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery.

U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood dismissed jurors, who are slated to hear closing arguments Monday in the trial of Greg and Travis McMichael and William Roddie Bryan. The jury will begin deliberations once final arguments are made .

Travis McMichaels former supervisor Joe Mandela testified Friday that he received a call from McMichael on Feb. 23, 2020, the day Arbery was fatally shot. McMichael, who was working as a government contractor for Metson Marine at the time, told Mandela that he had shot and killed someone who was doing break-ins.

Mandela testified that McMichael, 36, told him he had shot Arbery, 25, in self-defense and that he was not being charged in the shooting.

After the video surfaced showing McMichael fatally shooting Arbery at close range, Mandela said he was upset and alerted their employer about the video. McMichaels security badge was then taken away.

A woman who served in the Coast Guard with McMichael said he referred to her as a n****r lover because she dated a Black man. She also said he had made sexually lewd comments toward her.

During their opening arguments, which began Monday, prosecutors presented evidence that Travis McMichael and Bryan had an extensive history of using racial slurs and making racist comments toward Black people. The government argued Arbery was chased down and killed because of the color of his skin.