Justice For Terence McArdle: Brandon Threet Crime

What Brandon Threet said at trial:

"I just wanted to give him a concussion"
"I am pretty sure I kicked him like in the side of his head"
Sgt Hughie asked, "Did you kick him pretty hard?" Threet answered, "Yeah, I imagine, I was pretty angry"
"I wasn't angry or anything after I kicked him"

Closing statement of DA John Bradley:

"It was not a fight, it was not an accident, it was an ambush"
Three times Terence declined to trade punches with Brandon Threet on the chest, Terence finally agreed, but Brandon Threet struck him in the head instead.
A bystander tried to pull Brandon Threet off Terence while Terence was on the ground.
Brandon Threet broke away and charged the bystander and then returned to kick Terence in the head.
The sound and the image of the kick was caught on the video.
Brandon Threet left Terence on the ground, headed out the door, went directly to his car and ran away to hide.

Read the full Trial Closing Statement transcript here...