Godboy
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The authorities saw the video and knew the shooting was justified. Your weird opinions about citizen arrests are just as irrelevant as your paranoid delusions about a cover up.There is video of the attack.You left out the main part. He was seen fleeing a house under construction THAT DAY, just before the confrontation.Actually they did not accost him over nothing, they identified him as a man that was breaking into local homes and sought to question him. He it seems chose confrontation and attempted to take a shotgun. The cops and DA by now have reviewed the evidence including any video proof and appear at this time to believe the man and son.Who said he was jogging?According to the police report, Gregory McMichael, who was armed with a .357 Magnum handgun, and his son Travis, who was armed with a shotgun, attempted to interrupt Arbery’s run twice. During the first attempt Travis drove down Buford Road and tried unsuccessfully to cut off Arbery with the truck, the report says. During the second attempt Arbery had been “running back in the direction from which he came,” the report said. Travis McMichael again tried to cut Arbery off with the truck without any success, according to the report.
Travis McMichael then pulled up beside Arbery and again made it known they wanted to talk, the report says. At that point, Travis McMichael exited the vehicle, shotgun in hand, according to the police report.
Seriously??? No charges were brought against the two white guys? I jog all the time through different neighborhoods. So someone who wants to interrogate you is allowed to cut you off with their vehicle, then stop and pursue you with a shot gun? WTF????
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No Charges Two Months After White Father and Son Chase Down, Fatally Shoot Black Man Running In South Georgia Neighborhood
The fatal shooting of a 25-year-old Black man in a South Georgia neighborhood remains under investigation, with no charges filed, despite a father’satlantablackstar.com
Irrelevant. He can just go stand on the corner, walk up and down the street 100 times, run as fast as he can or whatever. Doesn't mean these guys have a right to harass him. The law about citizen's arrest is bullshit. There was no evidence of a crime committed. Sure as hell sounds like something is being covered up.
No. They think he resembled someone who was committing robberies. From the article,
"Ahmaud Arbery was jogging when Gregory McMichael spotted him and thought he resembled a suspect in a string of recent break-ins."
The white guys had no right to stop him. Certainly by cutting him off several times and stopping him with a gun in hand they were harassing him. The white guys had no right to stop and question him. Go read up on citizen's arrest here,
What You Need to Know About Making a Citizen's Arrest
Department of Justice Canada's Internet sitewww.justice.gc.ca
There's nothing about what the white guys did that even remotely resembles a citizen's arrest. There was no crime being committed at the moment, nor was there a crime commited just before they saw him.
Fleeing the house under construction with what? As the dispatcher asked the 911 caller, what was he doing wrong? Was his only crime he was on premises he wasn't supposed to be on? The caller admitted the site was wide open. Furthermore, how do the two white guys know what he as doing? All Arbery did was run past them and he happened to look like someone they thought was a suspect for previous burglaries. So dial 911, right? These guys thought it was smart to go grab their guns, hop in their pickup truck and pursue this guy cutting him off several times while running? The father used to be a cop. No doubt this father was familiar with the George Zimmerman case. If for some reason Arbery did attack these guys when they got out of their truck with guns I don't blame him. But I seriously doubt it happened that way. Something was said and no doubt these guys pursued him in a very aggressive way. Their actions and lack of common sense in a situation like this led to Arbery's death. Voluntary manslaughter at least.
Yes I've heard. But it's not public so we may never really know what happened. But, it really doesn't matter what is on that video. It's a fact that the two white guys merely saw him run by. Arbery was not breaking and entering at that moment, if he ever was that day (it was 1pm in the afternoon), nor was he attacking anyone. A neighbor told the dispatcher he was walking through a open construction area. So, as we know, Travis and his father grab their guns (Yea, that's a smart thing to do when you're not in any way shape or form being threatened) and chase Arbery down cutting him off several times in an attempt to stop him. That in itself is harassment and intimidating. The son stops and gets out of the truck with his gun. (I'm sure the son was being polite at this moment, Ha!) What the hell is Arbery supposed to think at this moment??? What happens after that is irrelevant. The two white already crossed the line and threatened Arbery. This did not resemble a citizen's arrest at all, more like a posse hunting someone down.
They claim Arbery "violently attacked" the son Travis. I highly question it's that straightforward given Arbery knew Travis had a gun. Arbery was 25, liked to stay in shape, and played football in highschool. If Arbery violently attacks, does Travis win that fight for the gun? But, what I really want to know is, how does Travis get Arbery off of him to maneuver a shotgun in position to fire two shots at Arbery. Most shotgun barrels are 18 inches or longer and are greater than 26 inches in overall length for the entire gun. Where was the father in all of this who is an ex-cop and should be trained in these situations?
This whole story stinks to high heaven. This isn't a clear cut case like Michael Brown and the whole "hands up don't shoot" lie where the cop clearly had a right to fire his weapon. This story is full of holes, bad decisions by the shooters and what appears to be prosecutors covering for an ex-cop.