Posted on 05/11/2020 4:18:03 PM PDT by bort
"Numerous surveillance videos going back to October, 2019 show Ahmaud Arbery walking through the new construction site at night (screenshot below)."
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I think I read that the McMichaels owned the house he walked into.
Looks like he didn’t break anything to get in, just walked in through the unfinished walls, looked around and left. Didn’t take anything.
It’s clear he was a thief, and was “casing the joint” as Jimmy Cagney might say.
There are still questions about why the “Neighborhood Watch” is armed and has the legal right to detain people using weapons. Can anyone who knows Georgia law tell me if this is normal?
No, that’s not accurate. The home under construction is owned by a guy named L. English, who lives in another city. The McMichaels lived two doors down, where Arbery sprinted by them after running out of the house.
Maybe he was working for HGTV and was scouting locations.
I don’t know anyone who goes jogging in timberland bots.
And what about the still photos of him burglarizing the same house in October. Don’t you think that his intention of reentering the home in February was to burglarize it again?
Others have claimed the still photos are of someone else.
Ask any construction company about stolen tools. It almost never happens during work hours.
First, anybody in Georgia can arrest anyone based on “probable cause” that a crime has been committed which occurs in your presence or your “immediate knowledge.” Doesn’t matter if the crime is a misdemeanor or felony.
Second, the type of force that can be used to effectuate an arrest has to be reasonable. The more serious the crime, the more force that can be used.
Third, IMO, this case doesn’t even involve an “arrest” as the defendants did not subdue Arbery and he did not submit to authority.
Fourth, in GA, you can carry a loaded shotgun in the street. Carrying a loaded shotgun and saying “Stop, I want to talk with you” is not a crime and it is not an arrest. Is it the smartest thing to do? No. But it does not give a fleeing criminal suspect the right to attack and try to grab a gun.
This is just another case where a black guy, due to his own actions ends up dead. When he saw that the McMichaels were following him, he could have easily dodged between houses and most likely easily lost them. He may have also called the cops himself and reported two guys following him. Instead, he decided to attack a guy armed with a shotgun. That’s never a good idea. Were the McMichaels wrong to follow him around like that? It’s really not a good idea for civilians to do what they did, they should have just left it to the cops. Or, they could have just followed him and kept the cops posted as to where he was.
This is not much different than the Zimmerman-Martin case.
Shh!!! Don’t tell the family lawyers that he was auditioning for HGTV. They will probably run with it!
Sadly, the only acceptable result in this mess to a certain segment(including some on here), is going to be a guilty verdict no matter what the circumstances. And that still won’t be good enough. Probably some polar bear hunts will help quell the rabble. Going vigilante is NOT always the best choice.
Not accurate. He was not running in boots. That picture is deformed and makes it appear he has boots on. However, he WAS NOT a JOGGER. He was wearing cargo pants hanging down his ass with a belt on. Nobody jogs in that outfit.
So what is the justification for blowing the unarmed trespasser away with a 12 gauge, in the street, not on the said prop ?
worthy of street style execution?
Yeah, checking the goods during daylight and perhaps planning to return with friends or a vehicle overnight.
Unfortunately for the “others” who say the still photos aren’t him, my understanding is that some of these photos have pictures of the suspect’s tattoos. And a little bird told me that those tattoos match Arbery’s tattoos. FWIW, unless he has a twin, the October burglar has the exact same build, exact same CLOTHING (!), and exact same hairstyle.
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