Posted on 05/25/2020 8:57:20 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
He was at a crossroads, his life stretching out before him, his troubles largely behind him. He had enrolled at South Georgia Technical College, preparing to become an electrician, just like his uncles. But first, he decided, he would take a break. College could wait until the fall.
To help keep his head clear, he ran, just about every day. Off hed go, out of the doors of his mothers house, down the long street toward Fancy Bluff Road. Then would come the right turn onto the two-lane road lined by oak trees draped with Spanish moss.
About a mile and a half into his usual route, Ahmaud Arbery would cross the four lanes of Jekyll Island Causeway into the subdivision of Satilla Shores.
Three months ago, at the age of 25, he ran through Satilla Shores for the final time.
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Before Arberys name joined a litany of hashtags bearing young black mens names, he was a skinny kid whose dreams of an NFL career didnt pan out. Those who knew him speak of a seemingly bottomless reservoir of kindness he used to encourage others, of an easy smile and infectious laughter that could lighten just about any situation.
They also acknowledge the legal troubles that cropped up after high school five years of probation for carrying a gun onto the high school campus in 2013, a year after graduation, and shoplifting from a Walmart store in 2017, a charge that extended that probation up until the time of his death.
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140 Boykin.
Currently up for sale
Looks like he lived about two miles away. Try again.
Right. Read again. I'm pointing out all of the useless fact that many Freepers continue to use to justify what happened.
5700 Altama AVE #43 ?
He was going to become a brain surgeon, his life goal was to work for free among the poor and downtrodden in America’s inner cities.
Wasn’t this guy 12 miles from home? If so that’s a pretty damn clear head. Right up until it seemed like a plan to grab a shotgun barrel. ..
That video showing him stopped for sealing a video from Wallmart was a FAKE. He was a saint, and surely on his way to a track scholarship at Oregon.
From looking at the map he would have had to run alongside the four lane highway, I95.
Where would he cross I95?
He was such a good boy and was turning his life around.
“Well, a gun that’s unloaded and cocked ain’t good for nothin’...” Rooster J. Cogburn.
140 Boykin Ridge Dr, Brunswick GA 31523.
Me too. But I would never enter a house without permission, under construction or not.
Even so, the shooters sound like knuckleheads to me.
So 2 miles in, a mile loop, and 2 miles back.
Looks like a 5 mile run.
About 40 minutes exercise at the average 8mph.
About 30 minute run at 10 mph
His resume after high school is a 5x7 inch card. Either he was a gamer sitting in the basement or he’s hanging out with losers on the street. This would be OK if he were only 17 or 18. But this guy was 25.
> Police dont respond to theft calls anymore. <
Thats a very good point! Its something to be considered here.
The whole thing is really a gray area. At what point does a citizen grab a gun and give chase? If the actor littered? Id say most certainly not. If the actor just murdered your neighbor? Id say most certainly.
I enjoy poker. So heres a poker analogy. Some hands are worth risking it all. But not every hand. Shotgun guy risked it all on a hand not worth winning. Too small a pot.
As I noted earlier, your mileage may vary.
Thanks, I couldnt get it posted.
About 5 miles down and back.
Nice route to run.
That’s exactly the point. I don’t see a need to cross I95.
He was just checking out the wiring bro !
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius is limited. ThIs is sometimes attributed to Albert Einstein. We do know that Einstein said Only two things are infinite - the universe and stupidity. And Im not sure about the former.
Gwjack
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