Thought experiment: Imagine you are a black guy in southern Georgia, knowing you are in a “white” neighborhood, being chased by 2 trucks of rednecks, with a shotgun pointed at you at close range. They aren’t the police, and haven’t mentioned “citizen’s arrest”. Imagine you know they have reason to believe you’ve been up to no good. Through a mix of history, experience, community stories and myths, and the current obsession with “lynching”, you expect the absolute worst from this type of white men. In the adrenaline rush of being chased, would you assume they were about to kill you?
Grabbing at a shotgun barrel has low odds of success, but it’s not so stupid for someone who believes he’s about to be killed if he does nothing.
BTW, if McMichaels and Bryan had shown “impulse control”, would they have chased after someone?
How many lynchings of blacks by whites have there been in the last 10 years? To the nearest dozen is fine.
I’ll wait patiently while you do your research.
That's history, and to continue to expect the worst of whites is racist. Over recent decades interracial murders have averaged about 2 to 1 black against white. On average it's the whites who have the most to fear.
And that was true that day in Georgia too. Situations must be judged on an individual basis. Travis had shown that he wouldn't shoot Arbery if he didn't charge him. Yet even with an open path of escape in front of him, and Travis remaining on the left side of the road, Arbery chose to turn sharply, charge him and attack. It's clearly shown in the video -- VIEWER WARNING: Uncut video of confrontation, shooting of Ahmaud Arbery (News4JAX).
That’s a very bigoted post
Full of slurs
You should be ashamed
Who are you....be honest