. . . Essentially for scaring a career criminal who was casing houses. That's insane. It's also bargaining. They know "life without parole" will be appealed and thrown out.
They didn't go for "murder" because the "victim" is the one who physically attacked the one with the gun--creeping up from behind (on the video)--which is how he wound up eating the product of the gun. By not getting a conviction on "murder," they're tacitly acknowledging Arbery brought his death on himself. In terms of any penalty, the shooting was deemed a wash.
Life without parole for asking a burglar with black privilege what he's doing in the area is insane.
Needs appeal.
Multiple gun hands-contact.
Ashli Babbitt was trespassing, and she was shot dead even though she posed no threat whatsoever to her killer, yet he hasn’t faced any charges.
Ahmaud Arbery was trespassing, and he was ONLY shot when he posed a threat to the people who wanted to detain him, yet they are charged, tried, convicted, and sentenced to life.
I read through the comments and did not see anyone mention the security video that showed the dead man, on two occasions, inside a nearby house under construction, that had $5,000 of building materials stolen.
Why was that not probable cause for trying to arrest or detain this guy?