[Trump.Deplorable]

So this justifies his murder?

[MHGinTN]

You will not earn your pay by hyperbole at FR. Go do your evil work at some other dumbed down site more on your nasty level.

[Gay State Conservative]

We now know that Trayvon and The Gentle Giant met their end because they watched too much gangsta rap.This story suggests that this latest guy was *also* not a choir boy.Will there be more evidence revealed which could make one seriously question the dead guy?

I don't have the first clue.How about you?

[sumuam]

So this justifies his murder?

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It depends on who’s doing the shooting in today’s climate and even 18 years ago.

In Eastern New Orleans a black guy shot an “unarmed” teen (about 19 or 20)who was also black, after the teen was caught trying to steal his car.

Grand jury in New Orleans wouldn’t indict him on murder charges even after he went back inside his apartment on the balcony to get his gun. I was surprised then not surprised.

No calls or marches for justice. It was 18 years ago, but still.

I’m pretty sure these two men in the present circumstances are going to prison for manslaughter at the least.

[spetznaz]

Actually it does - after all, it is just a foreshadowing of what will happen at the legal case. It happens often - eg a woman gets raped and then it is shown that she also happened to be a prostitute 6 years ago, and that is used by the rapist’s defense to somehow ‘make it Ok.’ You also see it in politics - they tried to go after Kavanaugh for some (fake) accusations from decades past. It is usual smear tactics. Even on this thread Avery is being compared to Trayvon, even though the two cases are very different.

Anyway, his past ‘justifies’ his killing. At least that is what is normal in society unfortunately. People are often unable to separate issues and consider them on their own merit.

Also, be prepared to be insulted for your comments. That’s also a new normal on FR. Unlike the late 90s early 2000s, when people could take vastly different views on the same subject but you still see cordial discussion (even cordial disagreement) as long as the positions taken are conservative (and if not, then someone got ‘zotted’ - haven’t had that word, or seen the Viking kittens, for a while ...older FReepers will know what a Viking kitty is).

In new FR - if you disagree with someone then you’re an ‘idiot’ or some other silly word. Very weird cultish behaviors on FR for two or so years now. Just yesterday I had to report someone to the Mods (first time I’ve ever done that since 1999) for putting clearly racist stuff on how this jogger should have been killed because of what he is. Surprisingly (for modern FR), the Mods actually deleted the person’s post. Anyway, all the best - and prepare to be insulted.

[Penelope Dreadful]

What “murder”??? The dude was shot but there is not enough evidence to call it murder. Frankly, it looks to me like Arbery attacked the son. But, I guess because they were white and he was black is enough for some people.