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A white man ran through a Florida neighborhood carrying a TV to prove that looking 'suspicious' wasn't an excuse for killing Ahmaud Arbery
Insider ^ | 05 11 2020 | Haven Orecchio-Egresitz

Posted on 05/11/2020 8:46:28 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

When Richard Demsick learned of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, he immediately thought about the privilege he had as a white man.

Arbery, a 25-year-old black man, was shot dead while jogging in February after being chased by two men — Gregory and Travis McMichael — who said he looked like a break-in suspect.

In a video that trended after Arbery's death, the McMichaels could be seen pursuing Arbery in their truck while Arbery ran. Travis McMichael left the truck holding a gun and, after a brief struggle, Arbery was dead. The McMichaels later told the police they believed Arbery resembled a man behind a string of residential break-ins. They were charged with murder last week.

Demsick, 34, a former pastor in Vero Beach, Florida, said he felt that it didn't matter what he wore or how "suspicious" he looked — his whiteness alone was enough to protect him from meeting the same fate as Arbery.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: ahmuadarbery; floridaman; goofy
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To: SaveFerris

I thought mine would be a chick magnet, it was more of a cop magnet :)


41 posted on 05/12/2020 12:02:07 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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To: Impala64ssa

The ladies seemed to like my Jaguar much more than my Corvette.

The mechanics loved both cars, LOL. (they weren’t that bad, just kidding)


42 posted on 05/12/2020 12:10:05 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: lodi90
He should have carried a TV through the ghetto. I think we all know what would have happened there.

I wonder if the lames in the media would have carried his obituary?

43 posted on 05/12/2020 12:13:17 AM PDT by Mark17 (Father of US Air Force Officer, who graduated from Air Force pilot training, on 1 May 2020)
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To: MarvinStinson

It worked Dick Sick.

Ive got reservations if our mutual race is gonna survive with specimens like you in the gene pool, boy.


44 posted on 05/12/2020 12:21:46 AM PDT by Gasshog (The Silver Lining to the Black Cloud of Liberalism agenda always comes back to bite them in the ass!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Demsick. How appropriate.


45 posted on 05/12/2020 12:55:33 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (This tagline is an advertisement-free zone. Is yours?)
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To: DiogenesLamp
He got killed for attacking a man holding a shotgun.

EXACTLY. Thank you. I love Ben Shapiro, but he has been harping on this incident for a couple of days. He completely misses the point that, no matter what, nobody in their right mind attacks someone holding a shotgun on them, especially if the person with the shotgun has a backup accomplice.

Shapiro paints this as it being as though he was completely fenced in. I haven't seen the video (tagline explains that), but if you're out on the street, it's nearly impossible to be completely fenced in with no place to run away. While the guys who held the guns may ultimately be responsible for Mr. Arbery's death, he was largely culpable as well. What he did was fatally stupid. Just like what Michael Brown did, or Trayvon Martin.

46 posted on 05/12/2020 3:12:56 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the video")
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To: Larry Lucido

wear a Walkman, too.


47 posted on 05/12/2020 4:37:56 AM PDT by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is???? and let's get back to living!!!)
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To: yesthatjallen

I am fed up with this Arbery crap. Regardless the guilt or innocence of McMichael, if Arbery had not been poking around inside the house under construction in a neighborhood foreign to him, he would not be dead. Some posters on here seem to think it OK to prowl around construction sites after hours or on weekends but they are trespassing. The streets are free but stay on them.


48 posted on 05/12/2020 4:45:33 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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To: fieldmarshaldj

“My gaydar signal just went off.”

Whoa My gaydar just pegged to 120%

Wonder if he knows any good altar boys.


49 posted on 05/12/2020 4:53:48 AM PDT by Polynikes ( Hakkaa paalle)
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To: yesthatjallen

Wannabe Darwin candidate.


50 posted on 05/12/2020 5:00:26 AM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Polynikes
In the biblical sense ?
51 posted on 05/12/2020 5:03:09 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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To: yesthatjallen

I can’t even begin to process this story, without the aid of a $500 p/hr psychiatrist.

How about if he ran through the street with a babe in a bikini. Could he logically claim that the bikini babe saved him from getting shot? Why not. “I survived not getting shot because of bikini privilege.” This is National Enquirer material.

And what in the world did this bozo pastor? A peck of kosher pickles?


52 posted on 05/12/2020 6:42:24 AM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: SaveFerris

(Click The Pics)

53 posted on 05/12/2020 7:04:07 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: yesthatjallen

And when less then 15% of our population are committing over 50% of the crimes the assumptions are clear.


54 posted on 05/12/2020 7:14:13 AM PDT by JayAr36 (Do you want to be a subject or a citizen.)
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