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Refusing to let the media define the Ahmaud Arbery narrative: Here are the facts we know
American Thinker ^ | 05/13/2020 | Andrea Widburg

Posted on 05/13/2020 6:43:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

In the Ahmaud Arbery case, the media, as always, are theorizing in advance of the data, and they are doing so in service to a divisive racial agenda. The undisputed facts (excluding the inevitably self-interested statements from the men arrested) are as follows:

Travis McMichael shot 24-year-old Arbery. The question is whether it was self-defense, manslaughter or murder.

Greg and Travis McMichaels (father and son) are white, while Arbery was black.

Videos show Arbery entering a home under construction and Arbery inside the construction site.

Shortly before Arbery was shot, Greg called 911 to report that “There’s a black male running down the street.” He’s then heard to say “Goddamit. C’mon, Travis.”

In a second 911 call around the same time, an unidentified caller reported a possible burglary in the neighborhood, saying, “There’s a guy in the house right now, a house under construction.” Next, the caller said, “And he’s running right now. There he goes right now.” The unidentified caller reported that the possible burglar had been seen before in the neighborhood and had “been caught on the camera a bunch before at night,” adding “It’s kind of an ongoing thing out here.”

An infamous video (above) shows Arbery either running or jogging down the left side of the street. The verb “running” implies escape or aggression. The verb “jogging” has a recreational feel.

A white pick-up is seen further up the road, on the right side, with a man standing by the driver’s side door. Arbery abruptly veers across the street towards the right rear of the truck. A man stands in the truck bed. The video swerves, showing only foliage.

Seconds later, Arbery is running at top speed counterclockwise around the truck’s front right side.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: ahmaudarbery; murder
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To: DrewsMum
What did Greg Mcmichael tell him to drop on the 911 call?

I don't know. It sounds like you've gleaned another bit of information that I have yet to learn.

Greg McMichael told him to drop something on a 911 call? Would it perhaps be a hammer?

221 posted on 05/16/2020 4:08:43 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Arones
We are told that he’s motivated to lie because he has had death threats.

You left out the alternative explanation that he doesn't actually know what was stolen because it wasn't his stuff that was stolen. A missing hammer more likely belonged to a worker, not the owner.

Capiche?

So does anyone know if the owner had previously reported stolen items? What's this $2,500.00 in fishing gear I keep hearing about? Who's property was that? Also, how the hell do you have "fishing gear" worth $2,500.00 dollars?

222 posted on 05/16/2020 4:26:25 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

I dont know but he yells that right before the gun shots while still on the 911 call.


223 posted on 05/16/2020 6:54:27 AM PDT by DrewsMum
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