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Accused Ahmaud Arbery gunman called cops 12 days before fatal shooting
NY Post ^ | May 14 2020 | Joshua Rhett Miller

Posted on 05/14/2020 7:52:32 AM PDT by knighthawk

The Georgia man charged with murdering unarmed black jogger Ahmaud Arbery called cops less than two weeks before the fatal shooting to report a man breaking into a nearby home under construction, according to a report.

Travis McMichael, 34, called 911 on Feb. 11 to report a break-in at a construction site just two houses away from his home in Brunswick, according to audio obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

“We’ve had a string of burglaries,” McMichael told a dispatcher. “I was leaving the neighborhood and I just caught a guy running into a house being built – two houses down from me. When I turned around, he took off running into the house.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia; US: New York
KEYWORDS: ahmaudarbery; atlanta; brunswick; georgia; joshuarhettmiller; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; travismcmichael
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1 posted on 05/14/2020 7:52:32 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

Unarmed joggers who attack armed men should expect to get shot.

Same as the Gentle Giant and St. Skittles.


2 posted on 05/14/2020 7:56:27 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: knighthawk

Wonder if the media always reports if the polar bear victims were armed or not??


3 posted on 05/14/2020 7:58:34 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Lurkinanloomin

>>Unarmed joggers who attack armed men

That balance of power can always change.

There are suspects who grab officers’ guns from their holsters and shoot them with their own weapon

There are even gun critics who say that you are at risk of your own gun being used against you


4 posted on 05/14/2020 8:01:36 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: a fool in paradise

The Gentle Giant tried to get that officers gun, didn’t work out well for him.
St. Skittles tried to get Zimmerman’s gun, didn’t work out well for him, either.


5 posted on 05/14/2020 8:03:18 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

There are plenty of Leftists who said that Zimmerman should’ve just taken his beatdown (started by St. Skittles) as his head was being bashed on the pavement


6 posted on 05/14/2020 8:04:54 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: ealgeone

They certainly have the right to bear arms.


7 posted on 05/14/2020 8:05:35 AM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I question the term “unarmed” when the deceased are wrestling for a weapon. It isn’t as if they don’t intend to use it if they get it.


8 posted on 05/14/2020 8:05:50 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: a fool in paradise

Oh yes, I know, he was supposed to just let St. Skittles bash his head into the concrete or shoot him with his own gun according to them.


9 posted on 05/14/2020 8:07:00 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: knighthawk
“We’ve had a string of burglaries,”

No, just one burglary (from a car) in the neighborhood in 2020 according to records obtained by local media.

10 posted on 05/14/2020 8:11:50 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I’m still not convinced one way or the other.


11 posted on 05/14/2020 8:11:53 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyrants don't just give you your freedoms back. You have to take them.)
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To: mac_truck
No, just one burglary (from a car) in the neighborhood in 2020 according to records obtained by local media.

Well then, if they say so... I admire your trust in the media.

12 posted on 05/14/2020 8:18:39 AM PDT by corkoman
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I’m not either, really. They may well be convicted of something.
My observation is just that, an observation, it’s never a good idea to attack an armed man.


13 posted on 05/14/2020 8:22:34 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: knighthawk

it was a dirty shooting - neither theirs nor anyone else’s lives were in danger. they brandished weapons and threatened him. they chased him and tried to corner him. he had every reason to fear for his life, they had none. they weren’t acting as policemen, but as lynchers. they give their part of the country a bad name.


14 posted on 05/14/2020 8:32:16 AM PDT by camle (keep and open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: corkoman

The local paper made a public records request and then reported what they found.

If it were’nt true, folks would be jumping up and saying so.


15 posted on 05/14/2020 8:34:52 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: mac_truck

You don’t have to steal something to commit burglary.


16 posted on 05/14/2020 8:37:01 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Apples and Oranges

Apples:
Skittles attacked and beat Z after which time Z produced a gun and killed him,self defence.
Z didnt start the confrontation, he was attacked.

Oranges:
Private citizen confronts a jogger while pointing a loaded shotgun at him.
Private C had no legal right or permission to do that.He was a retired cop. Not a cop on duty.
The runner, had every right to defend himself from this un-lawfull man.

Private citizen was also accompanied by his son in a pickup truck.Son also was armed.

You cant start a confrontation and aim a loaded firearm at some one that is unarmed and then claim you were defending yourself after shooting them when it was your 12 Ga and you started the whole thing.

Especially when you have an accomplice standing by that is also carrying a loaded hand gun.

Well yes you can do all of this, but you and your one man posse will be going to prison.


17 posted on 05/14/2020 8:39:19 AM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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To: Trailerpark Badass

No?

Is that ‘new crime’ like the ‘new math ?


18 posted on 05/14/2020 8:39:30 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Wtf are babbling about? Read the GA statute, if you can read.


19 posted on 05/14/2020 8:41:46 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Common sense I suppose.
The one that brought it would be armed,the one that did not bring it would be un armed.
Hope that helps.


20 posted on 05/14/2020 8:42:57 AM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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