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Man Who Filmed Ahmaud Arbery Shooting Charged With Murder William Bryan Jr.’s lawyer says he was just a witness
WSJ ^ | May 21, 2020 7:53 pm ET | Arian Campo-Flores

Posted on 05/21/2020 8:34:11 PM PDT by conservative98

Kevin Gough, a lawyer for Mr. Bryan, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. In an interview last week, he said Mr. Bryan “had no role or involvement in that shooting. He has committed no crime. He is a witness.”

Mr. Arbery’s family and civil-rights activists have pressed for weeks for authorities to charge Mr. Bryan, arguing he wasn’t simply a witness but was involved in the young man’s killing.

In an April letter to the Glynn County Police Department, George Barnhill, the district attorney in Waycross who oversaw the case for a period before recusing himself, wrote that Mr. Bryan was in “hot pursuit” of Mr. Arbery along with the McMichaels in the moments leading up to the shooting. Mr. Bryan is also named as a witness in a police report.

On May 7, the GBI arrested the McMichaels and charged them with murder and aggravated assault. The agency said it executed a search warrant at the McMichaels’ home on Tuesday. Lawyers for both men have said they aren’t guilty and have been subject to a rush to judgment.

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KEYWORDS: ahmaudarbery; arbery; banglist; cronos; georgia; williambryan; witchhunt
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To: sport

Aggressive and belligerent....watch the videos....


21 posted on 05/21/2020 9:14:17 PM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: conservative98

Ok unless they planned to shoot this guy when they went to stop him, it’s hard to see how the photographer could be charged with murder. I guess a felony murder type charge.

You see how all you folks who want them to use some technical “citizens arrest” defense, but instead someone else gets hit with a technical murder charge.


22 posted on 05/21/2020 9:15:43 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: DesertRhino

Forgive me but I could be a hell of a lot more aggressive to civilians who stop me with a shotgun, than I would be to a uniformed officer.


23 posted on 05/21/2020 9:17:46 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: DesertRhino

That well may be true. Where are the records of him resisting arrest? with or without violence. I don’t recall seeing them.


24 posted on 05/21/2020 9:19:07 PM PDT by sport
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To: Equine1952
I’m sorry but the appearance it was staged is hard to miss.

Staged would mean it was planned in advance. A conspiracy.

How was this a staged conspiracy?

I didn’t say it was a conspiracy Ace you better get a grip. You’re either stupid or pushing and agenda. I said “gives the appearance”. Wake up.

Hmmm, you come off really angry. I just asked you a simple legitimate question and ya come off like I rang your bell. I would suggest you're the one who needs to get a grip.

You stated this being staged was "hard to miss", clearly implying or suggesting it was obviously, "Staged". No?

So it being "Hard to miss", how do ya think this caper was, "Staged"?

25 posted on 05/21/2020 9:19:32 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: conservative98

>>the district attorney in Waycross who oversaw the case for a period before recusing himself, wrote that Mr. Bryan was in “hot pursuit” of Mr. Arbery

That’s a fast jogger if he can outrun a truck


26 posted on 05/21/2020 9:25:13 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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To: conservative98

Yeah, but now they got real serious business.


27 posted on 05/21/2020 9:25:13 PM PDT by chris37 (China's Gift wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
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To: Jeff Chandler
USA Today headline from a few days ago:

" 'A good kid': Ahmaud Arbery remembered as 'humble guy' with plans to become an electrician"

He was just one jog away from turning his life around.

28 posted on 05/21/2020 9:26:48 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: TnTnTn

What video?I watched the one that ended with his murder. The Law says that the shooter was responsible for what transpired there. Or the shooter will answer for what transpired in a Court of Law. No mention is made of the conduct of the victim.


29 posted on 05/21/2020 9:26:52 PM PDT by sport
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To: conservative98

All three are likely guilty, will be found guilty, and should be executed. Doesn’t matter the excuses, the racism for their defense or whatever, what they did was wrong. Glad they are now arrested, time for justice to be served.


30 posted on 05/21/2020 9:29:56 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Workers)
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To: conservative98

Politics is pushing this “murder” charge. Methinks they just want to put pressure on the cameraman.


31 posted on 05/21/2020 9:30:21 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: Jeff Chandler

Is that transcript embellished by Adam Schiff?


32 posted on 05/21/2020 9:32:01 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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To: conservative98

...and everyone wants to attack the victim as if this is all their fault without looking that these three murderers. Failed former cop, his idiot son, and their videographer tag-a-long. As some described, just “Good Ole Boys”. No, just murderers with likely racist intent.


33 posted on 05/21/2020 9:33:12 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Workers)
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To: conservative98

At least two of the three musketeers will be moving to a new neighborhood. Possibility all three.The GBI builds good cases.


34 posted on 05/21/2020 9:33:41 PM PDT by sport
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To: Williams

You would run 20 feet towards someone with a shotgun rather than 20+ feet away?


35 posted on 05/21/2020 9:36:22 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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To: mass55th

Three stooges find a gun IMHO


36 posted on 05/21/2020 9:36:59 PM PDT by Equine1952
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To: mass55th

He was studying up on how to become an electrician by repeatedly visiting this construction site?


37 posted on 05/21/2020 9:37:35 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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To: Reno89519

The cameraman is only a murderer if you believe a conspiracy theory that he went out to make a snuff film.


38 posted on 05/21/2020 9:39:28 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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To: dragnet2

This case is going to make people hide and cower when something is happening in their neighborhoods.

Just call the cops. When seconds count, they’re only minutes away.


That’s a false choice. Nobody would be dead or facing hard time if idiot #1 hadn’t brought the shot gun and shot idiot #2 dead. No sane person is going “hide and cower” because of what these two morons did.


39 posted on 05/21/2020 9:40:16 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: DesertRhino

He was aggressive around uniformed police. Hard to imagine he was more cooperative around others


All the more reason not bring a shot gun to the party.


40 posted on 05/21/2020 9:40:59 PM PDT by lodi90
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