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Jury reaches verdict in trial of three men in killing of Ahmaud Arbery [all 3 guilty of murder]
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Posted on 11/24/2021 10:28:00 AM PST by janetjanet998

The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory, and their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan.

The three men, who are white, each face charges of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, false imprisonment and criminal attempt to commit a felony in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, 25, who was Black, on Feb. 23, 2020, in Georgia.

They face up to life in prison if convicted of the more serious charges.

The nearly all-white jury, which has one Black member, began deliberating the men's fate on Tuesday.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
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To: DJ MacWoW

That’s a good synopsis by the guy at that link. Thanks.


241 posted on 11/25/2021 4:55:20 AM PST by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: wardaddy

When Arbery was first shot, FR defended the McMichaels. I’m surprised at posters responses.


242 posted on 11/25/2021 5:58:44 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: DJ MacWoW
The COP, Officer Rash, told Larry English to call McMichaels.

In his deposition English said he barely knew the McMichael's and did not ask them to keep an eye on his property.

243 posted on 11/25/2021 6:09:57 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg
In his deposition English said he barely knew the McMichael's and did not ask them to keep an eye on his property.

Why can't trolls read? Where did I say that English did so? Nowhere.

244 posted on 11/25/2021 7:23:25 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: DJ MacWoW

well, that’s because they’ve now had lots of time listening to the msm telling them what they should believe. If they put aside the media hype and lies and just looked ALL the evidence, they wouldn’t be so sure.


245 posted on 11/25/2021 7:34:54 AM PST by Segovia
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To: All

Would say two of these three have a good case for an appeal and considerable reduction of their sentences for lesser charges. Even the shooter has some potential for an appeal except for the politicized aspect. This seems closer to reckless use of a firearm than first degree murder.

Also have to object to the use of “white” and “Black” in the original article. Why the inconsistent standard? I assume this is a cut and paste and not inserted by the FR poster.

Whoever Sharpton got fired should go after him with a seven figure lawsuit, get the whole cancel culture thing into a court of law.


246 posted on 11/25/2021 7:36:17 AM PST by Peter ODonnell (a cloud has fallen over the lands of the free )
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To: Segovia

Agreed. They keep claiming the press lies and then buy into everything they’re fed.


247 posted on 11/25/2021 7:39:47 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Tom in SFCA

Correct


248 posted on 11/25/2021 8:57:34 AM PST by Half_Retired
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To: DJ MacWoW

Race makes folks so afraid to be honest


249 posted on 11/25/2021 9:06:48 AM PST by wardaddy (Too many uninformed ..and scolds here )
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To: janetjanet998

It looks like this case was determined by the illegal detainment. Were it not for that, it would have been pretty solid self defense case.

They simply were not within their legal rights to “hold him for the police” as they did not witness a crime, other than trespassing.

This does seem like a solid precedent to me that anyone who illegally detains anyone, (say a protester blocking a road preventing someone for moving), cannot claim self defense if said detained person uses lethal force, (attempting to run them over), in trying to escape their detainment.

Am I wrong?


250 posted on 11/25/2021 10:53:33 AM PST by Jotmo (Whoever said, "The pen is mightier than the sword." has clearly never been stabbed to death.)
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To: basalt

how about using your brains not get out of the truck at all...these 2 dummies thought they’d play super cop...and you see where they ended up.....

What have the police been doing lately? Being defunded and not arresting people.. You have to act to protect your neighborhood. The Dufus was the black guy grabbing the gun!!!


251 posted on 11/25/2021 3:01:03 PM PST by tallyhoe
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To: tallyhoe

yea well...go and chase somebody in your truck for 10 minutes...then shoot them....see where you end up.....


252 posted on 11/25/2021 3:20:22 PM PST by basalt (exas)
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To: Jotmo

Yep. You are wrong.

They had a lousy case of self defense. They initiated the case and provoked the confrontation. That eliminated their claim.

The only person with a good case for self defense would have been Arbery. But since he was killed, he can’t make that case.

Note: They did not even witness the alleged ‘trespassing’ crime either.

Note: They never reached the point of ‘holding him’. Perhaps if they had said... “Halt, you are under citizens arrest” then they might have a case for claiming citizens arrest. But this claim appears to have materialized AFTER the lawyers arrived.


253 posted on 11/25/2021 4:16:44 PM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: basalt

If the guy had been white they would have walked!!


254 posted on 11/25/2021 9:09:35 PM PST by tallyhoe
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To: tallyhoe

If the three men had been black, they would have walked.


255 posted on 11/25/2021 9:59:07 PM PST by sumuam
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To: basalt

how about using your brains not get out of the truck at all...these 2 dummies thought they’d play super cop...and you see where they ended up.....


How about stop breaking the law?
Stop robbing, stop stealing, stop prowling the streets in idleness?

Leave people alone.

Running around with no shirt on, dressed like he was blind with no shirt and a fur jacket, stopped by the police.

Get a job. At 26 years of age his mommma was calling the cops on him for taking her car. Still living at home doing nothing.

Behind the eyes is nothing.

There’s so many of them causing havoc and the system can’t hold them in one spot for long.

How long do you think this can go on for? Do you really thing the U.S. is going to look like it does now? It doesn’t look anything like it did 2o years ago.

It’s going to be worse than Brazil. If you can afford it, you can live behind the walled community with militia guards.


256 posted on 11/25/2021 10:10:04 PM PST by sumuam
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To: CatHerd; wardaddy; All

If in fact Arbery had a mental disorder, he might have had a childish interest on how the building was progressing. As a child I used to like to look in on construction, and spent hours watching the black family men doing the bricks on the brick duplexes across the street. I have since laid some bricks, and at 83 am still doing some renovation work. My brother is also an architect. PS: I am a woman.


257 posted on 11/26/2021 1:32:07 PM PST by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: CatHerd; wardaddy; All

If in fact Arbery had a mental disorder, he might have had a childish interest on how the building was progressing. As a child I used to like to look in on construction, and spent hours watching the black family men doing the bricks on the brick duplexes across the street. I have since laid some bricks, and at 83 am still doing some renovation work. My brother is also an architect. PS: I am a woman.


258 posted on 11/26/2021 1:45:05 PM PST by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: gleeaikin

He was caught on camera and reported to police numerous times. Had the police done their jobs in the first place none of this would have happened.


259 posted on 11/26/2021 1:49:42 PM PST by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angels will sing for me.)
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To: gleeaikin; All

There’s nothing childish about someone prowling at night when he was seen on security cameras. This man had a record of violence.

Darriynn Brown was caught on security cameras just prowling around at night looking into yards, and police did nothing, and that didn’t end well for four year old, Cash Gernon.

I’ve had to live around this kind of insanity for decades in a democrat run city, and now it’s spilling over here, and I’m not going to make any excuses for them. I used to drive to and from work with a loaded gun back then, because I’m also a woman.


260 posted on 11/26/2021 2:17:43 PM PST by sumuam
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