https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/12...766604288?s=21
Surprised not too see a thread (may have missed it) on this. I haven’t watched the video, I just can’t watch stuff like that.
The whole thing is seriously ****ed up though.
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https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/12...766604288?s=21
Surprised not too see a thread (may have missed it) on this. I haven’t watched the video, I just can’t watch stuff like that.
The whole thing is seriously ****ed up though.
There's probably a thread on the political board as topics like this generally get covered there. Awful story.
Political would have been the spot.
Is it political? This seems like something that should have about 100% universal outrage. I'm not even sure what the other side would be.
Michael Drejka just got 20 years, and this case is much more egregious. These two basically sat there and waited for him, and Ahmaud even ran around the passenger side to avoid confrontation. Times, they are a changin'.
Plus, the son is the epitome of a dumb hillbilly. The media will have a field day, and the feds will climb all over the local police department. This will be fun.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/public...rsy_170229587/
I agree this isn’t a stand your ground case. But I’m guessing that these two will claim it is.
The line between "stand your ground" and vigilante justice is way too thin for comfort.
Infuriating, but not surprising:
https://www.ajc.com/news/local/watch...9HrndjyWYjB2L/
BRUNSWICK —
Two Glynn County commissioners say District Attorney Jackie Johnson’s office refused to allow the Glynn County Police Department to make arrests immediately after the Feb. 23 shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery.
The GBI announced the arrests of Travis McMichael, 34, and his father Greg McMichael, 64, on Thursday - more than two months after the fatal shooting. They were denied bond Friday afternoon.“The police at the scene went to her, saying they were ready to arrest both of them. These were the police at the scene who had done the investigation,” Commissioner Allen Booker, who has spoken with Glynn County police, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “She shut them down to protect her friend McMichael.”
Stand your ground means you have no requirement to run away (hoping you can run faster than your assailant and they don't shoot you in the back) and you can defend yourself. What does that have to do with vigilantes? Those folks actively go out and hunt, like the ski- masked, bat-weilding antifa crowd.
I posted a link to an article that pointed out a few examples where it went wrong. The way the law is written, if anyone can convince the jury they felt their life was in danger, they can justify shooting them. Some people have used that to shoot someone when they are in a fight and losing.
Jury’s were buying it for awhile, but lately, fortunately, a few have rejected some of the more extreme cases.
It is hilarious to me how much Antifa scares some.
Like a couple dozen people with baseball bats in the PNW. Meanwhile you have the Michigan militia camped out at a state Capitol with assault rifles and masks on and these same people are like “hell yeah brothers! 2A!”
Antifa has been hyped up by the media. Has anyone here actually seen a member of Antifa in real life?
I've not. I've not seen one of the militias like the militia in Michigan in person either. They both seem pretty awful.
Man who recorded Ahmaud Arbery shooting receiving threats, lawyer says
Quote:
The man who shot the consequential video of Ahmaud Arbery’s killing is now receiving threats amid cries for his arrest, his attorney said.
The revelation comes after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation revealed the identity of the videographer, William “Roddie” Bryan, and announced he is under investigation.
“Mr. Bryan, his fiancee, his children, his siblings and other family members, friends and neighbors now live in fear despite the fact that Mr. Bryan has committed no crime and fully cooperated with the investigation into the shooting,” Bryan’s attorney, Kevin Gough, said in a statement to First Coast News in Glynn County Friday.
Shorts, t shirt, running shoes, daylight, known HS athlete, consistent runner.
Obviously not out exercising eh?
welp
This thread gets moved to the political section in 3...2...1...
Fwiw, there is a second video that just came out: https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/...0k9cr80R7CTnL/
Before anyone call me a flaming racist or anything, I'm just the messenger. I'm not in any way defending these three guys.
Checking out home construction sites was a hobby for my friends and I back in high school. Sometimes we would bring beers and hang out in some of the more competed homes. People would see us, but no one ever reported anything. I wonder what is different about this case?
Again, I'm not defending these guys. Just saying there is a second video out there. For one thing, it seemed odd that someone would just be waiting for him in a truck and confront him. This actually makes it look like they jumped in the truck and drove in front of hm and confronted him. It makes them look even worse.
They did, the father (ex police) called the son and told him to get his gun and come over, then they drove after him and yelled for him to stop
Now if two guys were yelling at me to stop I’m not sure I’d be apt to comply either. It has all the markings of vigilante behavior