State Sen. William Ligon Jr., a Republican whose district includes the area where the shooting occurred, filed a bill before Mr. Arbery’s killing that would pave the way for Glynn County voters to weigh in on whether to abolish the police department. The measure would place a referendum on the ballot asking voters whether county commissioners should disband the department. The referendum would be for a recommendation, not an order.
RINO much ?….. Naaaaaaaaaaah. It can’t happen here.
Before Ahmaud Arbery was shot, a 911 call took place saying, according to TMZ: “He’s been caught on camera a bunch before at night. It’s kind of an ongoing thing out here.” There had allegedly been a series of break-ins in the Brunswick, GA neighborhood prior to the February 23 shooting. The caller said, “He’s running right now. There he goes right now” … and the 911 dispatcher said she was sending police to the scene.
Surveillance footage shows Ahmaud Arbery entering the construction site. This would presumably have been trespassing, a crime. Perhaps if he were entering the construction site with intent to steal it would be an additional offense. Ahmaud Arber was arrested in 2018 for shoplifting, which is suggestive. But we do not know what went through his mind that day.
The McMichaels (a former police officer and his adult son) apparently grabbed their guns and took off after Ahmaud Arbery. So far everything is legal. Carrying a gun for self-defense in Georgia is legal.
As far as I can tell, the McMichaels then confronted Ahmaud Arbery. If their intent was to perform a citizen’s arrest and hold Ahmaud Arbery until the police arrived, as they say it was, this would be lawful in Georgia (and they would have been civilly liable if they were holding the wrong guy at gunpoint).
The video appears to show that Ahmaud Arbery attacked Travis McMichael and tried to grab the shotgun. This is the key point. As soon as that happened, it was lawful for the McMichaels to use sufficient force, even deadly force, to protect themselves.
I presume the McMichaels would have made different decisions if they could re-live that February day. But making suboptimal-but-legal decisions does not (fortunately for millions of us!) make you a criminal.
This is why the District Attorney and, separately, one of the DA’s Senior Trial Attorneys reviewed the evidence and concluded in a written report that there was “insufficient probable cause to issue arrest warrants.”
But of course the #MediaJackals have politicized this sad turn of events. This is now the case of a fine young upstanding black man being hunted by some white “vigilantes.” Ostensible “conservatives” desperate to immunize themselves from claims of racism (they never learn it never works) have joined this effort. In response yet another prosecutor has been appointed–now a black woman–in an effort to find someone who will find reasons to indict two men who are white and therefore guilty.
The McMichaels now know that our justice system needs quotation marks around it.
From the article, highlights mine:
RINO much ?….. Naaaaaaaaaaah. It can’t happen here.
Ool-tay, up-aay. It’s-aay oming-cay.
Let’s consider what happened here:
Before Ahmaud Arbery was shot, a 911 call took place saying, according to TMZ: “He’s been caught on camera a bunch before at night. It’s kind of an ongoing thing out here.” There had allegedly been a series of break-ins in the Brunswick, GA neighborhood prior to the February 23 shooting. The caller said, “He’s running right now. There he goes right now” … and the 911 dispatcher said she was sending police to the scene.
Surveillance footage shows Ahmaud Arbery entering the construction site. This would presumably have been trespassing, a crime. Perhaps if he were entering the construction site with intent to steal it would be an additional offense. Ahmaud Arber was arrested in 2018 for shoplifting, which is suggestive. But we do not know what went through his mind that day.
The McMichaels (a former police officer and his adult son) apparently grabbed their guns and took off after Ahmaud Arbery. So far everything is legal. Carrying a gun for self-defense in Georgia is legal.
As far as I can tell, the McMichaels then confronted Ahmaud Arbery. If their intent was to perform a citizen’s arrest and hold Ahmaud Arbery until the police arrived, as they say it was, this would be lawful in Georgia (and they would have been civilly liable if they were holding the wrong guy at gunpoint).
The video appears to show that Ahmaud Arbery attacked Travis McMichael and tried to grab the shotgun. This is the key point. As soon as that happened, it was lawful for the McMichaels to use sufficient force, even deadly force, to protect themselves.
I presume the McMichaels would have made different decisions if they could re-live that February day. But making suboptimal-but-legal decisions does not (fortunately for millions of us!) make you a criminal.
This is why the District Attorney and, separately, one of the DA’s Senior Trial Attorneys reviewed the evidence and concluded in a written report that there was “insufficient probable cause to issue arrest warrants.”
But of course the #MediaJackals have politicized this sad turn of events. This is now the case of a fine young upstanding black man being hunted by some white “vigilantes.” Ostensible “conservatives” desperate to immunize themselves from claims of racism (they never learn it never works) have joined this effort. In response yet another prosecutor has been appointed–now a black woman–in an effort to find someone who will find reasons to indict two men who are white and therefore guilty.
The McMichaels now know that our justice system needs quotation marks around it.
Especially the last sentence as it applies to the species Bitterus Clingerata.