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Jogging in Georgia while black.

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Skeptic Tank said:
I think the deceased attacked them because he worried they were going to get authorities and get him exposed as involved in crimes that day or previously.

I don’t think he thought for a moment they were robbers or killers. He saw them as Trayvon saw Zimmerman: busy body nosy snitches summoning the cops.
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Can't tell if serious...
 
William Parcher said:
Being chased with a gun and no shooting? That's a robbery in progress.
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Why, did they ask him for his wallet?

Alternatively: A black guy being chased by two white guys with shotguns? That's lynching in progress.

Things in support of your interpretation: that's what it would be if it were a white guy
Things in support of my interpretation: they never asked for his wallet; they actually were NOT trying to rob him

That's an important part of this: If he had assumed it was an attempted robbery, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN WRONG!!!!!
 
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William Parcher said:
Being chased with a gun and no shooting? That's a robbery in progress.
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We have no idea what the 2 armed men and their compadre said to Arbery but I'm pretty sure it wasn't "Hey there. Give us your wallet. " I don't know what Arbery was thinking but I am pretty sure he didn't think he was being robbed.
 
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whoanellie said:
We have know idea what the 2 armed men and their compadre said to Arbery but I'm pretty sure it wasn't "Hey there. Give us your wallet. " I don't know what Arbery was thinking but I am pretty sure he didn't think he was being robbed.
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But, but, but why else would white guys in a pickup with shotguns be chasing down a ****** ? Oh wait, he should have just assumed that they wanted to give him a ride to the gas station....

As I noted, if he would have assumed they were trying to rob him, he would have been wrong. In fact, there is no indication that he misread their intentions at all.
 
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I wasn't told what was said. Maybe nothing was said. What would a murderer/executioner say when in hot pursuit of the victim?
 
William Parcher said:
He probably thought that they were trying to rob him. If it was strictly for murder he may have thought that they would have done that right away or from across the street.

But in a robbery you shouldn't run or try to grab the gun. Just give them your money and phone. That's what they want.
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In most cases I would agree. But what if what they want is to kill you?

Make no mistake - this was a lynching. They used a shotgun instead of a rope, but it was a lynching.
 
One thing that gets mentioned often in stories about this is the resemblance of Arbery to a man on surveillance video.

I haven't actually seen anything about the surveillance video. Does it exist? Does it show a break-in? Was it taken very near a break in? Is the man in the video actually Arbery? If not, do they have any visual features in common other than black skin?
 
Meadmaker said:
One thing that gets mentioned often in stories about this is the resemblance of Arbery to a man on surveillance video.

I haven't actually seen anything about the surveillance video. Does it exist? Does it show a break-in? Was it taken very near a break in? Is the man in the video actually Arbery? If not, do they have any visual features in common other than black skin?
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Based on the reporting, some surveillance footage of some sort exists. At least, the verbiage of some of the police reports and DA letter suggests that investigators have something.

The devil is in the details, and we have very few.
 
Meadmaker said:
One thing that gets mentioned often in stories about this is the resemblance of Arbery to a man on surveillance video.

I haven't actually seen anything about the surveillance video. Does it exist? Does it show a break-in? Was it taken very near a break in? Is the man in the video actually Arbery? If not, do they have any visual features in common other than black skin?
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No other features in common are needed.
The victimization of the perps and trashing of the victim ala Zimmerman/Martin will commence immediately.
 
Sideroxylon said:
But what did it take to drag the “justice system” to action?
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It's pretty clear that if there was no video, these guys would be home free.

Initial reporting of the incident, pre-video, caused a minor uproar, but not enough to get it out of the hands of these corrupt local DA's.
 
SuburbanTurkey said:
It's pretty clear that if there was no video, these guys would be home free.

Initial reporting of the incident, pre-video, caused a minor uproar, but not enough to get it out of the hands of these corrupt local DA's.
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Truth. It took the power of bad press to kick them in gear. Three cheers for Twitter. And that hurts to say.
 
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