The story was originally supposed to be: "white supremacists hunt down and murder innocent black man just going on his daily jog"
But it turns out its more like this: "Man killed during struggle over weapon due to being confronted about property theft"
As it turns out, in the New York Times article, it is said there is video evidence of Mr. Arbery committing property theft. These two knowing this confront him theirselves to try to do a citizens arrest. Mr. A continues running away from them after they ask to talk with him, they cut him off, he runs towards them, a fight over a gun begins, in the struggle, Mr. A is shot.
Media needs to stop trying to portray everything as racism to get a juicy story. I was RIGHT there alongside yall ready to have these two guys lynched for being hateful terrible racists. But I guess thats why they say not to fall into a mob mentality, especially when you dont have all the facts.
What is my opinion now? They should still go to jail for manslaughter and trying to take the law into their own hands, but at least I dont see them racists.
They wouldn't have stalked a white guy.
streamofthesky posted...
Well yeah, that's basically the situation that SYG creates, allowing one to instigate a violent situation and then kill the other person instead of backing down. If the jogger had wrested the gun from them and shot them dead, he could reasonably claim that he felt threatened and in fear for his life.
It's so weird in these situations how only the initial agressor w/ the gun is thought to have a right to defend himself w/o backing down. While as the Trayvon Martins and Ahmaud Arberys don't also have that right somehow, even though they're the ones who really should be fearing for their lives.
At least Michael Drejka went to jail even with Stand Your Ground. ---