Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/05/07/ahmaud-arberys-killers-arres.html
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Knowing this timeline, it’ll end with two presidential medals of freedom or whatnot.
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On the morning of May 5th, 2020, GCPD requested the GBI investigate the public release of video related to Arbery’s death.
So two days ago they seemed more interested in finding out who leaked the video than… You know… Hold some murders accountable. Checks out
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The GBI is distinct from local police.
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I know I read the post, they were still requesting the GBI investigate who leaked it before they bothered to arrest people over the murder
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Oh, I missed that part. Thanks for the clarification. I thought it had just been referred this week.
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I just can’t help but think that this probably isn’t the first murder these monsters have committed.
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It would certainly be worth checking cold cases for black men murdered by firearm at the side of the road in GA, SC, and FL.
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They’d be looking for angry racist white men with guns - yeah, that’ll narrow the list of suspects down.
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They already have the angry racist white men with guns. They’d be checking mobile phone geographics and ballistics with murders and murder victims.
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This gives me some hope.
I need all the hope I can get right now unfortunately it’s too late for this gentleman who didn’t deserve this end
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Looks like they used the Shithole filter.
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I sincerely mean this- I know all of us get sick of constant crushing Soul destroying news that never ends for the last 4 years especially but no matter how small the venue, and Boing Boing is no small venue, publishing stuff like this sometimes leads to something being done.
Being part of that makes me happy, even though none of this stuff should have happened in the first place
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It took two months and a leaked video, but it’s still better than nothing.
Now I guess we’ll see what happens with a trial and jury…
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There really needs to be a deep dive into everything about these two. Families of other victims could get some level of justice if facts show these monsters were involved in other acts of violence.
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“A private person may arrest an offender if the offense is committed in his presence or within his immediate knowledge.” The McMichaels claimed that Arbery attacked them after they chased him with guns, which, technically, made it self-defense;
So Arbery was acting within his rights to conduct a citizen’s arrest on two assailants who, in his presence, violated Georgia state law:
O.C.G.A. 16-11-102 Pointing or Aiming Gun or Pistol at Another
O.C.G.A. 16-5-20 Simple Assault
And then they murdered him while resisting his citizen’s arrest.
Glad we cleared that up.
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