They hunted Arbery like hounds chasing after a game animal.

[boston bean]

Truly disgusting.

Watched prosecutor cross examine the murderer and she did a great job.

[Decoy of Fenris]

1. Mmhm. This was a hunt, not a "protective measure".

Don't take a rocket scientist to see that. Pretty open and shut case, this, but obvs. I'd like it to play out properly, to give these racist fucktwits their due process.

[Solomon]

17. Due process is already fucked by kicking so many

blacks off the jury.

[Decoy of Fenris]

18. Eh, I got faith in this jury. I think they'll make the right call.

Both morally and by the law. Even using my most unhinged Devils Advocate glasses, I can't see a way out for these two [REDACTED].

[Resistance1]

2. He actually said

That as they were chasing him with 2 Pick up trucks that Arbury was "attacking" the trucks!

[H2O Man]

3. Recommended.

It is a very hard trial to watch.

[spanone]

4. Who the hell did this murderer think he was? Judge, jury & executioner...

[Flo Mingo]

11. George Zimmerman n/t

[Skittles]

34. and Rittenhouse

yup

[dchill]

15. Just another Proud Trump Boy.

[calimary]

24. All of the above.

[dchill]

31. Yeah - that's what I meant.

[Torchlight]

5. I sincerely believe they were hunting as well.

They identified and then stalked their prey as sport. Cut Ahmaud off and blocked him, then approached Ahmaud with weapons drawn, ready and pointed. Replace the victim's name with that of a game animal, and it becomes a hunting story.



For what it's worth, a felony murder, under Georgia law, is a killing committed during the commission of an felony; an intent to kill is not a required element of felony murder.

[Historic NY]

12. Even an animal will try to strike out to defend itself.....

They hunted him, and he had a right to defend himself. The shooter shot him twice with a shotgun, one shot is devastating, a second is well the coup de grâce.

[Torchlight]

16. And McMichael's post kill utterance

When Arbery was lying on the ground dying, McMichael is said to have finished his hunt by uttering "fu**ing ni**er" will standing over Arbery's body. Reminds me of my grandad saying "good shoot" after he'd kill an animal on hunting trips.

[Tribetime]

23. 3 times he shot

[sop]

6. This prosecutor is deconstructing all of McMichael's actions and statements, demonstrating the

Arbery killing was a clear case of several heavily armed men in two PUs, chasing down an innocent, unarmed black man, who was simply trying to get away from his attackers. Still, this vile, vicious, redneck POS continues to claim he was acting in self defense. It's absolutely mind-boggling.

[maxsolomon]

7. but he'd TRESPASSED on a construction site!

they were defending their (well, someone else's) property!

once he started fighting back, well, he's black, so he's a superpredator, and they were scared, and they had a right to self defense.

[Historic NY]

21. No signs on the property according to the owner

[llashram]

8. 300 years of this shit

just won't stop...will it? Will it ever?

[AverageOldGuy]

14. No.

[louis-t]

9. i love how the story changed from "I don't remember if he grabbed mah gun"

to "he grabbed mahguuuun!!" It looked like there wasn't enough time for Arbery to grab him by the shirt and hit him repeatedly, as he claims, before the shot is heard. The guy came around the corner and he shot him.

[louis-t]

10. i love how the story changed from "I don't remember if he grabbed mah gun"

to "he grabbed mahguuuun!!" It looked like there wasn't enough time for Arbery to grab him by the shirt and hit him repeatedly, as he claims, before the shot is heard. The guy came around the corner and he shot him.

[Texaswitchy]

13. Yep.

They hunted him and thought they could get away with it.

[tblue37]

28. And almost did.

[nolabear]

19. And this "Citizen's Arrest" bs! How does that work?

I mean, what are you supposed to be able to actually do to someone? Hold him at gunpoint for the cops? Cuff him? Put him in your truck and haul him in?

Note that Daddy didn’t bring his cellphone so calling the cops wasn’t on his to-do list. WTF did they intend to do? The only thing they brought were things to kill him with.

[Solomon]

20. Let's see if they apply the felony murder rule

to the two that didn't shoot him. Yes. Yes. Let's watch and see.

[AdamGG]

22. Is this a potential death penalty case?

I don't support the death penalty, but since Georgia has it, there's no reason for these guys not to be on the list. Certainly life, no parole.

[The Jungle 1]

25. This was a lynching and they better not get away with it.

[dwayneb]

27. Who is going to stop them?

Remember, we are one or two elections away from the rule of law getting dumped into the trash here in the USA. After the coup of 2024, our "leaders" are going to be getting away with a lot worse than what these animals did down in Georgia. Sure these men need to be brought to justice, but in reality this charade trial is trivial compared to the crimes that will be committed against all of us once Trump or his successor have their boot on our necks. One day we will look back fondly at a time when the Arbery trial was the worst thing we had to worry about.

[The Jungle 1]

29. 2020 proves our government still works.

BUT we must vote if we expect to have a functioning Republic.
We must also put a check on the fascist police and push back. Film big brother. 74 days until arrests were made in this murder!!!
There are to many fascist police.

[dwayneb]

35. 2020 was a trial run

As a first trial run, 2020 from the point of view of the Fascist Right was a wild and overwhelming success; even with a half-baked plan they came damned close to installing Trump as a fascist leader. Now, they have a clear blueprint to how it can be executed in future elections, as soon as 2024 if the Congress is controlled by Republicans. Trump is working hard in every state to corrupt the electoral system, as well as having the Legislature in his grip.

As far as voting it's not the people on this forum or Registered Democrats that will tell the tale. Half the voting age public did not bother to vote in 2016 and about 1/3 stayed away in 2020. The future of America hinges on them more than anyone else. Democracy cannot survive the apathy of the citizens.

[The Jungle 1]

36. We agree on who decides elections.

However it is up to Democrats to sell our message. We need to pound without mercy the message of how close the repukes came to destroying our country.
I do not believe a second helping at the fascists table would be easy. Our great military did NOT support trump and that folks is the big prize. Without military support a coup fails. Our government closed ranks, the checks and balances worked.
That said trump spent four years pissing off our great military.

[obamanut2012]

30. Just like the patrollers

As in, literally. The only differences were the pickups and the cell phones.

[Hekate]

32. That's exactly how I always read it.

Disgusting really is the word.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

33. These assholes were like a KKK mob or the old slave hunters