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Showing Original Post only (View all)White Guy Jogs 2 Miles Carrying A TV To Prove A Point About Race And Ahmaud Arbery [View all]
Richard Demsick is quickly gaining internet fame after posting a TikTok video of himself running two miles through a Florida neighborhood carrying a flat-screen TV in an attempt to look like a thief without getting more than waves and hellos from local residents.
Demsick made the video in order to press a point about racism in the U.S., where 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery was recently hunted, shot, and killed by two white men who claim they thought he was a burglar while he was out for a jog.
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This best example of a Florida man tried his best to look suspicious and get anyone to call the cops or confront him in any way.
All right, I figured it out, he says while running in the video Ive got my hat on backwards. Im shirtless like Im on some episode of Cops. Im running with a TV. Someones going to stop me now, for sure. Cause if not, what was the problem with Ahmaud?
Demsick jogged 2.23 miles with the TV as part of a movement of people running exactly this distance to represent the date of Arberys death, which occurred over two months before the public was made aware of the killing.
The two men responsible, Gregory and Travis McMichael, were only just arrested and charged with murder following national outrage and discussions about racist double standards in the U.S.
https://news91.me/2020/05/12/white-guy-jogs-2-miles-carrying-a-tv-to-prove-a-point-about-race-and-ahmaud-arbery/?utm_source=ref&utm_medium=cr&utm_campaign=car114&fbclid=IwAR0EahYxfA9VeCxLova5-_WgGqKBhuOckz7ufwy2qmnPHyYP0wXU2JgwsBA
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White Guy Jogs 2 Miles Carrying A TV To Prove A Point About Race And Ahmaud Arbery [View all]
CatWoman
May 2020
OP
click where it says "people are talking about this" - that will take you to a twitter page that has
gristy
May 2020
#14
these people make me sick. So where was the TV in the video of Ahmaud Arbery's lynching?
Nitram
May 2020
#16
Yeah, run 2.3 miles with a 26" Cathode Ray Tube tv, and I'll be impressed!
JustABozoOnThisBus
May 2020
#27