(05-12-2020, 03:55 PM)Gabe Wrote:

(05-12-2020, 03:32 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: So what you're saying is that cops on the scene, who wanted to arrest the McMichaels boys a the time but were instructed not to by the DA, overlooked or destroyed evidence that the runner was armed or carrying stolen goods? Is that your position? Because I don't think anyone left alive at the scene had any interest in suppressing exculpatory evidence for the shooter.

Do you consider it odd that the McMichaels pair saw a black guy running down the road and so strongly believed that he was a criminal that they lit out after him to detain him? To the point of trying to block him with their vehicles (It's now "vehicles" since the 3rd guy admitted he also tried to use his truck to impede him)? To the point of pulling guns on him when he refused to stop?

It seems quite clear to me that they had no business chasing him and this whole thing is a result of that stupid decision.

I agree with FSG on this one, JIB. If the dude filming was part of the chasing posse, maybe he thought he saw something get thrown down when in actuality, nothing was. My guess, however, is one of two things happened:

1. He lost his grip because he was driving and filming simultaneously (irresponsible). If you've got a wallet phone case, this is definitely possible. 

2. He thought Arbery was about to get mowed down as soon as the truck comes into view and decided to avoid that critical piece of cinematography

So now it's a "chasing posse"?  Are you saying that this was a "modern day lynching"?  Because the evidence and the facts don't support that claim.  Did Arbery get "mowed down"?  Was it reported anywhere that the guy that was filming "thought" that a shooting was going to take place?

Again, the media and some Georgia lawmakers are trying to make this about race.  The facts that we know and the evidence seems to prove otherwise.

For the record, I am not trying to "defend" the suspects at all.  I am simply trying to point out that this incident is/was not what is being "reported".  Did the suspects make a bad decision?  Absolutely.  Did the victim make a bad decision?  It sure does look that way.

Where is the proof that he was "just out for a jog"?  Where are the witnesses stating that they saw him "out for a jog"?

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