(05-12-2020, 04:30 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

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

Stop. Whether or not he was out for a jog is irrelevant. The shooters DID NOT KNOW HE WAS IN ANY HOUSE BEFORE THEY CHASED HIM DOWN AND SUBSEQUENTLY KILLED HIM. They flat out said "we saw a guy 'hauling [BLEEP]' down the street and thought he looked like a burglar they had heard about so we chased him." They had no cause to chase him other than 1. he was running, and 2. he was black like the reported burglar was. They didn't see him do anything. No one told them he did anything. There was nothing that said they should pursue him at that moment, and absolutely nothing that told them they needed or had the right to detain him. The very act of attempting to detain him was a crime itself and there was nothing about what they did that was right, moral, ethical, or ok. They should've called the cops and left it with them, but Noooooooo, big hoss and little hoss gonna ride out and handle this business. And now the guy is dead and people are doing their damnedest to make it his fault when the only fault lies with the trigger happy yokels who should've been in jail months ago and their buddy the DA.

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