Lots of things will be brought out by those trying to shape public opinion. Looks like if this is Arbery, he was pretty disrespectful. At the same time, there are reports that McMichael’s gun and badge were taken away from him twice. Once was for failure to take training several years to include mandatory use of force training. Is that relevant to this? Who knows, certainly not me. I don’t know it to be true. I do know that we are a few days into an investigation that should have been done two months ago. I find that to be a little odd.
I personally think the Michaels were stupid to have armed up to chase this guy down over a property crime. I also personally think that Arbery was not out for a jog when he was set upon for no reason. His criminal history and the video tell me all I need to know about him. The video in the park support my belief about him. Disrespectful is being kind in describing him. He didn’t look all that worried when uniformed cops were pointing tasers, I doubt he blinked twice at the Michaels and their shotguns. Doesn’t mean I believe he should have been shot for trying to get away. But he certainly contributed to his demise. Would I submit to a Citizens arrest? Nope. But then again I would know one wasn't warranted since I don’t commit crimes. This is like a shoplifter fighting with security. They know they’re caught, they just don’t feel they should be penalized for it.
As for no investigation being done, we don’t know that. If it is true that long guns can be carried loaded in their state, and if it is true that it is legal to make a citizens arrest for the crime Arbery was suspected of, and I think we all agree that it is legal to shoot someone who is attempting to wrestle your weapon away from you, the investigation would rule that there was no crime committed. Wise move by defendants? Of course not. And I’m sure they regret it.
As for why they waited two months to make the arrest? Political correctness. The Bronx DA charged 4 cops with murder after they shot Amadou Diallo when he reached for his wallet. Every legal expert in the country said that was overreach. Hillary Clinton even referred to the cops as the ones who “murdered Amadou Diallo”. She is a trained lawyer. She knew it wasn’t murder, , but she got her cheers from the audience she was speaking to at the moment she made the statement. Same for Zimmerman. Charged him with murder when they knew damn well shooting a person who was bashing your head against concrete isn’t murder. But the public demanded it so the authorities bent to mob rule. Darren Wilson, the cop who shot Michael Brown, after a proven struggle for his gun after an assault, And the “Hands up Don’t shoot” he was on his knees begging for his life, story was proven bogus, was found not guilty in a court but was fired anyway. The mob demanded it and they got what they wanted. A married cop with a pregnant wife shoots a guy resisting lawful arrest who assaulted him and tried to take his gun loses everything. Thank you for your service, indeed!
And yes, the media has chosen their victim and already affixed the halo and angel wings to a lowlife. No different than Gentle Giant Michael Brown, using a 3 year old picture of Trayvon Martin being a smiling little lass, rather then the thug his school and Facebook page showed him to be, not to mention the parents who passed him back and forth between each other due to his behavior. So in the court of public opinion, they are guilty and will soon be sharing cells and rec yards with people who act just like Arbery.
But the mob rule doesn’t just demand the Michaels be crucified, but the man who shot the video, without which there would be NO case at all, has been deemed to be guilty of murder as well, so he has received death threats, lost his job, is in hiding, and the lawyers for the Arbery family are calling for his head, as well. Never mind that he voluntarily took and passed a polygraph, which specifically asked him if he was armed, if he spoke to the Michaels at all that day, or if he knew of their intention to harm or kill him. Passed the test but he has been judged guilty by the mob so he must go, as well. They like him to be sharing a cell with the Michaels, if he even survives that long to begin with.
