JOGGING WHILE BLACK

[HairOfTheDog]

I would have let those fucking crackers arrest me, no way would I have tried wrestling the gun from him.

The McMichaels claim that they chased, confronted, and killed Arbery because they considered him suspicious and acted in self-defense in the course of attempting to make a citizen's arrest.

That gave them an excuse (in Georgia) for pursuing Arbery, detaining him, threatening him with firearms, and shooting him dead.  And, it gave their friends in LE a justification for not investigating further for two months.

However, we don't know if a citizen's arrest was really their original intention.  And, even if it was, a citizen's arrest typically requires the citizens to witness the suspect committing a crime or encountering someone identified as a 'wanted suspect' by LE........neither of which was the case here. 

Plus, assuming the 'citizen's arrest attempt' narrative is true........how would Ahmaud Arbery know that?  He was jogging or running down the street near his home when suddenly two dudes with shotguns in a truck were in hot pursuit of him. 

I don't know what it feels like to be a black man, in the south or anywhere else, but I imagine I'd have done everything in my power to get away if I was Ahmaud Arbery and I would certainly have felt my life was in jeopardy when I was cut off in the road with shotguns pointed at me. 

Seems likely to me Arbery's normal survival instincts kicked into gear -- first he tried flight, then he was forced to fight.

Anyway...........now that the GBI is on the case, rather than local LE with tight ties to the McMichaels, there's a much higher likelihood that a thorough investigation will be conducted and more verifiable details as to what went down will emerge.