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Man who filmed Arbery shooting: Travis McMichaels shot him 3 times, then made racial slurs (L)

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 13654 **6/4/20 11:17 am**

There was some dispute on this forum as to whether the McMichaels' engagement of Ahmaud Arbery was a result of racism. Hopefully the testimony in the preliminary hearings today will put that question to rest.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/us/mcmichaels-hearing-ahmaud-arbery/index.html

Re: Man who filmed Arbery shooting: Travis McMichaels shot him 3 times, then declared "f***ing n***er" (L)

Acts-dicted Posts: 8065 **6/4/20 12:12 pm**

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 13654 **6/4/20 1:10 pm**

Uh, yeah, ok.

Acts-dicted Posts: 8065 **6/4/20 2:42 pm**

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 13654 **6/4/20 3:05 pm**

Sorry, I'm not going to go around this circle with you. There have been a lot of heavily media-covered instances that are ambiguous in certain ways and I understand those can be difficult to process. But there's just zero question here and if you can't see it in this context you never will.

Acts-dicted Posts: 8065 **6/4/20 7:58 pm**

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 13654 **6/4/20 9:46 pm**

Read this thread detailing today's testimony. Hoping it will change your view.

https://twitter.com/SabrinaSiddiqui/status/1268541923817590789

I have to agree. The n-word is not "proof" of racism.

Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 6042 **6/5/20 11:59 am**

It may very well indicate extreme stress. I understand that it is often the case that the last words a pilot says before crashing is often a curse word.

Ever hit your finger with a hammer? You might say something you wouldn't normally say, like, "oh, flitter!"

While our family sought to purge this word from our vocabulary decades ago, it's still in the memory banks (otherwise I wouldn't even know what "n-word" meant).

Now, it may be that these guys were racists. It's just that I don't think that word, alone, really proves anything.

Acts-celerater Posts: 566 **6/5/20 12:21 pm**

Some always take the side of racists. Always.

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 13654 **6/5/20 1:06 pm**

Aaron, please click the link I shared yesterday and review the full testimony from yesterday. I believe your view will change when you do.

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[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 13654 **6/5/20 2:22 pm**

Did you read the complete assessment of testimony from yesterday?

It doesn't seem that you did, based on your comment. McMichaels admitted to the GBI that he had no proof that Arbery had stolen anything, in addition to several other damning facts. By McMichaels' own admission, he followed Arbery because his "gut" told him he was the guy. He had never seen him doing anything and had no other evidence that Arbery was anyone but a jogger.

Please read it. It is OK to say, "I was right before based on what was known, but based on this new evidence, I am changing my mind."

Acts-dicted Posts: 8065 **6/5/20 2:58 pm**

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[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 13654 **6/5/20 3:30 pm**

Nevermind. I was truly hoping the abundance of evidence entered yesterday would change your mind, but apparently I was wrong.

I'd encourage all others to check it out. The testimony presented by the GBI yesterday was overwhelming.

Acts-dicted Posts: 8065 **6/5/20 3:59 pm**

Friendly Face Posts: 100 **6/5/20 7:57 pm**

Citizen arrest for jogging while black. He was chased like an animal. Iâ€™m sure scared for his life and rightfully so. Iâ€™m sure He believed his only hope was to fight for his life. No proof that he did anything wrong accept jogging around racist people.
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Acts-celerater Posts: 566 **6/6/20 8:11 am**