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On the left, the two white vigilante killers of Ahmaud Arbery. They still remain free.
The February 23rd unjustified killing of Ahmaud Arbery, 25, in Brunswick, Georgia, highlights that even in the midst of COVID-19 American racism is alive and well.
White racist violence and the murder of Black people remain unabated even during a deadly global pandemic.
Arbery was killed by Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis McMichael, 34. Arbery was jogging past the McMichael home when the McMichaels claimed Arbery looked like a burglary suspect and decided to pursue him—with guns. None of these white vigilantes has been charged with anything.
VIGILANTE KILLERS OF BLACK MAN IN GEORGIA ARE FREE BECAUSE THEY ARE WHITE | Black Star News
According to a police report, Gregory McMichael said he saw Arbery run by and recognized him from the break-ins. He and his 34-year-old son Travis McMichael then grabbed a shotgun and a pistol and got into their truck to go after Arbery, the report says.
Once they caught up to him, Gregory McMichael told investigators Arbery "violently" attacked Travis and the two fought "over the shotgun" before Travis shot twice and killed him.
The prosecutor who previously had the case said Travis acted out of self-defense and the pursuers acted within the scope of Georgia's citizen's arrest statute.
Mom of Ahmaud Arbery says he was chased and shot to death while jogging: "An arrest should have been made" - CBS News
Well, dang! Arbery's past included a shoplifting conviction, the perps claim to have acted within the scope of Georgia's Citizen's Arrest Statute, and perp, Gregory McMichael, use to work as an investigator for the local State Attorney.
By Georgia standards, maybe the situation does not merit charges? Heck, why make a court case out of just one dead Black Man with a cloudy past who resisted 3 Good White Men?