The Ahmaud Arbery murder

[Earnest]

Crikey, I'm glad I don't live there. Imagine going out for a run with a PB in your mind's eye and three fat, white blokes in a Pick Up blow you away.

Not only bad form but just not Cricket.

https://theconversation.com/ahmaud-arbe ... ase-174514

[stattointhailand]

Perhaps they shot him in self defense? ...... how were they to know his stop watch wasn't a remote control for a bomb after all he was black so must have been a drug smuggler or pimp

[Earnest]

Stopwatch, Statts? It's all about Fitbits and Garmins these days. Have you been watching Chariots of Fire?

[Kenr6583]

Makes no sense. 1 person dead, 1 person life sentence with possibility of parole after 30 years, 2 people life sentence with no possibility of parole. For what?

[Earnest]

Yeah, capital punishment may have been a better option for the fat lads. Just imagine how expensive prison is.

[Laan Yaa Mo]

Perhaps they shot him in self defense? ...... how were they to know his stop watch wasn't a remote control for a bomb after all he was black so must have been a drug smuggler or pimp

Possibly a basketball or football player or a rap singer. Apparently, he had been seen hanging around that area in the past so how are they supposed to know what he was up to? He should stick to the ghetto if he wants to do white stuff. It's tongue in cheek, but it might be used as a defence ploy by the lawyer defending these saps.

[Khun Paul]

Sadly the outcome is what we are learning is the norm in America these days where RACISM is rampant and goes unchecked in many areas. Fuelled by the current divisions in many States by politicians and organisations that are really internal terrorists ignored by many but as usual it is all coming home to roost with potentially dangerous consequences, to what was America .

[tamada]

Perhaps they shot him in self defense? ...... how were they to know his stop watch wasn't a remote control for a bomb after all he was black so must have been a drug smuggler or pimp

Possibly a basketball or football player or a rap singer. Apparently, he had been seen hanging around that area in the past so how are they supposed to know what he was up to? He should stick to the ghetto if he wants to do white stuff. It's tongue in cheek, but it might be used as a defence ploy by the lawyer defending these saps.

So he was guilty of "hanging around" while black?

Still resonates with some I guess.

[Khun Paul]

Having just listened to the arguments about coloured people in the PUBLIC Gallery, a more twisted set of defence lawyers with severe Racist undertones and openly asking for a mis-trial. tells me that racism is alive and well in this Town.

[Drunk Monkey]

The killers of Mr Arbery all got life sentrences.

[stattointhailand]

So unfortunately did Mr Arbery, but unlike the murdering thugs he was not afforded a fair trial

[Whistler]

The killers of Mr Arbery all got life sentrences.

After local police did nothing for two months. Then the video of the murder was posted on social media when it became infamous.

This illustrates how insidious racism is in America where a blatent racist murder was not acted upon as a matter of simply upholding the law.

I note that Teacher Dan and Declan have refrained from any posts on this matter. It is hard even for them to weave this into their conservative manifesto

[Kenr6583]

The DA never brought up or made race an issue during the trial.

[Udon Map]

The DA never brought up or made race an issue during the trial.

The local D.A. had a previous relationship with Gregory McMichael (the father of the father/son duo). The case was eventually referred to the D.A.'s office in a different county.

[Kenr6583]

The DA never brought up or made race an issue during the trial.

The local D.A. had a previous relationship with Gregory McMichael (the father of the father/son duo). The case was eventually referred to the D.A.'s office in a different county.

Didn’t know that. Really don’t read a lot about these kind of cases, too depressing when s*** like this happens for no other reason than idiocy. I guess they’re going to leave the race issue to the Feds for when they decide to prosecute them.

[GT93]

Yes, I find these kinds of cases depressing too.

[Khun Paul]

Apart from the racism, what is even worse is the lengths many Americans go to defend their right to bear arms, again the question remains AGAINST WHO, and Why will reignite that question as well.

[tamada]

The killers of Mr Arbery all got life sentrences.

After local police did nothing for two months. Then the video of the murder was posted on social media when it became infamous.

This illustrates how insidious racism is in America where a blatent racist murder was not acted upon as a matter of simply upholding the law.

I note that Teacher Dan and Declan have refrained from any posts on this matter. It is hard even for them to weave this into their conservative manifesto

It is also noted that certain types of the UK media appear desperately to want to "the curse of Strictly" to fall upon Breakfast's Dan.

[Khun Paul]

Yes Tamada, I noticed that but then do you really think Closet racists will ever denounce their own.
But it again shows that deep down in the belly of AMERICA they are and will always be for a few more generations ,people who for whatever reason object to people of colour even though MOST and I think in fact ALL of the WHITES are descended from Immigrants from Europe, one has to wonder why therefore they are like they are. Considering they attempted to clear the land of the idigenous people ( which today might be called GENOCIDE ) they strut about claiming God Given right to act as they do. Pot calling the kettle black springs to mind there historically speaking .

[stattointhailand]

Its certainly not JUST America KP, just look for Sir Edward Leigh at PMQ's last week

That magical moment when the penny drops for Brexiter MP Edward Leigh, that stopping freedom of movement from Europe may mean more immigrants from India.

“Would he agree with me that our new working class voters who voted Brexit did not vote to replace immigration from Europe with more immigration from the rest of the world, any more than when they were told that they would take back control we would lose control of the channels?

“Will he convince us that he’s determined to connect to our supporters and control immigration?”