Think what you will, but if white person ended up dead, this is a non-story, and I think you know that, and I think you know why.

So you think if it had been two black guys who chased down a white jogger/robbery suspect, then shot and killed him, the story would have died a quiet death and nobody would have ever heard of it?

Except for maybe Andy Ngo, and stormfront.

maybe i misunderstood you. are you saying that there is only press because there is a racial component? or that the crime wasn't motivated by race?

the crime was obviously motivated by race. there is probably more press because of the fact that the crime was clearly motivated by race but i think a miscarriage of justice probably makes some press regardless of race.

overall though roughly 45 people are murdered per day in the US so yeah some of the more "normal" murders arent covered.

oh the old "reverse racism" angle.. lol thats dumb.

You forgot Fox. And mask has slipped a bit, eh? Lol you.

The right reason to care about this story is becasue a murder occurred, and they murderers were not charged. The wrong reason is because of the skin color of the people involved. Of course it's speculation, but I'm rather certain if it was a white person doing what Arbery was doing, these wannabee would have done the same thing. You think it's racism, but I think people who do this **** are "solider of fortune" types, wannabe heroes. If it was racist, he would have been dead long before he had a chance to charge at them.

Deserves rainbow text.

Edits keep on giving.

Do you genuinely believe the quoted statements???

Defenders of the McMichaels are the ones who are pushing the narrative that Arbery was committing a burglary. And I assume they are pushing that narrative because they think it is somehow relevant. I agree that the McMichaels's actions were unjustified even if they saw Arbery burglarizing a construction site. But I don't think it's crazy to question whether the defenders' narrative is even supported by the evidence. And I certainly don't see why anyone who believes that it is irrelevant whether Arbery was committing a burglary should feel compelled to accept the burglary narrative as self-evident.

Your claim is that this wasn’t racially motivated. This is simply false. It’s the definition of racial profiling. They had no probable cause to stop him, therefore we can reasonably deduce that it was due to his race.

You also claim that this wouldn’t have gotten as much media attention and that the public wouldn’t care if the same thing happened to a white person. What you’re missing is that these types of things happen disproportionately to black people. You also cannot erase the history of racial discrimination/violence and white privilege/supremacy in this country and then try to replace it with some self-righteous indignation or unfairness towards those that continue to perpetrate them.

Good summary!

I think you're totally correct that this would be a non-story if it was reversed. I think your reason for why that is is ass-backwards though. It wouldn't have been a story because the perpetrators would have been arrested and charged immediately so it would be just another one of the dozens of murders that happen daily and receive no national coverage.

There is video of him trespassing. Does not make the murder justified, but it is evidence that corroborates the offenders motivation. Keep screaming racism, you only expose yourself as the real racist profiler. Your only evidence of it being racist motivation is the skin color of the people involved.

Mr Wiild put it better than I tried to earlier, and to be honest, better than I ever could have.

You mean the motivation of the people who chased him?

If I witness you shoplifting, and I decide to chase you down the street with a gun, and then pull out my gun and aim it at you, and then end up shooting you by accident, is that all OK because you were shoplifting?

This is straw man dipshit, and I'm going to call you a dipshit becasue I have at least a dozen posts indicating it's murder. Because you chase a shoplifter with a gun does not make you a racist, no matter how wrong you were to have a gun while chasing him, no matter the skin color of the people involved. It's more important to the SJW to point out purported racism than the murder, and I find that as disturbing as the people trying to say this was not a murder.

Well, allow me to use the same heuristics as you do in your posting - to wit, in this particular area of the country, racism is fairly prevalent. So, going by basic bayesian methods, one would suggest on the balance of probabilites that it was a couple of ****ing hillbillies out to lynch a n****

Of course, evidence may be adduced at trial to the contrary. But if you want to infer motivations from facts not yet in evidence, we can all do that.

So, you just racially profiled a white guy. You are a racist.

Sure, call the feds.

Meanwhile, you might want to question your own motivations when posting. They don't seem to be entirely pure.

Almost all of my posting in this thread was pointing out it was murder. Almost all of your posting history in this thread is alleging racism with zero evidence, and your stated reasoning is entirely based on racial profiling a white person. I mean, you should know racial profiling is not an acceptable way to determine something. You care about the racial component, not me. You are the racist here.

Half the people I know didn't start acting like 'adults' until they were like ~30. And at nearly 50 I still have some friends that aren't quite there

They didn’t see him do that, they just saw a black person “hauling ass” so how could it possibly corroborate the offender’s motivation? Unless you believe these rednecks were actually secret agents of some minority report dystopian future sent here to prevent the heinous act of of yoinking fishing rods.

Almost all of my posting ITT was related to the legalities of the situation, until you went on your batshit crazy tangent trying to cook up a positive defense for the suspects.

It might not interest you as much. It would still be murder and would interest to prosecutor.

I'm curious though, do you think in the same town the police would have filed charges sooner if the roles were reversed ?
I think they would have and I think you know why.

So there's no racial component to this event in your mind ?

That's funny but I still haven't seen any evidence of a crime being committed.

The kid wandered into the new construction and there's video of him looking at the materials. Is he casing the joint or is he just interested in building houses or is he perhaps a bit behind his age mentally ?

I can't tell from what I've seen but I do know I haven't seen any crime other than the murder so far. Lot's of excuses and justification for the white guys but no actual video proof of a crime that would excuse or justify their behavior. (I guess that's why they were arrested)

The story about the thousands of dollars worth of fishing gear is lol to me.
Leave thousands of dollars of stuff on an open lot and you're just asking for someone to take it. And those gun totin' red necks like to fish afaik. Can't assume that was the kid either.