June 5. 2020

25-year-old black man, Ahmaud Arbery, was mowed down and shot to death in a murder committed by Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis McMichael, 34. The incident occurred in Brunswick, Georgia. After 4-months of government corruption, the McMichaels were finally arrested due to public outcry, when a mobile phone video was released of the murder.

Arbery was out jogging in his neighborhood, as he'd done before. The McMichaels stalked, confronted, then murdered Arbery, falsely accusing him of burglary. First the McMichaels hit Arbery with a truck, then shot him to death. Due to the fact the elder McMichael knows the prosecutor, no charges were pending for months until the public discovered the case and slammed the government corruption.

CCTV footage was later released from neighborhood cameras, showing Arbery inside an empty, unfinished neighboring home, looking at the progress of the construction. Arbery's mother stated he was fascinated by the construction process and was simply looking at the work being done. Arbery was not accused of stealing from or vandalizing the property, and no video was released to that effect.

The McMichaels used the videos to further state Arbery was a burglar and due to the fact the neighborhood had a spate of robberies, they had a right to kill him. Suspecting someone of robbery, then taking it upon yourself to be judge, jury and executioner on a public street, is a very serious crime worthy of life in prison.

Ahmaud Arbery

The fact Travis McMichael contemptuously referred to Arbery as a "f*cking nigger" after killing him, also makes this a hate crime. The murder was unquestionably racially motivated. It was not about catching a burglar. It was about killing a black man.

Police also discovered McMichael using the word nigger on the social networking website Instagram, as well as on his phone "many times." The McMichaels are white supremacist that committed the equivalent of a modern day lynching and must pay their debt to society for this heinous crime.

Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael

National Public Radio reported, "The opening testimony was presented to refute statements the McMichaels gave to police that they shot and killed Arbery in self-defense. At one point attorneys for Travis McMichael asked Dial if he thought their client was trying to protect himself from Arbery, the agent responded, 'I don't believe it was self-defense by Mr. McMichael, I believe it was self-defense by Mr. Arbery.'"

The McMichaels' criminal conduct is more proof of the racism problem that is gripping and damaging America. It has intensified, not gotten better. Those who believe there is no problem are in denial. Black people and other minorities are being treated terribly in America by those harboring white supremacist views.

STORY SOURCE

White Defendant Allegedly Used Racial Slur After Killing Ahmaud Arbery

June 4, 20206:17 PM ET - William "Roddie" Bryan told investigators he overheard Travis McMichael use a racial epithet after fatally shooting a black man in Glynn County, Ga., in February, according to court testimony Thursday by a Georgia Bureau of Investigation official.

Bryan told law enforcement officials that McMichael uttered "f****** n*****" after shooting Ahmaud Arbery three times with his Remington 870 shotgun and prior to police arriving on the scene. Richard Dial, a special agent with GBI and the lead investigator in the case, was asked if there is evidence that McMichael has used the n-word at any other time and he responded, "Yes, sir, many times."

McMichael, along with his father Gregory McMichael, and Bryan all face murder charges in the death of Arbery who was killed Feb. 23. Dial explained what investigators believe happened in the moments leading up to Arbery's death.

In vivid detail, he testified that Arbery, who was jogging through the Brunswick, Ga., neighborhood, was pursued and then repeatedly boxed in by the truck that the McMichaels were in and the vehicle driven by Bryan. Prosecutor Jesse Evans told the court that Arbery "was chased, hunted down and ultimately executed."...

https://www.npr.org