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Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
Fri May 8, 2020, 05:39 PM May 2020

Now, about that whole, "There were a string of burglaries and Ahmaud Arbery matched the description"

thing the righties keep trying to push...um, no there weren't. And no, he didn't.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/08/us/ahmaud-arbery-mcmichael-arrests-friday/index.html

Glynn County, Georgia (CNN)The two white men arrested Thursday evening in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery told police they believed he was a suspect in a series of break-ins. But no such string of crimes was reported in the weeks preceding the shooting, a police lieutenant told CNN.

Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son, 34-year-old Travis McMichael, face charges of murder and aggravated assault in Arbery's death, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. They were arrested two days after a 36-second video that appears to show the deadly confrontation surfaced online, sparking outrage and calls for justice in the south Georgia community.

After the killing, according to a Glynn County Police report, Gregory McMichael told police he thought Arbery, 25, looked like a person suspected in a series of a recent break-ins in the Satilla Shores neighborhood.

But according to Glynn County Police Lt. Cheri Bashlor, just one automobile burglary in the neighborhood was reported when a 9 mm pistol was stolen January 1 from an unlocked truck outside the McMichaels' home.

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Now, about that whole, "There were a string of burglaries and Ahmaud Arbery matched the description" (Original Post) Downtown Hound May 2020 OP
Fucking idiots leaving their guns lying around too jberryhill May 2020 #1
guess you cant get away w blowing away black men w an excuse like mopinko May 2020 #2
foisted by their own original report, no actual burglaries mentioned. Alex4Martinez May 2020 #3
IOW, there was only one burglary, and it was against them, due to their stupidity mr_lebowski May 2020 #4
I posted this yesterday safeinOhio May 2020 #5
So let me get this straight.. Permanut May 2020 #6
Still a lot online pushing that bullshit Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 #7

mopinko

(70,103 posts)
2. guess you cant get away w blowing away black men w an excuse like
Fri May 8, 2020, 06:07 PM
May 2020

'he didnt belong here' 'i didnt recognize him' or 'he was attempting to flee'
now they gotta invent a whole damn backstory.

progress of a sort.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
4. IOW, there was only one burglary, and it was against them, due to their stupidity
Fri May 8, 2020, 06:10 PM
May 2020

And they saw a black person shortly afterwards, and (naturally) thought 'Look at 'im! What's HE doin' here? That's GOT to be the burglar! Get the guns while I pull the truck around!'

safeinOhio

(32,680 posts)
5. I posted this yesterday
Fri May 8, 2020, 06:32 PM
May 2020

""burglary suspect" is a term used by LEOs to stop anyone of Color.

I'd like to see all police communications about the crimes and descriptions of said suspects. How were these guys informed about the case and why they didn't follow the advise of Dispatch. Details are the enemy of real criminals."

The gang was suppose to go along with the story, then the video turned up. This has been going on for many years in departments.

Permanut

(5,608 posts)
6. So let me get this straight..
Fri May 8, 2020, 08:05 PM
May 2020

If there's a burglary in my neighborhood, and I see someone jogging who looks like what I think the burglar probably looks like, I can just shoot them? Who knew?


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