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The Ahmaud Arbery murder

Post by Earnest » January 8, 2022, 4:17 pm

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.

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Post by stattointhailand » January 8, 2022, 4:44 pm

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

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Post by Earnest » January 9, 2022, 1:31 am

Stopwatch, Statts? It's all about Fitbits and Garmins these days. Have you been watching Chariots of Fire?
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Post by Kenr6583 » January 9, 2022, 2:10 am

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?

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Post by Earnest » January 9, 2022, 2:32 am

Yeah, capital punishment may have been a better option for the fat lads. Just imagine how expensive prison is.
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Post by Laan Yaa Mo » January 9, 2022, 3:26 am

stattointhailand wrote:
January 8, 2022, 4:44 pm
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.
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Post by Khun Paul » January 9, 2022, 5:55 am

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 .

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Post by tamada » January 9, 2022, 6:59 am

Laan Yaa Mo wrote:
January 9, 2022, 3:26 am
stattointhailand wrote:
January 8, 2022, 4:44 pm
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.
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Post by Khun Paul » January 9, 2022, 5:16 pm

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.

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Post by Drunk Monkey » January 9, 2022, 5:54 pm

The killers of Mr Arbery all got life sentrences.
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Post by stattointhailand » January 9, 2022, 8:01 pm

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

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Post by Whistler » January 9, 2022, 8:10 pm

Drunk Monkey wrote:
January 9, 2022, 5:54 pm
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
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Post by Kenr6583 » January 9, 2022, 9:44 pm

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

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Post by Udon Map » January 10, 2022, 4:06 am

Kenr6583 wrote:
January 9, 2022, 9:44 pm
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.

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Post by Kenr6583 » January 10, 2022, 4:23 am

Udon Map wrote:
January 10, 2022, 4:06 am
Kenr6583 wrote:
January 9, 2022, 9:44 pm
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.

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Post by GT93 » January 10, 2022, 6:21 am

Yes, I find these kinds of cases depressing too.
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Post by Khun Paul » January 10, 2022, 6:30 am

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.

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Post by tamada » January 10, 2022, 6:33 am

Whistler wrote:
January 9, 2022, 8:10 pm
Drunk Monkey wrote:
January 9, 2022, 5:54 pm
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.
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Re: The Ahmaud Arbery murder

Post by Khun Paul » January 10, 2022, 10:00 am

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 .

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Post by stattointhailand » January 10, 2022, 10:28 am

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

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