Quote (Goomshill @ 7 May 2020 09:19)
Its really a form of the "he threw himself on my knife three times" defense, except we've got it on video and know its true. Imagine this same case without the video. Would anyone believe a story that the guy just went completely insane and charged a man with a gun and kept fighting even as he was blasted multiple times? But the video and autopsy don't lie.
If one side in this incident is insane, it's the two hillbillies who felt compelled to act as vigilantes as soon as they heard of a suspicious black dude in "their" neighborhood, like in some bad movie.
You were talking about Arbery "initiating" a fistfight, but the real problem here is how the MacMichaels initiated the whole encounter at gunpoint. That's where the aggression came from, that's where the situation really escalated.
Quote (Goomshill @ 7 May 2020 09:25)
Even by bad decision making criminal standards, continuing to fight suicidally after you first get blasted through the hand (using your stump to wallop him) and then still fighting madly after having half your chest blasted into a hole- thats insane. Thats like zombies immune to everything but headshots. It points to serious mental illness and/or drugs. Even a normal person who made the bad decision to rush a guy with a gun wouldn't keep punching away after he gets blasted
Are you seriously using "he got his chest blasted with a shotgun" as an argument
against him?
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Regarding the original article: the author is clearly a SJW and the whole article is dripping of bias and tearjerking, but the case at hand is nonetheless egregious. Fuck those two assholes. Then again, that the local law enforcement didnt file charges can be explained by the fact that one of the suspects was a close friend and (until recently) coworker of them. Hence, this case isnt suitable to prove the author's conclusion (which in reality was the premise all along) that the entire country is a racist hellhole.
Generally speaking, armed wannabe cops who engage with a hyperaggressive attitude are a recipe for escalation and disaster. Too many of those fools just want to play out their violence- and "respect my authoritah"-fantasies.
Deescalation is one of the most important skills for cops/security guards. No one should be allowed to roam the streets as a vigilante without proper deesclation training.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on May 7 2020 04:35am