OT Three Georgians Chase Down Unarmed Black Man, Shoot And Kill Him

I am pretty sure there is a universal consensus and it is one of the few threads in OT history that have reached it. The reason it keeps popping up is because there is new news

 

Surprise surprise

 

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/authoriti...ust-prior-003713242--abc-news-topstories.html

A second video was reviewed by authorities before the arrests. It was a surveillance camera video that showed Arbery walk into the home that was under construction through the garage and out the back before he continued down the road. The video shows him in the house for no more than 3 mins. He leaves without anything in his hands.

The video also shows McMichaels on the phone with 911 and then going after Arbery after retrieving his gun.

 

Thanks for pulling that quote out.

As I said this video was reviewed before their arrests. It doesn't in anyway vindicate the father and son. I just wanted to offer there was further news in the case.

 

BREAKING NEWS: Georgia AG asks the Justice Department to take over the investigation into Ahmaud Arbery's shooting by two white men as it's revealed recused DA said the slaying was 'justifiable homicide'

• George Barnhill, Sr, the top prosecutor of Waycross Judicial Circuit, declined to bring charges against two white men in the murder of an unarmed black jogger
• Barnhill told investigators in Glynn County, Georgia, that the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was 'justifiable homicide'
• Arbery was shot and killed while jogging in his neighborhood after he was accosted by Greg McMichael, 64, and his son, Travis McMichael, 34
• Local prosecutors declined to charge the McMichaels, stating that 'stand-your-ground' laws allowed armed citizens to arrest those suspected of a crime
• State authorities stepped in and arrested the father and son after video began circulating on social media showing the fatal shooting from February 23
• The McMichaels were arrested at their Brunswick home on Thursday and charged with murder and aggravated assault two months after the fact
• Brunswick District Attorney Jackie Johnson blocked police from arresting the two men for the murder of Arbery, 25
• 'She shut them down to protect her friend McMichael,' said Glynn County Commissioner Allen Booker
• They made their first court appearance Friday via video link from jail

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...two-armed-white-men-justifiable-homicide.html

 

BREAKING NEWS: Department of Justice is weighing hate crime charges in Ahmaud Arbery killing as new video emerges of unarmed black jogger, 25, inside construction site before he was shot dead by father and son vigilantes who 'thought he was a burglar'

• Ahmaud walked into the construction site in Brunswick, Georgia, looked around and then walked back out
• Later that day, he was shot dead by Travis McMichael, 34, who'd chased him with his former cop father Greg
• The pair told police they thought Ahmaud was a burglary suspect who had broken into homes near them
• The owner of the construction site said they never called police or the McMichaels, who they don't know
• They released the video to show that Ahmaud did not steal anything and say they had nothing to do with the young man's death
• Ahmaud's family says it proves that he was not burglarizing homes, as the McMichaels claimed
• Greg McMichael worked as a cop then in the district attorney's office before retiring a year ago
• The case passed between three prosecutors over three months before charges were finally brought
• They were only arrested after a cellphone video of Ahmaud's killing went viral

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ntering-construction-site-leaving-handed.html

 

Used to walk through houses being built when I was a teenager all the time. Never got murdered for it. Hope these assholes don't just get the book thrown at them. I hope they get their asses beat by it.

 

That is some corrupt shit

 

Black woman shot and killed after Kentucky police entered her home as she slept, family says

A black woman was asleep in her Louisville, Kentucky, home when three police officers forced their way inside, "blindly fired" and killed her, according to a lawsuit filed by the woman's family.

Breonna Taylor, an EMT worker, died on March 13 after officers with the Louisville Metro Police Department executed a search warrant at the wrong home, the suit states.

Police at the time said the officers knocked on the door several times and “announced their presence as police who were there with a search warrant.” The officers forced their way in through the door and “were immediately met by gunfire,” Lt. Ted Eidem said at a March 13 press conference.

Taylor's death gained national attention this week after the family hired attorney Ben Crump, who is also representing the family of Ahmaud Arbery, the black man in Georgia who died on Feb. 23 after being pursued and shot by two white men.

Gregory McMichael and his son Travis McMichael were arrested last week and charged with murder and aggravated assault in the Arbery case.

Crump called Taylor's death a "senseless killing."

"We stand with the family of this young woman in demanding answers from the Louisville Police Department," he said in a statement Monday on Twitter.

The attorney called out the police department for not taking responsibility and not providing "any answers regarding the facts and circumstances of how this tragedy occurred."

Crump joins Sam Aguiar and Lonita Baker in representing the family.





The lawsuit states that Taylor and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, were asleep in the bedroom when police in plain clothes and unmarked vehicles arrived at the house around 12:30 a.m.

The officers were looking for a suspect who lived in a different part of the city and was already in police custody after he was arrested earlier.

The three officers entered Taylor's home "without knocking and without announcing themselves as police officers," the suit states.

The lawsuit says Taylor and Walker woke up and thought criminals were breaking in. Walker called 911 and, according to The Courier-Journal, police said he opened fire and shot an officer.

"The defendants then proceeded to spray gunfire into the residence with a total disregard for the value of human life," the lawsuit alleges. "Shots were blindly fired by the officers all throughout Breonna's home."

The suit states that Walker had a license to carry and kept firearms in the home for protection.

Taylor, 26, was shot eight times and died. Walker, 27, was arrested. According to jail records he's been charged with assault and attempted murder on a police officer. An attorney for Walker could not immediately be reached.

"Breonna had posed no threat to the officers and did nothing to deserve to die at their hands," the suit says, adding that she was unarmed.

"Neither of the two had any criminal history for drugs or violence," it states. No drugs were found in the home.

The gunfire from the officers struck objects in the living room, dining room, kitchen, hallway, bathroom and both bedrooms, according to the lawsuit.

"The officers failed to use any sound reasonable judgment whatsoever when firing more than 25 blind shots into multiple homes and causing the wrongful death of Breonna," according to the suit.

Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, filed the lawsuit in April in Jefferson Circuit Court alleging wrongful death, excessive force and gross negligence.

A spokesperson for the Louisville Metro Police Department said, "Due to an ongoing internal investigation into this situation, we are not able to comment at this time."

The officers were identified by the police department at the March 13 press conference as Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove. All three were placed on administrative reassignment pending the outcome of an investigation.

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said in a statement Tuesday that he was monitoring the case and talked to the police department's chief to ensure a thorough investigation.

"As always, my priority is that the truth comes out, and for justice to follow the path of truth," he said in a statement posted on Twitter. "The Breonna Taylor case is currently under investigation. Therefore, expansive comments are not appropriate until all the facts are fully known."

 

Wait, so not only did they get the wrong address, but the guy they were looking for was already in Jail, having been arrested earlier in the day? The incompetence.