Georgia is still a Republican State, for the time being. Republican Governor, Republican Attorney General, Republican Secretary of State. Yes the State went for Biden in 2020, and with the Republican Party going full bore in with Loyalty Purges in favor of the idiot Trump, it is liable to lose that Republican label soon enough.
However, the Attorney General who assigned this case to this DA’s office, was a Republican. The Attorney General who is the senior person this side of the Governor who is in command of not only the Prosecutors in Georgia, but the State Police, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. And they have been under the control of Republicans for decades.
But blame the Democrats if information comes out which you don’t like. For example, the claims that the Unite the Right gathering was totally not racist. Well it was. That has been demonstrated for three weeks so far. And that trial is continuing. You probably haven’t heard about that since it is unlikely to be published on the RW approved news sites. Or should I say White Wing?
More than a dozen accused of civil rights violations related to racist mayhem in trial that has driven judge to exasperation
www.theguardian.com
Since they are exposing the truth about people you have supported, I suppose you’ll label it fake news too. But hey, denounce away. The spotlight is coming on, and people are scurrying for the exits.
Let's review the information, not from a prosecutor, but from an impartial lawyer, covering the trial for HLN
2. Based on the (biased) news reporting, this was an open and shut case of armed white racist vigilances chasing down an innocent black jogger....and shooting him.
Now it comes down to a question of whether a citizens arrest was legal in this case.
Evidence now appears to strengthen the view that Arbery was engaged in some sort of criminal acts.
The statute in Georgia requires a reasonable suspicion that a felony had been committed.
3. Testimony of Robert
Rash, a
Glynn County police officer, ...Arbery had been caught five times, on camera, at a house under construction, where material had been stolen.
There is body cam footage from the officer, talking with the defendants about what was known....that Arbery had been at the site of thefts five times, and told by the officer that the individual in the five vids had been trespassing "or maybe something more"....a possible felony.
4. There is body cam vid of Officer Rash in that house, at night, gun drawn......making clear that this is a serious crime.....police looking for the individual seen on the vids.....who ended up being identified as Arbery. This is a serious crime....burglary....and something the defendants knew when they intercepted Arbery.
The defendants were told 'if you see this guy, call the police'.....which seems to fit the Georgia statute for citizen's arrest.
5. In the vid one of the defendants states that he had seen Arbery before and believes he was armed....."a new narrative which supports the McMichael's side of the case...."
A game changer: now there are facts, information, testimony and body cam video.
6. To use the 'citizen's arrest law' the defense needs to show justification based on the preponderance of the evidence, the slightest bit over 50%......not 'beyond a reasonable doubt.'
If there was a reasonable suspicion that a crime had been committed, and they could use police body cam footage to show it was information that they knew at the time, then the 'Citizen's Arrest Law' is applicable....
7. "There have not been any racial sluts toward Arbery....they called him a joker and a rat...on body cam footage....."
Rather than race, the ubiquitous claim by the party of racism, why are so many of the Democrat's heroes felons, criminals, assaulters....?????