NotfooledbyW
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How do you know conclusively that there was no "struggle" for the gun before the first shot was fired?
The shadows, half a second, AA’s first wound to the chest, plus agent Dial’s testimony prove conclusively there was no struggle for the gun before the first shot.
The SHADOWS (assumed truck is facing west):
#1 We last see AA’s back as he comes around the front of the v truck - his direction is approximately south west.
#2 we see a long extended object between the upper body shadows of the two men. That has to be a fully raised barrel of the shotgun pointed in the vicinity of AA’s upper body.. We know it is a fact that TM had possession of the shotgun when this frame is frozen and it’s the only long object that either man possessed
# 3 is an image between image #1 and 2. This proves TM was on an attack maneuver because he deliberately put himself in a blocking position to be set in preparation for AA coming towards him around the passenger side of the truck. It makes no sense to deliberately get that close to making physical contact wth AA, with the shotgun pointed at the ground.
HALF A SECOND is too little time for there to be a struggle for the gun. The time from frame #1 to #2 is as long as it takes to say ‘ONE THOUS.......” when you are counting off the seconds.And the first shot is fired .
AA’s first wound is consistent with the shadow evidence that the gun was already aimed at AA as he came around the front of the truck.
Agent Dial’s testimony sums it all up. The struggle comes AFTER the first shot was fired.
Ahmaud Artery Trial Transcript: June 4 Preliminary Hearings - Rev
Richard Dial: (52:29) After the first shot, again, you see a struggle between Travis McMichael and Mr. Arbery
Add to all of that TM told police that he shot AA when AA “squared up” as if to attack.,
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Under questioning by Jason Sheffield, an attorney for Travis McMichael, Dial said Travis told police he raised his shotgun at Arbery from roughly 90 feet (27 meters) away and told him to stop and get on the ground.
That’s when Arbery ran around the passenger side of Travis’ truck, and the two men met in front of it.
Dial said Travis told police Arbery “squared up” like he was going to attack.
He said Travis then fired the first shot into Arbery’s chest.”
IF THERE WAS A CLOSE CONTACT STRUGGLE DURING THAT ONE SECOND WHEN BOTH MEN CAN ONLY BE SEEN AS SHADOWS ON THE PAVEMENT THERE WOUID NOT BE TWO DISTINCT AND SEPARATED UPPER BODY SHADOWS MOVING IN A SOUTHWEST DIRECTION SEEN ON THE VIDEO RECORDING AS THE FIRST SHOT WAS FIRED.
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