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.
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#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
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# 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.
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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.
You can clearly see the muzzle blast of the shotgun in the upper right-hand portion of this video proving it was fired from a low position upward
The shotgun was not shouldered and aimed properly or the blast would have been lateral or downward.... this blast came at a 45 degree upward proving it wasn't an aimed shot
By simply walking to the front of the engine block Travis McMichael "cut the pie" on Maude and Maude got mad and rushed Travis
The threat of imminent attack is plenty of reason to pull the trigger, you don't actually need to have your hand on the gun or be in contact with someone for them to defend themselves
The autopsy and the video combined prove that Maude was trying to forcibly remove the firearm when he was shot
you're only allowed to use violence and in a self-defense situation when you have no means of Escape and Maude had plenty of opportunity to escape... you're not allowed to attack someone just because you're scared of them, they have to actually have threatened you with great bodily harm and there's absolutely no evidence that the McMichaels threatened arberry in a criminal way
had they drove up in a truck and gunned him down as he was running away as the media tried so desperately to suggest the forensic evidence would prove that he was shot in the back or the side or had defensive wounds on his hands
the wounds on his hands were indicative that he was trying to grab the gun not trying to protect himself, it's very simple science
not only did Travis never aim the gun at him he had a load in his gun less powerful than what was available at your local neighborhood Walmart proving he had no intention to go murdering joggers that day but was simply forced to defend himself when a crazy person who was on probation for crimes attacked him in a desperate attempt to escape the police
maude didn't peaceably surrender because he knew he'd be going to jail when the cops arrived since he was a notorious criminal on parole caught casing out someone's house for burglary
Richard dial is literally paid to put the McMichaels away
His job is to spin all the evidence in a way that makes them look guilty to a jury
even though he's a professional liar he's still not very good at it... one can clearly see his normal demeanor crack and he becomes a babbling idiot when he tries to suggest the Travis McMichael actually pointed the shotgun directly at maude
we know from the forensic evidence witness testimony and the video this is completely false