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Ahmaud Arbery (Graphic content)

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Notmyrealname855 · 07/05/2020 22:15

WTF is happening in Georgia? Have you seen this? I don’t even know what to say! We learnt about Jim Crow, and Emmett Till and others in school... just how are people still so vile and racist? How is the justice system in Georgia so fucked up? Do you ever just see these news items and think WHAT is wrong in America? Here too, but wtf America (Georgia). I can’t begin to understand how his family must feel

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/07/ahmaud-arbery-killing-man-called-911-report-black-male-running-shooting

Justice denied since February. His attorney has posted the evidence and I can’t bring myself to show it here. Poor innocent man

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zaphodbeeble · 07/05/2020 22:16

Absolutely horrific story

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Notmyrealname855 · 07/05/2020 22:17

I don’t know what to say, other than please sign any petition you can! How can this still be happening

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isitfridayyet1 · 07/05/2020 22:18

Yes, this is so awful. Just sickening! Modern America is still so racist and backward in certain regions its appalling!

GlummyMcGlummerson · 07/05/2020 22:19

Horrific. America seems to be going backward in terms of racism. Trump had a real nerve calling other places "shitholes". As far as I can see USA is biggest shithole going

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Notmyrealname855 · 07/05/2020 22:20

And the “justice” system?! Not only did an ex cop kill him, the whole system has failed Mr Arbery... not only failed him, fixed things to deny him justice!!

WHAT THE EFF!!! How can this be??

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BigBairyHollocks · 07/05/2020 22:23

Disgusting.Racism running riot in America, seemingly no-one standing up against it. Disgusting and heartbreaking Sad

GlummyMcGlummerson · 07/05/2020 22:25

American Police seems to be a shower of total bastards. 1 in 4 are domestic abusers. 1 in 4!!! And we expect these people to protect their community when they can't even refrain from beating their wife? It's a joke.

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Notmyrealname855 · 07/05/2020 22:27

Honestly I’d be scared of American police... I’m sure there are some really great ones but how are we to know who is good and who is a thug? Lives being wasted and wiped out by racist scum. It’s an absolute horror film in real life

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Needtheadvice · 07/05/2020 22:30

The Police killed a Black Veteran yesterday after tasering him, the police in the USA have lost their heads completely.

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Notmyrealname855 · 07/05/2020 22:30

The whole of Georgia should be up in arms about this, you’d want to see a united and strong message from Georgia that they’re not bigots... who would go there? I couldn’t in good faith, knowing how that state treats its own citizens and knowing BAME friends wouldn’t necessarily be safe or respected. WTF!! Just how...

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Sparklesocks · 07/05/2020 22:32

Hugely upsetting, my heart hurts for his family

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Notmyrealname855 · 07/05/2020 22:34

Grassroots Law is trying to help

www.instagram.com/grassrootslaw/?hl=en

mobile.twitter.com/grassroots_law?lang=en

We need to try and help surely? What can UK residents do to send a message?

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Tellmetruth4 · 07/05/2020 22:34

A black man is murdered for the crime of jogging past some white men...zero justice, tumbleweed and crickets... Meanwhile dozens of white men in military outfits, carrying assault rifles can enter a government building threatening officials in front of police, they all live and the POTUS offers his support.

That country is going to hell in a handcart.

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Notmyrealname855 · 07/05/2020 22:47

Sadly true Sad America needs a kick up the arse, in a major major way

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Persiaclementine · 07/05/2020 22:56

So sad, his sweet happy face. Just awful. How can people be so evil.

SnagAndChips · 07/05/2020 23:40

I have seen this posted a few times. Some decent Americans are up in arms, but not enough.

The comment was made- imagine 2 black guys shooting a white jogger. Would the whole thing be ignored or would there be outcry?

Not really a question that would take 1 second to answer

I hope this poor guy's family gets the justice it deserves.

Electrical · 08/05/2020 09:39

The murderers have been arrested now, one was a retired cop, so he’ll probably be given a medal instead of a sentence. Shithole country.

MockersxxxxxxxSocialDistancing · 08/05/2020 09:50

Sick, demented decadent country. We'd look down on it, but our telescopes are not that powerful.

And you just know it's going to end the same way as Trayvon Martin.

Peapod29 · 08/05/2020 09:53

Oh my god. That’s is the most horrific story. I feel like I’ve gone back in time 60 years.

araiwa · 08/05/2020 09:53

Executed for being guilty of being black

Ibelieveinyesterday · 08/05/2020 10:15

I wonder about the voters who thought YABU. Surely no one can justify disagreeing with the fact this is yet another heinous case of a modern day lynching.

AntennaReborn · 08/05/2020 10:20

Who TF is voting YABU???

knittingaddict · 08/05/2020 10:31

Who TF is voting YABU???

Racists in the US?

MollyAtTheFolly · 08/05/2020 10:33

I saw it on Phillip DeFranco - it's appalling. A modern-day lynching really. As a PP said, the murderers have been arrested now, but it's taken two months.

I don't understand why a fair few Americans perceive their country to be the best in the world. It's no better or worse than any other.

C130 · 08/05/2020 10:36

Yet another black person losing their life for nothing, in the so called land of the free.

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