Murdered
Ahmaud Aurbery was out jogging.
He was hunted down and shot to death by an ex-cop and another guy playing Army.
Murdered.
On video, besides.
And I didn’t know what I was looking at when I brought up the video on Twitter.
Was so sorry that I did because it was the most disturbing thing I ever watched, knowing that it wasn’t television.
Ahmaud had the tragic misfortune of deciding to run through a neighborhood where this crew decided that he fit their description of someone who may have robbed something.
There was no conversation.
The first man attacked Ahmaud, who looked confused to be in such a situation. He never got a chance to explain himself.
The first shot rang out.
Ahmaud tried to get away.
A second shot hit him and he still made a few steps, away, completely defenseless...
...the third shot dropped him where he died in the street, like a dog that had been struck by a car.
So far there aren’t any charges. There’s a discussion of a possible grand jury, but right now there aren’t any grand juries being convened.
It happened at the end of February and those who loved Ahmaud are looking for answers. They haven’t yet begun to protest because gathering to protest hasn’t been allowed.
I’m not quite sure what the justification might be.
I’m certain that those who are on the side of vigilante justice will come up with something, but there’s no justice there.
None.
The man was straight-up murdered.
He wasn’t fighting.
He wasn’t posing a threat.
He was jogging!
They confronted him, and shot him to death.
Dylan Roof was a white man who shot up a church, killed about a dozen people. He was arrested without incident. There are rumors that they fed him on the way to the station because he was famished.
There’s no implication that Ahmaud was involved in any robbery, but let’s imagine, even for a split-second that he was...
...should the penalty be that he’s shot to death by idiots who were waiting for him, (or anyone who looked like him), and were thrilled to be able to exercise their 2nd amendment rights as “responsible” gun owners.
Don’t take my word for it.
Watch the video, and before you immediately jump to the defense of the scared white men who pulled the trigger...
...remember that a young man was left to bleed out in the street...
...because he had the audacity to jog by some white supremacists.
Horrible.
May that young man Rest In Peace.
He was hunted down and shot to death by an ex-cop and another guy playing Army.
Murdered.
On video, besides.
And I didn’t know what I was looking at when I brought up the video on Twitter.
Was so sorry that I did because it was the most disturbing thing I ever watched, knowing that it wasn’t television.
Ahmaud had the tragic misfortune of deciding to run through a neighborhood where this crew decided that he fit their description of someone who may have robbed something.
There was no conversation.
The first man attacked Ahmaud, who looked confused to be in such a situation. He never got a chance to explain himself.
The first shot rang out.
Ahmaud tried to get away.
A second shot hit him and he still made a few steps, away, completely defenseless...
...the third shot dropped him where he died in the street, like a dog that had been struck by a car.
So far there aren’t any charges. There’s a discussion of a possible grand jury, but right now there aren’t any grand juries being convened.
It happened at the end of February and those who loved Ahmaud are looking for answers. They haven’t yet begun to protest because gathering to protest hasn’t been allowed.
I’m not quite sure what the justification might be.
I’m certain that those who are on the side of vigilante justice will come up with something, but there’s no justice there.
None.
The man was straight-up murdered.
He wasn’t fighting.
He wasn’t posing a threat.
He was jogging!
They confronted him, and shot him to death.
Dylan Roof was a white man who shot up a church, killed about a dozen people. He was arrested without incident. There are rumors that they fed him on the way to the station because he was famished.
There’s no implication that Ahmaud was involved in any robbery, but let’s imagine, even for a split-second that he was...
...should the penalty be that he’s shot to death by idiots who were waiting for him, (or anyone who looked like him), and were thrilled to be able to exercise their 2nd amendment rights as “responsible” gun owners.
Don’t take my word for it.
Watch the video, and before you immediately jump to the defense of the scared white men who pulled the trigger...
...remember that a young man was left to bleed out in the street...
...because he had the audacity to jog by some white supremacists.
Horrible.
May that young man Rest In Peace.
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