One thing that's dismaying about some people's reaction to the Ahmaud Arbery case is that when they consider it, they only put themselves in the role of the vigilantes. "Well, if he'd just listened and stopped..." Why not ALSO put yourself in the role of the jogger?
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10/ I think the problem in the analysis is that there are two axises: * was he out jogging or was he ne'er do well * were a bunch of randos justified in forming a vigilante posse, pointing a gun at him, and pulling the trigger the entire legal question is the second one >
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11/ if he was a pure jogger, they randos had no right to intercept him or point a gun at him IF HE WAS A THIEF, THIS IS STILL TRUE
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12/ but folks want to wish away this complexity and * turn two distinct questions (was he breaking the law? were they?) into 1 (was he a thief?) * use the result of "was he a thief?" to justify anything / everything
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You should.
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And the thing is, in the situation where he *was* just having a look around out of curiosity ... given the end result, running the fuck away upon noticing being noticed would still seem an entirely understandable response on his part.
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1. South Georgia. 911 calls were made because black man in white neighborhood. Not at all same as suspicious behavior. 2. One of those folks probably yelled at him and black man in south Georgia knows hanging around is not good idea.
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