'I am not a vigilante': Man who filmed shocking footage of
Ahmaud Arbery being shot dead says through his lawyer *
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Rachel Sharp
Original Article
Posted By: Harlowe,
5/9/2020 1:38:11 PM
The man who filmed the shocking footage of Ahmaud Arbery being shot dead has said through his lawyer that he followed him because there had been 'a number of crimes in the neighborhood' - despite cops saying there were no burglaries reported in the two months leading up to the jogger's murder. William 'Roddie' Bryan, a neighbor of Gregory and Travis McMichael, was pictured Friday for the first time since his cellphone footage exposing the brutal slaying of the innocent jogger was leaked this week, as his lawyer protested his innocence.(Snip) Gough also said the shooting simply 'start[ed] happening in front of him'
Reply 1 - Posted by:
earlybird 5/9/2020 1:59:12 PM (No. 406180)
Saw what was happening and jumped in his car to follow them? What an odd thing to do.
The whole lot look like extras in the cast of “Deliverance”...
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
seamusm 5/9/2020 1:59:43 PM (No. 406181)
God will hold accountable (as we should, too) those who record crimes being committed without making any effort to intervene. Simply providing police with a record isn't enough to justify one's skinsuit.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 5/9/2020 2:09:02 PM (No. 406191)
Just s random coincidence Roddie just happened to be trailing the man right up to the ambush choke point. Deer hunters use the same tactic. They hunted this man down and killed him in cold blood. Talk about a racist hate crime. Disgusting and horrible.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
bighambone 5/9/2020 2:33:16 PM (No. 406210)
If the jogger was suspected of being a burglar the people who observed the jogger should have called the local police, made their report, and kept the jogger in sight until the police arrived and contacted the jogger. Apparently one of the two men who have been arrested, knew the jogger’s identity from a previous encounter. So the right way to go was to give that identity to the police, so that if the police deemed it appropriate, that the police could find and arrest him. There is no way that it would be lawful for those two men to accost the jogger on the street, attempt to restrain him and then shoot him dead. It’s just common sense that two White men in civilian clothes jumping out of a pick-up truck armed with a shotgun and a pistol trying to restrain a Black men, especially in the South, would not engender resistance with the possibility of death occurring and that’s what happened.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Northcross 5/9/2020 2:52:06 PM (No. 406228)
Hey laddie, how about calling 9-1-1. Definitely an accomplice. No other scenario makes sense.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 5/9/2020 3:08:21 PM (No. 406241)
Bubba's gonna find out what the definition of "indentured servant" is after, at the very least, the wrongful death lawsuit.
Enjoy losing everything you own - your house, your car, your life savings, your retirement - and having all your paychecks and ss payments garnished for the rest of your life.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Strike3 5/9/2020 3:30:24 PM (No. 406261)
Brutal slaying? How many black folks randomly shot kids on the sidewalk in Chicago this year? That's what I call brutal. We are going to see more facts concerning Ahmaud as time goes on.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
WestCoast 5/9/2020 3:45:15 PM (No. 406269)
if the facts are the two committed manslaughter or murder (as the video sort of appears) send them away, or execute, I don't really care. BUT, remember Trayvon martin and Rodney king before jumping to judgement.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
earlybird 5/9/2020 4:01:36 PM (No. 406286)
Actually, Roddie said he was in his front yard when he saw what was happening so he jumped in his car and followed. A call to police would have been more beneficial to all concerned. Those who hope to pick up dramatic cell phone footage are as bad as any criminals. Far be it from them to cause LE to interrupt a crime in progress when their video can make the evening news. Now he’s involved. Good.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
lakerman1 5/9/2020 4:44:03 PM (No. 406317)
One question about the jogger (who appeared to be sprinting.)
where did he live, with reference to the shooting? Joggers typically maintain a pattern to the routes they jog, in part to keep track of the distance covered at some point in time.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
OhioNick 5/9/2020 4:54:35 PM (No. 406324)
Apparently we're not allowed to ask the obvious question -- was the jogger the same person as the burglar in a previously-filmed security video? The mainstream media keeps telling us that there hadn't been a burglary in that neighborhood in "seven weeks," so there's no way he could be the suspect.
If you remember that other burglar, Saint Trayvon Martin, his family never sued George Zimmerman because they knew he would demand to see if Trayvon's fingerprints matched the burglar's fingerprints, which the police had on file.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
DVC 5/9/2020 7:04:12 PM (No. 406420)
This is all nutso, and I don't believe a single word the Enemedia is putting out at this point.
And incidentally, neither "filmed" or "footage" are valid terms any more..... No film and only film has length, hence the term footage. "Recorded" and "scenes" or "events", perhaps.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
FLCracker 5/9/2020 7:32:38 PM (No. 406433)
Anybody notice that the only crime that was reported in the neighborhood was theft of a gun from an unlocked vehicle outside the McMichaels' home?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
PCMM 5/9/2020 9:16:05 PM (No. 406506)
Thank you, #4. I had someone here say, “We can’t all be Navy SEALs” when describing my story of when I did exactly that (except I had to call police 3 times and on the 3rd call say I might have to shoot). Once police did finally respond, they discovered he was making a pile of stolen items at one location and was picking the neighborhood clean (Ft. Bragg, NC, 2007). The gun threat inspired 5 units to respond and once the young b/m was captured, the MP’s were so very proud of themselves for catching a thief in the act. I had to remind the MPI at the scene about what it took to finally get them to respond. People at keyboards can type all day to “just call police” but it takes work to get them there in a timely manner. These good ol’ boys didn’t want to wait but had ZERO authority to use deadly force until he grabbed the gun. No tears for the “jogger” in cargo shorts, though. Sorry, not sorry.
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