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Ahmaud Arbery Continued......

Let us continue looking into the case of Ahmaud Arbery, which has recently outraged the world once again. Not too long ago, there was a video released by a bystander who had seen the crime being taken place. This video gave the Ahmaud Arbery case solid evidence that a murder was being taken place in broad daylight. This case has now received the support of many individuals who have been part of the Black Lives Matters movement. We started to see some justice being served with the two suspects, Greg McMichael and Travis McMichael, being arrested due to the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. Although there has been an uproar from many democratic and liberal supporters, there have also been conservatives who still claim that the killing of Ahmaud Arbery is justified. There has been a Facebook support group for Greg McMichael and Travis McMichael that brought in quite a bit of attention and outrage. The direct quote from their Facebook page is shown below. 

"These 2 God-fearing men were only trying to protect their neighborhood. This area has had a string of break-ins, and this man fit the description and did not comply with simple commands. Our hearts go out to the McMichael family in their time of need. Amen.”

I would just like to point out that this support group claimed that these two men were "god-fearing." They are assuming that if a man is religious, aka "god-fearing," he will not be able to commit a murder. This is a false claim because many mass murderers like Albert Fish were driven to kill because they believed their religion wanted them to murder. Therefore, the "god-fearing" argument does not seem at all relevant. 

Let us continue looking at the argument many conservatives are trying to make. Candice Owens, a well-known republican, recently shared her views about how Ahmaud Arbery killing has nothing to do with his race. Let us go along with this narrative. We have a man doing nothing but running through a neighborhood, and he gets shot by two men that suspect him of robbing the houses. This is absurd, especially since the police failed to arrest the shooters right away. 

"Ahmaud Arbery was caught on camera breaking into an unfinished property that was owned by Larry English. His mother has confirmed it is him in the video. Please stop with the “just a jogger” bullshit narrative. Avid joggers don’t wear khaki shorts & stop to break into homes" (Candice Owens).

Overall, this whole narrative that the right is taking does not answer the question that many have been asking. Can we allow citizens to take the law into their own hands and act on it? If we continue to let different individuals continuously abuse their power and get away with this type of crime, this shows that we have a big problem in our society. Many individuals like Candice Owens will continuously say that race has nothing to do with crimes like Ahmaud Arbery, but we cannot look the other way. At the same time, multiple African American men are continuously being killed. 

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