November 22, 2021
THE SNOWFLAKE DEFENSE:
Ahmaud Arbery's Killers Were Justified Because Break-Ins 'Scared' Them, Defense Says (Trone Dowd, November 22, 2021, Vice News)
Travis McMichael had every reason to fear a 25-year-old Black man running through his Georgia neighborhood and was justified in attempting to make a "citizen's arrest" that led to the deadly shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, an attorney for the defense said in one final appeal to jurors.Attorney Jason Sheffield said his client did nothing wrong when he and his father, Gregory McMichael, decided to chase after Arbery on the afternoon of Feb. 23, 2020, because of alleged reports of stolen goods, trespassing, and break-ins in the neighborhood."What was happening in their neighborhood scared them," Sheffield said during closing arguments in the Glynn County courthouse Monday.
One confusing thing about the dog's breakfast they've made of our gun laws, shouldn't my unarmed "standing my ground" to take away the gun you're threatening me with cancel out your right to "stand your ground" and shoot me?
Posted by Orrin Judd at November 22, 2021 7:11 PM