ADADLook no further than the letter written by the Waycross, Ga., judicial circuit district attorney, George Barnhill, to Glynn County Police Department Capt. A plain interpretation of the video would suggest that the McMichaels initiated the physical confrontation with Arbery. If so, as the aggressors, they would not have access to the claim of justifiable use of force. In this way, he absolves the McMichaels of any responsibility in Arbery’s death, despite the events that play out starkly in the video. Another way to describe vigilante killing is lynching, which at least one district attorney has deemed “perfectly legal.”AD

Source: Washington Post May 08, 2020 17:04 UTC