What Happened To Ahmaud Arbery Is Scarier Than His Death Video
I’ve said it before and I will say it again, we can’t expect to solicit empathy by robotically sharing viral videos depicting the fresh kill of Black lives in motion.
Ahmaud Arbery, 25, a high school footballer was shot to death while innocently jogging in a neighborhood in Georgia’s Glyn County.
He wasn’t breaking any laws during his outdoor activity, but his white killers who were in pursuit in a pickup truck claim they wrongly identified Arbery as the Black suspect responsible for a series of break-ins in the area.
They proceeded to chase their victim down until he was within reach for what they had in store for him.
Arbery’s murderers are an ex-cop, who undoubtedly has a track record of police brutality, and his adult son who came along for the joy ride.
And true to form when it comes to America’s preferred religion of white supremacy, both these men who are caught in the act of gunning down an innocent, young Black man, have not been charged for the crime that was committed in broad daylight.
Once the unfortunate incident made headline news, prominent politicians like Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, have spoken out to condemn the actions that resulted in yet another senseless slaying of a Black…
