The defense attorneys in the McMichael/Bryan trial worked very hard to dehumanize Ahmaud Arbery, gambling that eleven white jurors in Georgia would respond to their othering him at every opportunity. It did not work this time. I am thankful for that, but can't help but remember
If that video had not been leaked, McMichaels and Bryan would never have been prosecuted. The cops and prosecutors saw that video and said it wasn't a crime. But local gossip disagreed, so their own lawyer leaked the video to prove they were right to murder Arbery. Think on that
There was no person in the justice system where this happened that thought McMichaels and Bryan needed prosecution. This was not a leak from someone outraged by injustice but by one of the lawyers hoping to shut down local gossip. If not for that misjudgment, no justice ever.
Someone else on here said it better. The murder of Ahmaud Arbery was not prosecuted because the cops saw the video, but because the public saw the video.

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