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Opinion | A leaked video of Ahmaud Arbery's shooting unleashed near-universal public outrage. A prosecutor saw the same video and said no charges should be brought. By anthonyLfisher

, just one burglary was reported in the area from January 1 to February 23: a gun stolen from Travis McMichael's unlocked pickup truck on January 1.

Barnhill in the letter identified William Bryan as the third man in pursuit of Arbery, and the person who shot the video. As often happens in the case of police-involved shootings, the victim's past became evidence to support the shooting. According to, Arbery "was convicted of shoplifting and of violating probation in 2018" and that in 2013 "he was indicted on charges that he took a handgun to a high school basketball game."

Neither of the McMichaels are current police officers, but they have strong ties to law enforcement and the DA's office. It's entirely possible these ties had nothing to do with Barnhill's recommendation that they not be arrested for Arbery's shooting. If he's too compromised to work on this case, he shouldn't be telling the police how to consider the evidence. And he should be made to answer for his misstatements of facts that are clearly contradicted by the video .

 

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anthonyLfisher Prosecutor should be fired at a minimum.

anthonyLfisher The same prosecutor that jailed a black women for voting

anthonyLfisher Negros are an endangered specie. It happens globally, in China recently, and the recent killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Sad is an understatement to watch a man being gunned down in broad daylight. Americans will not do that to animals, but will do that to a human being.

anthonyLfisher White supremacist: 'I don't like you existing around me! (kills person)' Prosecutor: 'Hmm...I don't knooooow....'

anthonyLfisher But they weren’t cops...

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