Comments by "cchris874" (@cchris874) on "Jury Finds All Three Defendants Guilty In The Murder of Ahmaud Arbery" video.

Agreed, but just a bit of overkill in the case of Bryan. Oh yes, his behavior was outrageous too. But not provably a murderer.
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I am not the person you are addressing. But I have come to see this as a case of twisted thinking directed more by raw emotion than due process. It's not only revenge time for blacks, but conscious-clearing for whites, and also I speculate that decent white folk have racism burnout and have little sympathy left for racist scum. The barely admitted to theme is that racism is a crime worse than murder. This is twisted, and may explain why people have lovingly approved maximum sentences, but turn the other way when lessor sentences are given for worse offenses. As with many crimes, the reaction is not based on due process and affirming basic principles of justice, but on what's in the ether at the time. The McMichaels are no doubt racist pigs. But they are being tried, not for their actual crimes, but as symbols of the entire history of the racist south and all its past lynchings.
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Yes, a sense of due process and balance seems missing in almost every opinion I've heard.
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Kind of outrageous sentence I think.
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@kid.turtle And what you think doesn't matter either. The world does what it does.
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Maybe because they weren't expecting to shoot him until Arbery lunged at Travis.
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@blizz2748 I'm commenting on Travis' likely psychology. The poster asked "How did they think they would get away with it." In their minds, whether rightly or wrongly, they probably saw the shooting as self-defense. This was self deception based on their delusional thinking. However, I would take small issue with whether aiming a loaded gun at someone proves they were intent on firing it. Police do this all the time, but only sometimes pull the trigger.
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@blizz2748 Well I certainly don't side with these men. However, I don't seem to be in very good company when I state that IMO the penalties are quite disproportionate to the crime: -this is a good example why the felony murder rule can be seen as arbitrary -for Bryan, especially so -The lack of a robust proof Travis' psychology at the time he shot Arbery was based on malice. Is there not even an ounce of reasonable doubt? I'm hoping you can accept my difference in opinion on good faith. From my perspective, the context is more akin to 2nd degree murder or manslaughter than provable malice. I speculate the odious racist factor, while obviously relevant, has nevertheless led to a thoughtless dispensing of due process, as I have tended to see it.
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@blizz2748 Fair point. But let's break this down a bit. I was referring above to the initial state trial that didn't explicitly include the hate charges. So let's look at this first trial, before we knew the full extent of the racial slurs. To make it even more explicit, let's say that Arbery was also white. Do you think that life in prison would match this otherwise identical crime?
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I'd say this case is a serious breach of due process.
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Except for Bryan.
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