The Murder of Ahmaud Arbery. A Modern Day Lynching!

By now, most Americans have either witnessed or heard about the horrifically chilling video showing the murder of Black man Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old Georgia man who was fatally shot in cold blood while going on an afternoon jog. Today, May 8th would have been his 26th birthday. He was shot down like an animal.

The two White men responsible for Arbery’s murder, 36-year-old Travis McMichael and his father, 64-year-old Gregory McMichael, were initially not charged with any crime. Rather, Georgia state law suggested that they were acting in self-defense! On May 6, Tom Durden, district attorney for the Atlantic Judicial Circuit, announced that the case is expected to be sent to a grand jury. On May 7, both men were finally charged with aggravated assault and murder.

As if this sadistic incident weren’t vile enough, another equally psychotic man, Anthony J. Trifiletti of Watertown, Minnesota, was recently arrested for the coldblooded murder of another unarmed Black man, Douglas Lewis, a resident of St. Paul. And Trifiletti’s defense? He feared for his life.

Go figure. That seems to be the default response for any White person who deems it necessary to employ deadly force against a Black person. But to say that Ahmaud Arbery was brutally murdered is an understatement. In fact, he was lynched. Let me say it…