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The man who shot Ahmaud Arbery testified on Wednesday, telling his side of the story in court.
On Wednesday, Travis McMichael took the stand in a Georgia courtroom where he, alongside his father Gregory McMichael and neighbor William Bryan, are on trial for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery.
“I shot him,” McMichael declared . He then detailed the events that led to him firing the shot that killed Arbery. “He had my gun, he struck me,” McMichael said. “It was obvious that he was … attacking me, that if he [would] have [gotten] the shotgun from me, then it was a … life or death situation.” As NPR reports , at the time of the shooting Georgians were permitted by law to conduct citizens arrests, however since then the law has been replaced to limit the practice to certain situations.
McMichael claimed that he first spotted Arbery “lurking” on a construction site, and after being frightened when Arbery reached for something on his waist drove home and called 911.
Upon seeing Arbery running down their street at a later date, McMichael said he and his father grabbed their shotguns and went after him, joined by their neighbor, Bryan. He claims they were executing a citizens arrest.
During the trial, however, McMichael was grilled by prosecutor Linda Dunikoski, who got him to admit that he did not mention during direct examination that his intention was to “effectuate an arrest.”
According to USA Today, McMichael says after moving to the neighborhood in 2018, he “grew concerned about car break-ins, ‘suspicious persons’ and the theft,” adding that his own pistol was stolen at one point. Crime became a topic of discussion among neighbors, he added, and that resident soon took matters into their own hands via the installation of surveillance cameras.
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Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
To those who have the means, we ask that you please donate. We have options available now, but there is no telling when those options will cancel us. We have our GivingFuel page. There have been many who have been canceled by PayPal, but for now it’s still an option. Your generosity is what keeps these sites running and allows us to get the truth to the masses. We’ve had great success in growing but we know we can do more with your assistance.
Thank you, and God Bless!
JD Rucker