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npk

(3,660 posts)
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:17 PM May 2020

Man who recorded the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery has been arrested, GBI says

Source: CNN

William "Roddie" Bryan Jr., the man who recorded the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery in a neighborhood outside Brunswick, Georgia, has been arrested on suspicion of murder, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Thursday. Bryan witnessed the deadly encounter between Travis McMichael and Arbery on February 23 from a vehicle behind a pickup that stopped in the road. Gregory McMichael, who was in the bed of the pickup during the shooting, told police that Bryan had tried to help them stop Arbery earlier, according to an incident report.

Kevin Gough, an attorney for Bryan, said Monday that Bryan had taken a polygraph test that confirmed he was not involved in the shooting.

Bryan was unarmed at the time of shooting and that Bryan did not have any conversation with Gregory or Travis McMichael before the shooting, Gough said, citing test results.

Bryan took the test voluntarily, said Gough, who referred to his client as the state's "star witness." The GBI, which is conducting the investigation into Arbery's death, said Bryan, 50, was arrested Thursday and will face charges of felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.

Bryan will be booked into the Glynn County Jail, where the McMichaels are being held on charges of murder and aggravated assault.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/21/us/roddie-bryan-arrested-ahmaud-arbery-case/index.html

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Man who recorded the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery has been arrested, GBI says (Original Post) npk May 2020 OP
Huh? RainCaster May 2020 #1
Nothing like a little serious felony charge to make a witness totally forthcoming. I think his ... marble falls May 2020 #3
I had written the new DA requesting pretty much exactly these charges. moriah May 2020 #20
That seems a pretty accurate discription. At the very least he conspired. They went armed ... marble falls May 2020 #21
TROHFURL OR, the rest of his fucked up redneck life... pbmus May 2020 #23
They may make an example out of them, but the dad being a cop is still a wild card. marble falls May 2020 #24
When will we all scream... pbmus May 2020 #25
"Cops get away with murder" is no exageration. They almost made a clean getaway this time ... marble falls May 2020 #26
He was a willing participant from the beginning. Runningdawg May 2020 #4
JFC I somehow missed that part about the body obamanut2012 May 2020 #22
There is a question about "herding" him towards the two in the truck. Lochloosa May 2020 #5
He was filming because it was a pack attack, they boxed in their victim. Alex4Martinez May 2020 #10
Perp densan May 2020 #15
Someone's going to turn on the McMichaels and get some time, too. marble falls May 2020 #2
Let's call it for what it is... Lynching. djacq May 2020 #6
While he may well be complicit in the murder... Thomas Hurt May 2020 #7
These guys are going to roll over on each other like bowling pins. Dave Starsky May 2020 #8
They are gonna roll on each other in order to avoid the death penalty. roamer65 May 2020 #11
Death Penalty??? SkyDaddy7 May 2020 #18
This sure is a fucked up mess RainCaster May 2020 #9
I hope Joyette Holmes, the black female lead prosecutor appointed by the Georgia AG, looks into sop May 2020 #12
Felony murder isnt going to cut it with this guy. oldsoftie May 2020 #13
good. enjoy prison mister. TeamPooka May 2020 #14
Good. Jamastiene May 2020 #16
Good Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 #17
But he is a family man, NASCAR fan, and enjoys rock and roll dalton99a May 2020 #19

marble falls

(56,371 posts)
3. Nothing like a little serious felony charge to make a witness totally forthcoming. I think his ...
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:27 PM
May 2020

preemptive meaningless polygraph test pissed of the cops.

moriah

(8,311 posts)
20. I had written the new DA requesting pretty much exactly these charges.
Fri May 22, 2020, 03:32 AM
May 2020

He wasn't a "witness", he was an active participant -- the one that chased him with a deadly weapon, his truck, into the armed roadblock his accomplices had set up.

If a black kid can get a felony murder conviction because he gave into peer pressure, committed a felony, but didn't hold a gun... a middle-aged white male who got peer-pressured into taking the law into his own hands can, too.

marble falls

(56,371 posts)
21. That seems a pretty accurate discription. At the very least he conspired. They went armed ...
Fri May 22, 2020, 07:41 AM
May 2020

they were anticipating shooting someone. They thought the camera would "clear" them, all it did was work against them, it demonstrated prior planning and intent.

I imagine dad is trying to bargain to clear his son and the photographer will sink them and he'll get some time, too. The son looks like he'll fold like a cheap suit.

The big question is: how much time will a southern judge give a white ex-cop.

marble falls

(56,371 posts)
26. "Cops get away with murder" is no exageration. They almost made a clean getaway this time ...
Sat May 23, 2020, 09:01 PM
May 2020

with a not even an arrest.

Runningdawg

(4,496 posts)
4. He was a willing participant from the beginning.
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:29 PM
May 2020

He has admitted he filmed the incident to exonerate the man and his son should the courts get involved. Now I hope they arrest the family member who was posting pics of the body to snapchat before the REAL cops arrived.

Alex4Martinez

(2,180 posts)
10. He was filming because it was a pack attack, they boxed in their victim.
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:49 PM
May 2020

Used two cars to block off their victim, the video was a groovy memento that they provided to the police the day it happened, showing, he thought, that they were in the right.

They were on the phone to each other and carried out the chase down together.

djacq

(1,633 posts)
6. Let's call it for what it is... Lynching.
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:40 PM
May 2020

Lynching, a form of violence in which a mob,

under the pretext of administering justice without trial, executes a presumed offender,

often after inflicting torture and corporal mutilation.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
7. While he may well be complicit in the murder...
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:44 PM
May 2020

I can't help but think this was meant to intimidate a witness to save the DA's cop friend.

Have to see how this shakes out.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
8. These guys are going to roll over on each other like bowling pins.
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:44 PM
May 2020

None of these weekend race warrior gun humpers has the stomach for the state pen, and they sure as hell aren't gonna take one for "the team".

SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)
18. Death Penalty???
Fri May 22, 2020, 12:26 AM
May 2020

I live in Georgia...Born & raised...They’re not gonna get the death penalty. If the DA seeks it they’ll never get 12 jurors to vote for it.

...I HOPE IM WRONG!!!! Even though I’m against the death penalty I would like to be wrong simply for the fact it would mean things are changing.

...If that makes sense?

I don’t think a white man has ever got the death penalty in Georgia or maybe anywhere in the South for killing a black man. If so, it’s extremely rare.

sop

(9,952 posts)
12. I hope Joyette Holmes, the black female lead prosecutor appointed by the Georgia AG, looks into
Thu May 21, 2020, 09:02 PM
May 2020

the actions of the first prosecutors in this case. But for the video's release (leaked?), this homicide was well on its way to being covered up.

oldsoftie

(12,410 posts)
13. Felony murder isnt going to cut it with this guy.
Thu May 21, 2020, 09:04 PM
May 2020

They're just unloading the truck to try to fix the earlier coverup

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
16. Good.
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:18 PM
May 2020

I wondered why he was getting away with taking part in that lynching. He was every bit a part of it as they were, even if he "only" filmed it. You know he filmed it so the sickos could watch it over again. I got their number. Living in Trump/redneckland has taught me what these fuckers are really like. I'm glad to see his ass arrested too.

dalton99a

(81,086 posts)
19. But he is a family man, NASCAR fan, and enjoys rock and roll
Fri May 22, 2020, 01:55 AM
May 2020
Alan Tucker, a criminal defense lawyer in Brunswick who was not retained to represent anyone in the case, said he released the video to promote "absolute transparency." Gough told USA TODAY that Bryan and his family have been harassed in recent weeks.

"Roddie is a family man, NASCAR fan, and enjoys rock and roll. He is not now, and never has been, a 'vigilante'," Gough said in a statement earlier this month. He added Bryan was a witness to a crime.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/21/ahmaud-arbery-william-bryan-jr-shooting-arrested/5240331002/
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