talking about citizen groups and neighbor groups, they were protecting and responding accordingly. they didn t actually bring any violence until they tried to address arbery a couple times, he ran away, then he said he had to use self-defense. the prosecution said that s not a viable argument in this case. you can t instigate someone and then turn around and commit some sort of violence and claim self-defense that doesn t apply. here s some of the exchanges we watched today between the prosecution and the defense attorneys. you can t create the situation and then go, i was defending myself. this is not a citizen s arrest. they never said it. none of the defendants saw mr. arbery commit any crime that day. don t be fooled by this word arrest. you don t have to announce, you re under arrest. he told you why he raised the gun, because he was afraid they
The New Hanover County Democratic Party abruptly went into a closed session Monday after receiving criticism from several members of the community who attended the meeting. From the hallway, attendees could hear the officials arguing with each other. (Port City Daily photo/Alexandria Sands Williams)
NEW HANOVER COUNTY –– Monday night, a small yet vocal and well-known faction of education activists, along with school board member Judy Justice, crammed into a teal office space on New Centre Drive. They joined eight New Hanover County Democratic Party officers who were slated to meet in person for the first time since the onset of the pandemic.
have a big package, do a series of votes, the only way this will succeed is if the president can keep up the intensity level on his side, on the side of those people who want to see these things passed. we know that the gun lobby and the gun fanatics will be very intense not just tomorrow but six months from now and a year from now, and to overcome that opposition, which will manifest itself when the moment comes, he s going to have to keep cops engaged, educators, neighbor groups, public educators and public safety advocates, really as engaged in this issue as the nra, and that s a challenge. they might continue to shoot themselves in the foot, pun intended. i want to show a little bit of this. earlier this week, the nra released a web video that gets very personal with the president. take a look. are the president s kids more important than yours? then why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at their school?
more important than deciding to have a big package, the only way this will succeed is if the president can keep up the intensity level on his side, on the side of those people who want to see these things passed. we know that the gun lobby and the gun fanatics will be very intense not just tomorrow but six months from now and a year from now, and to overcome that opposition, which will manifest itself when the moment comes, he s going to have to keep cops engaged, educators, neighbor groups, public educators and public safety advocates, really as engaged in this issue as the nra, and that s a challenge. they might continue to shoot themselves in the foot, pun intended. i want to show a little bit of this. the nra released a web video that gets very personal with the president. take a look. are the president s kids more important than yours? then why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at
the side of those people who want to see these things passed. we know that the gun lobby and the gun fanatics will be very intense not just tomorrow but six months from now and a year from now, and to overcome that opposition, which will manifest itself when the moment comes, he s going to have to keep cops engaged, educators, neighbor groups, public educators and public safety advocates, really as engaged in this issue as the nra, and that s a challenge. they might continue to shoot themselves in the foot, pun intended. i want to show a little bit of this. the nra released a web video that gets very personal with the president. take a look. are the president s kids more important than yours? then why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at their school?