I Do Wish Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William Bryan Best of Luck!

In case you are not familiar with these three names, Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William Bryan hunted down Mr. Ahmaud Arbery and killed him for simply being a Black man in America. There is not another way to describe what these three White men did. It was outrageous when these three White men lynched Mr. Arbery back in 2020. I still find myself outraged even after knowing that justice has been served. 

And then I think of the words that Judge Wood said to William Bryan. "By the time you've served your federal sentence, you will be close to 90 years old. But, again, Mr. Arbery never got the chance to be 26." Those words make me wonder if justice has been served. I don't wish these three White men harm while serving their sentences first in Georgia's state prison system where safety issues are so frightful that they are being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. 

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Apparently, these three White men are afraid of their safety and "vigilante justice" they may receive at the state's prison. I am not chuckling at the thought of these men receiving vigilante justice and being harmed. That would be cruel and crass. I am chuckling at the irony that the three White men, who killed another human being for simply being Black in America, are afraid of being harmed for what they did.

When I read their concerns over safety, I felt a tremendous amount of rage pouring out of me. I pondered why. These three White men and their concerns reminded me of why racism still exists today... That mentality of "I can do it to you, but you can't do it to me" among White America is crippling this nation with racism. That ignorant and toxic narcissism White America is drunk with because their parents and their parent's parents never taught to be mindful to others and that others have the right to react to what they say and do. 

If these men had any remorse for killing Mr. Arbery for his life and towards his family, rather than remorse because they are now going to be in a state prison where they have received threats of harm, would they have even dared to mention fear of vigilante justice in prison? Would they have asked the court to consider for their safety and wellbeing if they even understood that they violated Mr. Arbery's human rights and violently took his life simply for his skin color? Where was their concern for Mr. Arbery's safety when they hunted him?

I don't think Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William Bryan have any remorse for killing Mr. Arbery back in 2020. Their remorse, their words of regret aren't for what they did. Their remorse, their words of regret are for themselves. I am outraged once again. While I don't wish these three White men harm while in prison and rest of their lives, I wish them best of luck as they spend their days in prison, living in fear of bodily harm and even death. Perhaps, they will relive over and over again the last moments of what Mr. Arbery felt as he was being hunted down by three men.