re: Ahmaud Arbery murder suspects seek to ban Confederate flag license plate from evidence

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First off, this dude wasn’t just jogging.

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I never said he was.

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Second, they had no right to make a citizens arrest and ended up killing a man.

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Georgia Law

O.C.G.A. 17-4-60 (2010)
17-4-60. Grounds for arrest

"A private person may arrest an offender if the offense is committed in his presence or within his immediate knowledge. If the offense is a felony and the offender is escaping or attempting to escape, a private person may arrest him upon reasonable and probable grounds of suspicion."

He killed himself when he tried to disarm a man holding a shotgun.

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They will face the consequences of that. And it doesn’t matter how you feel. Ga state law says they had no right to engage this guy because they didn’t witness him committing an actual crime.

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Read this again.

Georgia Law

O.C.G.A. 17-4-60 (2010)
17-4-60. Grounds for arrest

"A private person may arrest an offender if the offense is committed in his presence or within his immediate knowledge. If the offense is a felony and the offender is escaping or attempting to escape, a private person may arrest him upon reasonable and probable grounds of suspicion."