re: The Truth About Ahmaud Arbery

Didn't have immediate knowledge is first a big problem for them, but then separately and distinctly they will have a huge problem with claiming that there was reasonable cause to believe any felony level offense was committed in the first place. A complete layperson may get a tiny bit of benefit of the doubt in a claim that they were of an honest belief that the crime they believe occurred was a felony (even if it ended up not being) but the father isn't going to get any benefit of the doubt on that because of his experience in law enforcement. They're crunched from all sorts of different angles.

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But, based on the information we have, the McMichaels didn’t have immediate knowledge of a felony.

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Nor were weapons "reasonable force" in dealing with a guy on foot when they were in a truck. He wasn't going to outrun them. If nothing else, they could have simply followed him until the cops caught up.