re: Ahmaud Arbery had a history of claiming to be a jogger to cover for criminal activities.

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you don’t pull out a gun on some guy walking down the street.

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Except he wasn’t just walking down the street. Stop it.

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Ahmaud Arbery had a history of claiming to be a jogger to cover for criminal activities.

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this has absolutely nothing to do with the actions of the mcmichaels

Why was he so call jogging there didn't he live like 20 miles away?

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didn't he live like 20 miles away?

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No.

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If I remember correctly, the guy reached for the shotgun, grabbed the barrel, and pulled while the barrel was pointed at him. If the person holding the gun has the gun pulled away from them with their finger on the trigger, it goes off. It is closer to suicide than murder.

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none of that appears on the video, which shifts to camera-right for the crucial few seconds. The video shows the following:

Junior had gotten the truck in front of Arbery, and it partially blocked the road with it. He exited the driver side of the truck and blocked the remainder of the road on the driver side. Arbery saw him in that location, and detoured around the passenger side of the vehicle.

Junior rushed across the front of the vehicle and blocked Arbery‘s attempt to bypass him and the truck. At that point, it is obvious that the two of them got tangled up, but the video simply does not show whether Arbery mindlessly rushed Junior, or whether Junior rushed forward and shoved the gun into Arbery‘s midsection.

When the camera returns to them, they are already struggling over the gun.

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He was not on their property and they had no legal right to detain him.

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Isn’t there another active thread about the citizen’s arrest law being changed? I can’t intelligently discuss Georgia law, but I’ve had this exact scenario in Arkansas. Coming home one day, neighbor flags me down to tell me that the truck parked on the street adjacent to my storage building is being loaded with stuff out of my building. I told her to call the police, and went down the street. When I get close, they pull the truck into the road, heading out. They were detained, in the middle of the road. I never pointed my pistol, but I had it in hand. Had either of them gotten froggy, they would have been shot.

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I can’t intelligently discuss Georgia law, but I’ve had this exact scenario in Arkansas.

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Here is the Arkansas statute on citizens arrest.

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doesn’t excuse murdering him.

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So what is the official moral action to be taken with a habitual piece of shite criminal.

The word murder implies malicious prior intent.

It wold not excuse someone going out to just kill on sight someone resembling the bad guy.

But when you have cornered the actual piece of shite who has been burglarizing the surrounding communities for 3 solid years and he uses the same ”jogger” excuse over and over and he tries to physically attack you, just what is the proper wokism to apply for an optimal solution????

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The word murder implies malicious prior intent.

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Not in this context.

Cletus and Jethro are charged with “felony murder,” which (in a nutshell) means that someone died while they were committing a felony. In this case, the charged felonies are aggravated assault and attempted false imprisonment.

If Arbery had tripped over his own shoelaces, fallen, and crushed his skull on a nearby chihuahua, he would be just as dead, and Clan McMichaels would be facing the same charges.

Why? Because the citizen arrest statute did NOT give them authority to attempt an arrest, meaning that they committed a felony by even ATTEMPING to detain him.