So look, you have to do some mental gymnastics and pretend like nothing they said to police carried any weight and you do that possibly because you know that if the statement is accurate, they are screwed.
I think it’s going to be difficult for them to claim that at the time of the statement, they were so confused that they completely and incorrectly told the police how they wound up there and that in this small neighborhood with only a few streets, that it was an accident or coincidence they wound up parked on the road in front of Arbery.
When in reality, the McMichael’s circled around the block when Arbery changed course and passed Arbery on the road shouting at him before pulling in front of him and getting out of the car, which is 100% consistent with the video we see. There is no contradiction between the statement and the video.
Now, what happens in front of the truck isn’t 100% clear. Travis seems to turn towards Arbery as he rounds the front of the truck. But at this point, it’s irrelevant. At that point, McMichael is already committing a crime of attempted kidnapping and therefore Arbery’s actions are justified as self defense.