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Guilty in their minds doesn't actually mean he's guilty.Dont you think a normal person would inquire as to why multiple cars are following him and flagging him down? He was obviously guilty.They hadn't encountered each other before that with a firearm involved.They had already encountered each other before that. These guys clearly werent a threat, he was just mad that they werent letting him get away, so he attacked. If he was scared, he wouldnt have been running TOWARDS them.Retard ... show where the self-defense law states you have to first be attacked to resort to self-defense...No one attacked him. You cant claim self defense without offense.Nope, he was acting in self-defense. Self-defense is not a felony.He committed a felony when he attacked the guy.He would have had to commit a felony -- which he didn't.Having a shotgun on you is NOT threatening anyone with a shotgun.
No, but using it in order to compel someone to obey your orders certainly is threatening...
They were following the black man for a good while, and if they wanted could have shot him at any moment. It's clear they wanted to stop him and arrest him.
As clear as mud.
Having the opportunity to do something and not doing it at that exact opportunity does not necessarily indicate an unwillingness to do something. They could've chosen to wait for any number of reasons...
He lunged at a shotgun and that's that.
There's not an amount of money I wouldn't wager that says you're proven wrong...
Stopping a criminal fleeing a crime is perfectly fine.
Put up the money then.
At the time they stopped him, they had no knowledge of any crime having just been committed. They just saw a black man running.
That matters...
That is false, there had been a string of burglaries in the hood. When someone runs and does not stop... you have a suspicion. The suspicion turned out to be correct.
In order for them to be acting legally, Arbery not only had to be fleeing the scene of a crime, but Travis McMichael had to know that Arbery was fleeing the scene of a crime. He didn't.
If you're running down the street and some random guy with a shot gun tells you to stop and you do, you're stupid.
To McMichael's knowledge, Arbery was running, and that was all. Whether he was running from having committed a crime was unknown to McMichael, and that matters.
Why is that so difficult for you to understand that?
Reasonable suspicion. There have been cases like this before.
If someone keeps running not stopping when asked and there have been burglaries and he matches the characteristics. Well...
"Wll", what?
Not only does he has to be fleeing the scene of a crime, Travis McMichael needs to know he was fleeing the scene of a crime, and he didn't. Previous burglaries do not justify McMichael's actions or mitigate the illegality of them...
Again reasonable suspicion, probable cause...
No, they DON'T need to know he was fleeing a crime. They only need to have PROBABLE REASON to believe so, which they had.
Here, let me help you out since you apparently need help ... it doesn't. The minimum that's required is to prevent an "imminent use of unlawful force"...
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Georgia Code Title 16. Crimes and Offenses § 16-3-21 | FindLaw
Georgia Title 16. Crimes and Offenses Section 16-3-21. Read the code on FindLawcodes.findlaw.com
(a) A person is justified in threatening or using force against another when and to the extent that he or she reasonably believes that such threat or force is necessary to defend himself or herself or a third person against such other's imminent use of unlawful force; however, except as provided in Code Section 16-3-23 , a person is justified in using force which is intended or likely to cause death or great bodily harm only if he or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent death or great bodily injury to himself or herself or a third person or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.
He had nowhere else to go. There were private houses along both sides of that street and a car following him by a driver who had already tried to block his escape.
And Arbery was near the truck before he noticed the gun and then darted to the passenger side of the truck.

But you didn't answer the question.
From the video, it appears he possibly didn't see the gun until he practically reached the truck. Travis is seen getting out of the truck and standing next to it. Arbery is seen running in the oncoming lane, towards him.
2 seconds later, the camera pans to the side.
About 3 seconds after that, as the camera pans back, now we see Travis has moved to near the center of the lane Arbery was in. Arbery, now near the truck, is now on the yellow line in the middle of the road as he's making his way to the passenger side of the truck.
He was literally just a few seconds away from the truck when he would have seen the shotgun, at which point, he makes an evasive maneuver to the other side of the vehicle.
So where the fuck else do think he could have run?