Travis McMichael was trained by the US military in law enforcement
So what? So was I.
That hardly absolves me when I want to pretend I'm the Lone Ranger and chase down someone I think may have once committed a crime...
and it's perfectly legal to arm yourself and Chase someone you suspect of committing a crime in the state of Georgia and if that person decides to violently attack you you're allowed to defend yourself as well
But there has to be just cause for believing he had just committed a crime. Other than him running, which is horribly insufficient, there was nothing to suggest he'd just done anything...
Travis McMichael was a trained law enforcement officer in US military meaning he has professional experience in proper arrest procedure and was acting within the scope of Georgia law
What a lot of people are surprised to learn is that it's perfectly legal to grab a gun and Chase someone who you suspect of committing a crime in the state of Georgia... you don't have to witness a crime all you have to have is reasonable suspicion they committed one and you're allowed to chase them and even detain them
If that person decides to violently attack you by grabbing your gun and punching you in the face repeatedly it's perfectly legal to shoot that individual
IE Trayvon Martin
So many people are all wrapped up in the drama because they believed the initial news narrative based solely on dramatization and racialization
Remember thanks to crowdfunding websites like GoFundMe you no longer need to win a legal Victory to get millions of dollars
All you have to do is come up with the most ridiculous victimhood narrative about how you're innocent young unarmed black child got murdered in the street by a couple of hillbillies and millions of dollars will pour into your account.. so funny how they dig out children's photographs for guys who were shot in adulthood!
There are several other consequences to pushing a completely false narrative for millions of dollars but I think that's something they're comfortable living with
Remember "hands up don't shoot"??
that turned out to be completely fake but not after millions and millions of dollars poured in the gofundme of Michael Brown Via Chumps online who bought the fake story
of course they did burn down a city thanks to the fake narrative but I guess that's the price we pay for propaganda driven news entertainment