For anyone who hasn't seen this yet, this article is describes the events and the video.
The jist of the situation is this.
Ahmaud Arbery was jogging through a neighborhood in Brunswick, Georgia. A man named George McMichael felt the Arbery matched the description of someone burglarizing houses under construction. George grabs a .357, and his son Travis grabs a shotgun.
They follow Arbery down the street, yelling at him to stop because they want to question him. When he doesn't, they speed ahead in an attempt to block the road. Travis gets out of the truck (with the shotgun) and stands in front of it.
At this point, we get cellphone video of what happens next.
Arbery runs up to the truck and begins passing it on the right side. We can't see what happened next, but he has crossed over and is wrestling for control of the shotgun with Travis, whom proceeds to shoot Arbery twice, killing him.
Travis and George claim they were enacting a citizen's arrest, and subsequently not charged back in Frebuary when this incident happened The fact that George was formerly a Brunswick District Attorney’s Office investigator is surely unrelated. It wasn't until this video was released that this shooting started to get looked at in more depth.
Now, I'm not law enforcement, but I know a decent number of you on the board are. I want your opinions.
Are Travis and George seemingly guilty of a crime, or is this more a citizen's arrest gone wrong?
From my(non-legal) perspective after seeing the video, would Arbery's attempt to disarm Travis not be seen as self defense? Or is it alone self defense after the other person physically touches you?
I know these are broad topics, but I feel like this case is going to become a firestorm.
The jist of the situation is this.
Ahmaud Arbery was jogging through a neighborhood in Brunswick, Georgia. A man named George McMichael felt the Arbery matched the description of someone burglarizing houses under construction. George grabs a .357, and his son Travis grabs a shotgun.
They follow Arbery down the street, yelling at him to stop because they want to question him. When he doesn't, they speed ahead in an attempt to block the road. Travis gets out of the truck (with the shotgun) and stands in front of it.
At this point, we get cellphone video of what happens next.
Arbery runs up to the truck and begins passing it on the right side. We can't see what happened next, but he has crossed over and is wrestling for control of the shotgun with Travis, whom proceeds to shoot Arbery twice, killing him.
Travis and George claim they were enacting a citizen's arrest, and subsequently not charged back in Frebuary when this incident happened The fact that George was formerly a Brunswick District Attorney’s Office investigator is surely unrelated. It wasn't until this video was released that this shooting started to get looked at in more depth.
Now, I'm not law enforcement, but I know a decent number of you on the board are. I want your opinions.
Are Travis and George seemingly guilty of a crime, or is this more a citizen's arrest gone wrong?
From my(non-legal) perspective after seeing the video, would Arbery's attempt to disarm Travis not be seen as self defense? Or is it alone self defense after the other person physically touches you?
I know these are broad topics, but I feel like this case is going to become a firestorm.