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[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I think that's where this went bad. Arbery ran around the truck to take the gun away from McMichael, but McMichael went out of his way to put himself in that position. He should have kept following him in the truck while talking with the police on his cell phone. The only way Arbery could have gotten away was by cutting through someone's yard. One look at that security camera video and the police would know exactly who he was and could have, at the least, served him with a notice of no trespassing. I would have thought that only Travis would have been convicted of murder, and only manslaughter at that, but I guess the jury thought intent was there when they got the "posse" together. Maybe something will happen on appeal since the judge took "citizen's arrest" off the table.

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Yes, you point a gun at somebody, just make damn sure he stays put. Keep some distance, get your helper to tackle if the guy charges, etc.

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I couldn't agree more.