JOGGING WHILE BLACK

[rothschild]

I don’t think the law as it was written justified the defendants actions that day regardless of attempts to differentiate between misdemeanor or felony activity. It wasn’t in their presence or IMMEDIATE knowledge (if you believe a misdemeanor had occurred) nor did they have reasonable suspicion or probable cause (if they thought a felony had occurred). Certainly there was no basis for the latter since there was no evidence Ahmaud had ever stolen anything from the vacant house).
Guessing does not equal immediate knowledge or probable cause:
“In closing arguments, a defense attorney for the man who fired the fatal gunshots said the 25-year-old Arbery was killed as he violently resisted a legal effort to detain him to answer questions about burglaries in a neighborhood just outside the port city of Brunswick, Georgia”.
The law doesn’t say it’s okay to attempt a citizen’s arrest to ask someone questions about some suspicions you might have.
And again, back to what reasonable people would do…I wouldn’t chase someone for 4-5 minutes, with a gun and cut them off like a “cornered rat” to satisfy some curiosity or suspicions I might have.

Violence begets violence. The zealous citizen arrester's violently pursued their suspect thus causing the frightened suspect to also become violent when finally cornered.
The citizen arrester's should have done the legal proper thing to do, and called police and report the incident as law abiding citizens are supposed to do.
And let the "trained police force" handle the situation.
If the zealous citizens really wanted to help, instead of "chasing" their suspect, if they felt they had to do something, they should have just followed him at a distance, and provide the suspects location to the police. And let the trained police do the investigation!

Although, sometimes when the trained police force does get involved, the situation doesn't always end well either! Sad. (IMO).

Brings tears to my eyes, except for one glaring faux pas: "frightened suspect" should have been "frightened JOGGER". That's incredibly racist, Cars, and I'm going to have to report you to BLM, the NAACP, and your local diversity officers.


So close, yet so far.