Georgia man charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery previously investigated himWhen Arbery, 25, was in high school, he was sentenced to five years’ probation as a first offender on charges of carrying a weapon on campus, and several counts of obstructing a law enforcement officer, the paper reported.
McMichael claimed to cops he recognized Arbery from surveillance video capturing a recent burglary in his mostly white neighborhood — and that he intended to make a citizen’s arrest, the paper reported.
“It appears Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and [neighbor] William Bryan were following in hot pursuit of a burglary suspect with solid first-hand probable cause,” Barnhill wrote in a letter to Glynn County police Capt. Tom Jump. “Arbery initiated the fight. … At that point, Arbery grabbed the shotgun (that Travis McMichael was holding). Under Georgia law, McMichael was allowed to use deadly force to protect himself.”
Now it is getting interesting. Jogging my ass. Jogging away from a crime scene does change things. Doesn’t make what they did any smarter, but they could be justified for attempting to make a citizen’s arrest. Especially if the father recognized him from his prior arrest. It’s like I said earlier, it’ll all come out in the investigation. Initial reports are never correct. Especially from news reports. There’s always more to the story.
