Defense doesn’t have to prove that. Open carry in Georgia is legal. It’s legal to ask someone to stop and talk on the street. It’s legal to do it while holding a firearm...
Legal Open carry is one thing, trying to justify citizens arrest is another.
DA Barnhills letter to Cpt. Tom Jump indicates they
were not just trying to talk to Arbery, but commanded
him To Stop, with aid of road block and firearm.
.. Prosecution is going to need to show that he pointed the shotgun at the jogger or verbally threatened him.
The police report of the incident states Travis
McMichael pointed the shotgun at Arbery.
where would LE get such details... quite possibly
the defendant himself told them that,
.. otherwise how would they know?
