No, it's not. His legal obligation was to not put himself in the position he put himself in. You do understand that, right?
Okay, let's assume the jury got it right, and Travis (with all lawful intention - after all, his intention was to detain a thief for the police, a commendable act) violated some technicality of false imprisonment law. At the point of Arbery's attack upon him, in his effort to wrest his shotgun from his grasp, what was Travis's legal obligation, assuming he wished not to compound his technical violation of the law (unbeknownst to him) with a murder charge?
Back off!!!
So, hand him the shotgun he is in the midst of struggling to wrest from his hands? Really?
You asked the question with a caveat... '...assuming he wished not to compound his technical violation of the law (unbeknownst to him) with a murder charge?...'
The ONLY way that can happen is if noone dies!!! Don't pull the trigger!!!
So YOU answer the question! How does he do that!?!?!?
Last edited by Muffin; 11/25/21.
"...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867
