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<blockquote data-quote="Tanis143" data-source="post: 3364121" data-attributes="member: 43724"><p>Actually, no they did not. A citizen's arrest can only be done when the arrestor has direct knowledge that the arrestee had or is committing a crime, and in many states that crime has to rise to the felony level. So far all accounts have said the McMichaels only suspected Arbery was the neighborhood thief. Therefor they had no legal right to stop and detain Arbery. And Arbery didn't just run right up to the elder McMichael, McMichael came out of the truck on the driver's side and tried to stop Arbery. Arbery then ran around the truck on the passenger side. The elder walked around the front of the truck and pointed his shotgun at Arbery. At that point its reasonable to believe that Arbery was in fear of his life. Its either run and get shot in the back or take the chance and fight them. And from the observations of the person who recorded the incident, the McMichaels tried to stop him before the final encounter. </p><p></p><p>So regardless of what Arbery might have done, if the McMichaels did not witness a crime, they legally can not stop and detain Arbery, much less at gunpoint. In fact, if Arbery had had a firearm himself he would have been completely justified in shooting both the McMichaels in self defense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanis143, post: 3364121, member: 43724"] Actually, no they did not. A citizen's arrest can only be done when the arrestor has direct knowledge that the arrestee had or is committing a crime, and in many states that crime has to rise to the felony level. So far all accounts have said the McMichaels only suspected Arbery was the neighborhood thief. Therefor they had no legal right to stop and detain Arbery. And Arbery didn't just run right up to the elder McMichael, McMichael came out of the truck on the driver's side and tried to stop Arbery. Arbery then ran around the truck on the passenger side. The elder walked around the front of the truck and pointed his shotgun at Arbery. At that point its reasonable to believe that Arbery was in fear of his life. Its either run and get shot in the back or take the chance and fight them. And from the observations of the person who recorded the incident, the McMichaels tried to stop him before the final encounter. So regardless of what Arbery might have done, if the McMichaels did not witness a crime, they legally can not stop and detain Arbery, much less at gunpoint. In fact, if Arbery had had a firearm himself he would have been completely justified in shooting both the McMichaels in self defense. [/QUOTE]
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