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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tanis143" data-source="post: 3367312" data-attributes="member: 43724">The original police report quoted the elder McMichael as saying "we suspected him of being behind the break ins that have been happening in the neighborhood". That is not grounds for a C/A. They have to have either witnessed a felony or have direct knowledge of the felony committed. Without a clear legal reason to execute a C/A, they had no right to try and detain Arbery. Doing so was criminal false imprisonment. Doing that act while armed and displaying the firearm raises that act to a felony. Was Arbery a church going, walk an old lady across the street, law abiding person? Probably not. Does that raise the suspicion as to why he entered that house? Of course. But none of that changes the fact that Arbery did not commit trespass, and even IF he did it was only to the level of a misdemeanor. None of which gave the McMichaels the right to try and detain him. And unless there is any proof that they did have knowledge of Arbery committing a felony, the McMichaels are directly responsible for Arbery's death.</blockquote>