colfax_m
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to bad for him he didnt drop to his knees with his hands over his head and wait for the cops to clear it up,,,McMichael’s is no longer a cop. He doesn’t get to act like one. A private citizen is not entitled to grab a gun and chase down someone they suspect did something.IF, the situation warranted (legally) that. McMichaels isn't a dummy. He has worked in law enforceme.nt for years. He knows his rights.
Nobody said they were there to protect him, He was a suspect
It is not illegal to follow someone....it is not even illegal to chase after someone....though you may have a special definition for what you mean by that.
Irregardless........ what the video shows is a truck parked rather far ahead of the jogger...the father in the bed of the truck and the son to the left and front of the truck......apparntly waiting there wanting to talk the driver....the jogger sees them and keeps jogging towards them....displaying no fear that I can see.
When the jogger gets to the truck he goes to the right to get around the truck...if any words were exchanged I have not heard any report on that....when the jogger gets to the front of the truck he quickly veers to the left and attacks the guy with the shot gun obviously trying to take it away from him...we hear 3 shots fired....we see a struggle, we see the black guy hitting the white guy with his fists...then we see the black guy start to take off but quickly collapses and dies.
Anyhow....to get back to your assertion that they chased him down....it appears they drove ahead of him and stopped and from what I have reported....the father just wanted to talk to the black guy.
Also, as pointed out many,many times they were not violating the law by having weapons....in fact nothing they did was in violation of the law.
No arrest was made.....nor was there any effort to make an arrest.
If you chase someone down with firearms they may logically perceive you as threatening to them and act in defense.
The two men were attempting to make a citizens arrest, at least that was the explanation given by the first DA. The statement to police is consistent with that.
thats what I told my kids to do,,,
So you think people shouldn’t defend themselves? Just drop to your knees and be complacent?