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From a moral standpoint, the three men weren’t wrong. Legally, there seems to be a problem that Nate the Lawyer hints at but doesn’t say directly:

The heart of the defense’s case is that the three men were trying to detain Aubery for a citizen’s arrest until the police came. Now, I don’t know how the law is in Georgia or wherever Aubery was doing his shit, but in NYC, if I’m not mistaken, in order to detain someone you have to witness the crime yourself and the crime has to be at least a misdemeanor. They don’t witness him doing anything but running. They didn’t see him in that house. I forget if someone even informed them that the man was on a property, but even if they did, I am still pretty sure that they would have to witness the crime themselves in order to detain him or else it is unlawful imprisonment. Can someone more knowledgeable than me (lawyer, paralegal, resident of that state) confirm or deny? If that is the case, those three men are fucked because they would have had no legal right to engage the man.

From a moral standpoint, the three men weren’t wrong. Legally, there seems to be a problem that Nate the Lawyer hints at but doesn’t say directly: The heart of the defense’s case is that the three men were trying to detain Aubery for a citizen’s arrest until the police came. Now, I don’t know how the law is in Georgia or wherever Aubery was doing his shit, but in NYC, if I’m not mistaken, in order to detain someone you have to witness the crime yourself and the crime has to be at least a misdemeanor. They don’t witness him doing anything but running. They didn’t see him in that house. I forget if someone even informed them that the man was on a property, but even if they did, I am still pretty sure that they would have to witness the crime themselves in order to detain him or else it is unlawful imprisonment. Can someone more knowledgeable than me (lawyer, paralegal, resident of that state) confirm or deny? If that is the case, those three men are fucked because they would have had no legal right to engage the man.

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The police NEVER tell anyone to detain anyone who is armed and dangerous. They’ll tell you to call the police if you see them.

I see a Rittenhouse acquittal, but it would be a miracle if these guys weren’t convicted.

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You're conflating two separate types of charges, though. Unlawful imprisonment is one thing, which maybe they are guilty of.

The homicide charge they definitely aren't guilty of. And even if they are found guilty of the former charge, ti still doesn't change the fact that the nigger charged and attacked the guy with the shotgun and tried to take it from him. That's justifiable self defense 100/100 times.

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So, if someone points a weapon at me who is not a cop, I don’t have a right to try to defend myself? Isn’t that the cruz of the Kyle case? There actually is one parallel there: He is being pursued by multiple guys and one has a weapon pointed at him.

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So, if someone points a weapon at me who is not a cop, I don’t have a right to try to defend myself?

They never pointed it at him. He lunged for it while it was still in low ready and tried to take it. Plus he was a known felon who had had the police called on him by people in that neighborhood over 100 times.

So no, you don't have the right to self defense against someone who is NOT pointing a gun at you.