Anyone been watching this closely? What's your take, I'm barely aware of this case?
I'm watching the closing arguments now. Prosecution, no shit, said you aren't supposed to go talk to a suspect before calling police... Isn't that what defund the police was about? Stop calling cops on innocent blacks because they might get shot by the cops?
I was pretty busy these last few days and missed the live stream.
From what I'm seeing in the closing arguments, Arbery deserved what he got; he was clearly stealing shit and had been for a while. He'd have got shot eventually, doing what he was doing.
The defendants are probably screwed though, and that's frustrating. Everything hinges on whether their citizens arrest can be considered a citizens arrest.
If not, they're guilty of wrongful detention, which is a felony. If he's been wrongfully detained, that can be considered provocation, so self-defense doesn't apply, and, they killed a man while committing the felony of wrongful detention.
They're fucked.
My guess is they are fucked because if they walk free, niggers are gonna loot and destroy cities again.
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