HumblePie
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It doesn't matter if Arbury was stealing or not because of the simple fact is that it's illegal to hunt someone down and kill them over a misdemeanor property crime.
Many years ago, in an old neighborhood I used to live in, some guy decided to do something about the teenage kids stealing change out of his unlocked beater pickup, so he waited up with his shotgun and shot one of the kids in the back while they were running away. The guy thought he would be a hero. Instead, he got life. And for good fucking reason. I don't see why this should be any different.
Wrong. It does matter. It legally matters. Most states allow for citizen's arrest under common law. Georgia doesn't stipulate that citizen's arrest can only occur as a direct witness of felony event. I was even wrong earlier when I made such a statement. It only provides extra protections in that event akin to stand your ground laws or castle doctrine laws in most states when dealing with self defense.
The issue now is if Travis had a reason to exit the vehicle to affect a citizen's arrest. I still think he didn't, and thus was negligent in doing so. Which is a negligent homicide.
As for your story, that has nothing to do with this one at all. The guy was premeditating setting up a trap to seriously injure or hurt someone. It goes back to why it is illegal for shop keepers to shoot someone for stealing a candy bar in the back as they are fleeing. To shoot someone fleeing, the person that committed a crime has to have committed a felony offense. Fleeing though is not what Arbery was doing. He actively attacked first before the first shot was fired. So it isn't even close to a good comparison at all.
