Because of this someone notified the two men now under arrest who stopped the stranger running down the street,and one pointed a shotgun at him and the other a handgun,as a LEGAL method to get his cooperation. Instead of cooperating,this dumb ass attacked a man holding a loaded shotgun on him,and was shot to death for being criminally stupid.
Please Sneaky I hope this is true, can you link where this has been reported... If so it clamps it for me, if they were shown the video of the kid in the garage (earlier robbery/trespassing) or if they were told of the kid leaving the house (that day) it would greatly lean my belief they were fully innocent of "just pointing a gun (embellishment spread here by one poster) and killing an innocent kid".... Something that says hey guys "we think we have found the culprit we have been looking for and need to have the police question him".
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BTW... did the prosecution ever explain why he had a hammer and where he got it? Surely a jogger does not tote around a hammer.... I am just speculating here, but I would be a dollar to a donut he stole it and they didn't catch it on camera.
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Also assuming the fellows are ruled as not being justified in doing a "citizen arrest" ... They still didn't just haul off and shoot the kid, they were attacked... I still don't see it as the big "M" (murder) but something far less (reckless endangerment or something, not a lawyer).
You are allowed to open carry (or concealed in GA w/ license). So if they were NOT banishing (pointing the weapon) what did they do wrong?