Originally posted by dadudemon
According to Georgia law, even if you do not steal anything, it is considered burglary to enter a home, without permission, with intent to steal.It gets much worse for home invasion burglaries in Georgia law.
Georgia also has criminal trespass laws.
https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/burglary-and-home-invasions-georgia.htm
Also, some people are stating he took a hammer and the work boots from somehwere because, in the video where we see him casing that home, he is wearing shoes. When he confronts the McMichael's in the video where he is shot, he is wearing boots. Others have done a frame by frame analysis and state that Arbery had a hammer. I haven't seen that analysis.
But it would indicate that Arbery acquired at least the work boots at some point. He died in them. It kind of ruins the plausible deniability angle from his family, at this point. When they review this case and it goes to trial, all of these things will come out.
The McMichael's were legitmately trying to stop a burglar who was running away after getting caught. The case will focus on whether or not the use of deadly force was justifiable under Georgia law. If the hammer argument is legit, this is an easy case. If it is not, you have to prove WTF happened out of view in front of that truck: 1 second of time. Crazy. This case might be studied by future lawyers.
this was really a white supremacist forum, wasn't it?facepalm