The Whole Truth With Jill Rosensweig

Ahmaud Arbery and Citizen's Arrest Laws

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In this week's episode, Attorney Rosensweig is discussing citizen's arrest laws and how they relate to the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the young man who was jogging through a quiet, Georgia neighborhood when he was savagely gunned down by a father and son.  Can Gregory and Travis McMichael successfully argue that the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery was lawful by asserting that what they did was further to a lawful citizen's arrest?  Is there any way they can prove that what they did met Georgia's citizen's arrest statute?  Even if, hypothetically, Ahmaud Arbery was actually running away after committing a crime, did they comply with the law in terms of what they did once they stopped him?  Does the law allow a civilian to not just stop someone but kill them?  Ms. Rosensweig explains the citizen's arrest law in terms of when it is lawful to "arrest" a person and, more importantly, what it allows someone to do once making a citizen's arrest.  Ms. Rosensweig also talks