eboos
NES Member
I've been watching a lot of Officer Tatum's videos, and I've liked what he has had to say most of the time, but something did make me feel a little uneasy. Then he started commenting on this case. Furthermore he seemed to double down after the trial testimony was concluded with the view that the McMichaels did nothing wrong. While people are certainly entitled to their opinions, I think Brandon Tatum got it very wrong on this case and it calls into question his position on a lot of other topics. As a black man, and former police officer, Tatum takes umbrage with a lot of issues and prevailing viewpoints in black America. I suspect that, based on his position in the Arbery case, Officer Tatum may not be basing his opinions on careful reasoning, but possibly from a less respectable place.I watched some of the trial and some of the son (Travis mcmichael) testimony. The sons testimony was very very unhelpful to the defense. He answered that Arbery never had a weapon, never made any threats or showed any aggression (until the end), never said anything, didn’t see Arbery commit any crime, etc.
The facts were absolutely not in the mcmichaels favor for self defense or the civil arrest law. They were extremely stupid and national the very best (if someone or a judge had a very generous view of civil arrest in GA) may have technically not committed a crime. I didn’t see very many people who understand the GA law think the mcmichaels were within the law.