Benefit of the doubt
Back in the day I was a jogger. I used to do 3 miles on the dirt roads of rural Salley, SC at high noon in August. I was never accosted let along shot at.A tragic yet old story from Georgia involves a father and son who ambushed then killed a jogger named Ahmaud Arbery because they 'thought' he was a burglar.
 Mr Arbery |
 Mr McMichael |
 Mr McMichael |
The individuals, Gregory and Travis McMichael stalked the man who was apparently jogging through a neighborhood, confronted him armed with weapons and other armed individuals then shot him with a shotgun while on leaked cellphone video of the McMichaels' confrontation by an accomplice in the back of a pickup truck.
Now then, the pair were arrested two months after the crime and complaints from family and friends of the jogger which had made headlines primarily in the local area.
This has the appearance of an overzealous ex-cop taking matters to an extreme over step of one citizen's rights over another.
As the story develops I will be curious to see why a person cannot jog in a neighborhood without some misguided attempt at mistaken vigilante justice. Coupled with this is a curiosity regarding the delayed action of law enforcement.