Did you notice that almost all of the examples used by BLM have two threads in common? They involve the death of a black man at the hands of police, and every single one of those black men were perpetrating a crime. Now I am not suggesting that any or all were justified - that is for courts to decide in front of a jury of peers. However, 99% of those “martyrs” would be alive if they just obeyed the law. The only exception I can think of is the outright murder of Ahmaud Arbery, who was attacked while jogging and allegedly murdered by 3 “good ol boys’. 93% of murders committed on blacks are committed by other blacks. Some of the remaining black deaths were perpetrated by Latinos.
Ahmaud Arbery attacked Travis McMichael, grabbed his gun, and started jacking him in the head. Some people claim Arbery was acting in self-defense when he did this. They say Arbery had no obligation to just keep on moving down the road and away from the McMichaels and that because of the McMichaels’ prior actions an attack on Travis was warranted.
I disagree. I don’t think Arbery was legally entitled to strike Travis McMichael and try to wrest his gun away from him. I think Travis McMichael had a legal right to defend himself against Arbery once Arbery initiated his assault on McMichael.