Running would be a good idea.
It was a trivial matter to turn and run in another direction where the truck could not follow. A young man in good physical condition (a "jogger") could do that all day - while laughing at the old geezers trying to chase him.
If they were going to shoot him running away, they would have already done that. And there would be no video either.
Seizing a weapon from an armed person at low ready only works in movies. Running 60' to grab a shotgun is a suicidal tactic. Aubrey was not desperately trying to save his life. He was belligerently attacking people who had confronted him.
That isn't "self-defense" for either party.
There are pretty good odds for a conviction on charges of "Involuntary Manslaughter". Any greater charges are clearly from political motivations.
How can he defend himself against a group of armed vigilantes who intentions were to shoot and kill him?
Running would be a good idea.
He did that, they caught up to him in their pick up trucks
Now what?
It was a trivial matter to turn and run in another direction where the truck could not follow. A young man in good physical condition (a “jogger”) could do that all day - while laughing at the old geezers trying to chase him.
He was on a public road, he is between two trucks one in front with two guys with guns and truck in the back (man doing the video) who may or may not be armed
Which direction does he run?
If he runs into people’s yard/back yards he would be committing the crime of trespassing, and these yahoos could witness that.....
If they were going to shoot him running away, they would have already done that. And there would be no video either.
They were trying “arrest” him and shot him when it didn’t go the way they wanted it to go. I guess they just thought some stranger on the street was just going to submit to their illegal police actions. They were wrong.
Seizing a weapon from an armed person at low ready only works in movies. Running 60’ to grab a shotgun is a suicidal tactic. Aubrey was not desperately trying to save his life. He was belligerently attacking people who had confronted him.
He had every right to self defense, he can’t out run their pick up trucks, and the man with a shot gun is out after him. 60’ nah, more like 15 or less, he certainly can’t out run a shot gun blast at that close range, it was point blank by the looks of the video and the distance. Narrow focus camera at the distance from left to right of the view was probably 18’ max.
The aggressor doesn’t have a right to self defense, he lost that right when he became the aggressor and was hunting down this man so he can “citizen’s arrest” him, which by Georgia definition was illegal for him to perform.
At that point the victim had every legal right to disarm or neutralize the aggressor.