[marktwain]

Runner ran away from him and he pursued runner.

That does not fit the facts of the case as I have seen/read.

The McMichaels took a route to get ahead of Arbery.

They did not "instigate the altercation".

One of the McMichaels appears to have said they wanted to conduct a citizen's arrest. No arrest happened before Arbery attacked Travis McMachael.

They yelled at him to "stop, we want to talk to you". If that is "instigation" then Arbery's sprinting away from the house under construction was "instigation".

There is no evidence they ever hindered him or pointed a weapon at him.

[ifinnegan]

Time 15 s

Shooter is on left side of double yellow line on opposite side of road.

Runner in middle of road veers right. Camera loses sight (did the videoer think they were about to shoot him?).

Camera moves back and runner runs to right of truck.

Runner has run as far away as possible from guy with gun on the left side of road.

Guy with shotgun is next visible at 20.

He is now across double yellow lines where the runner ran to.

It’s all on video.

Runner ran as far away as possible from guy with shotgun. Shooter pursued and intercepted.

[Theoria]

It's in the initial police report. The video of shooting is the third encounter of cutting off the ‘jogger’. McMichael had already tried to cut him off once, and the man filming did so as well. McMichael also stated the reason they grabbed their guns was because they recognized him from a ‘prior night’ and felt he was potentially armed. They chose not to report that sighting to the cops. They never mentioned a potential citizens arrest in the report, which will either be good or bad for them.