And I will respectfully disagree on principle.
A case such as this needs to be decided on the facts of the case itself. What exactly happened on that exact day, in the moments when the now-deceased and the accused interacted? Nothing more and nothing less.
What either party said or did on previous occasions is irrelevant.
The dead guy acting like a punk on previous occasions doesn’t make him guilty of a crime on this day, or mean that he deserved summary execution by a pair of vigilantes, as punishment for his sum total of perceived transgressions, as you suggest.
By the same standard, the 2 white guys aren’t necessarily guilty of Murder 1, nor can self defense be ruled out, just because they may subscribe to a particular worldview, or may have used the n-word last week or last year.
Maybe the black guy was culpable in his own death, maybe not. But only on the day in question, no other.
He’s dead & won’t be testifying.
Fact remains, for the 2 white guys to be convicted, there needs to be sufficient evidence to convince a jury, and it looks like that video is open for interpretation, so good luck wit dat.
Pardon me, but your bias is showing.
I've read that there's a photo of the dead guy trespassing in a house under construction.If true that could go to character.OTOH,if either of the white guys have a history with the police,with drugs or booze,with domestic violence that prove to be worthy of consideration.
As time passed more and more evidence come to light about Trayvon (including the results of his autopsy) to strongly suggest that he had it coming.Ditto "The Gentle Giant".
The same may,or may not,prove true of one,or more,of those three guys.
Well, the two white guys (the McMichaels) are there to aid in their defense. They have already given statements, it appears.
The prosecution is going off a theory from the video. The video does not show the McMichaels every pointing a gun at Arbery, until, it appears, Arbery attacked.
There are good reasons three prosecutors refused to prosecute.