“You are making broad generalizations about what sane men will do in potentially dangerous situations.”
George was a retire police officer with years of experience. The last thing one would expect an experienced police officer to do when being approached by an armed felon is to stand in the back of a pickup box with his revolver still in his holster. George told police they grabbed their guns because they believed Arbery to be armed but they both acted as if they believed he wasn’t. I do not for a second believe that anyone here would say they would just stand their in the open fully exposed by an armed felon was running at them.
Law enforcement officers - especially wildlife officers - approach visibly armed and potentially armed men everyday for the purpose of arresting them with their pistols in their holsters and their long-guns secured in the trunks of their cars.
You are making up stuff to support your world view.
And those patrol cars are not usually up-armored.
“”The last thing one would expect an experienced police officer to do when being approached by an armed felon is to stand in the back of a pickup box with his revolver still in his holster.””
Where in this story does it say the suspect was armed and where does it say anybody said he was. There’s still the question about the hammer but I’ve yet to see anything about it being used as a weapon. I suspect the suspect took the hammer from the house thinking he’s use it in defense, he may have dropped it when he seen the truck, two men and guns.
I’m still of the opinion that the suspect not only trespassed on private property but proceeded to turn that misdemeanor into a felony burglary when he entered a private residence. He knew he’d been spotted and made a run for it (Taking the hammer with him), then dropped it when he was fleeing. What possessed the suspect to actually make contact with the son is beyond me, he could have just ran right by. As you pointed the father hadn’t upholstered his weapon which led’s me to believe he never expected to use it. As far as the son goes I never seen him raise his weapon until attacked. Seemed pretty obvious to me that nobody was planning on it ending the way it did.