Stealing a gun from a vehicle. Thats a close definition of a robbery. A burglary if you will.
The younger McMichael claims that a weapon was stolen from his truck recently. Did this actually happened? Who knows and if it did was Arbery the one who took it? Again, who knows. But if the McMichaels had reason to suspect that Arbery was in fact casing the joint last October. If they had reason to suspect he stole the gun from their truck. If they had reason to suspect that he was once again up to no good in their neighborhood; then yeah. They have every reason, every right to chase him down.
No, a robbery is stealing from a person by force.
A burglary is stealing from a dwelling.
Taking a gun from a car is stealing.
Don’t use terms that confuse the situation.
And no, they don’t have any reason to chase him down even if they think he stole a gun from their vehicle. This isn’t the wild west. Protect your stuff, lock your car, better yet put it in the garage. People have a right to be on the sidewalk whether you like strangers in your neighborhood or not.
He reported the stolen handgun to the police the same day he found it missing. That, and other info is in this article published today.
Travis McMichael named in 2 incidents police responded to in the weeks before Ahmaud Arbery's death
The owner of the house, guy named English, has claimed in some articles that nothing was ever missing from the property, but in other articles, he is quoted as saying that $2500 worth of fishing equipment was stolen, but then claims he never reported it. Now who let's $2500 worth of fishing equipment be taken, and not report it? That's B.S.
There is also a video of a person walking inside the same house 12 days before the incident. It was taken at night, and the person appears to be wearing a surgical mask and possibly a knitted cap. But if you compare it to the other video of Arbery, it sure looks like him...similar short pants, shuffling walk, arms hanging at his side. According to the article with this new video, Travis McMichael called 911 that evening after seeing someone in the home: