Same reason Kyle shot Rosenbaum. Too me the issue is whether they had a right to confront a person they thought was a thief and was that thought reasonable. If police can do it then so should common folks.
Not really. They were not positive he was the thief. It looked like they confronted him for being the wrong color in a white neighborhood.
According to Brandon Tatum, they had the right of citizen’s arrest, under state law.
“If police can do it then so should common folks.”
If some “common folks” come up threatening to kill me on the streets, I’ll feel justified trying to shoot those bastards first!