“They did not stop him. Arbery could have kept running.”
Sure, when people point guns at you and tell you to stop, you can technically ignore them, I suppose. However, everyone who has a shred of common sense left would not object to that being described as “stopping” someone.
As I have said previously, If you think a man might shoot you in the back, you can be absolutely certain he will shoot you in the front if you attack him.
However, everyone who has a shred of common sense left would not object to that being described as “stopping” someone.
Well, except for the inconvenient fact that it absolutely did not stop him.