Five times in the house at night from which stuff has been stolen? Sounds like evidence enough to investigate. Gun stolen from the neighborhood? Sounds like evidence enough to investigate.
Any criminal record for robbery or burglary in any other part of town?
Criminal record for taking a gun to school if I remember correctly. Aggressive verging on violent encounter with the police, recorded on video.
His brother has a long criminal record and is well known to the police as a crook. Maybe they thought he was his brother?
Any evidence whatsoever that he had committed any crime that deserved to be stopped and arrested for?
I recall two occasions in which I was stopped and detained pending questioning. The first time my friend and I were driving down a residential street when we noticed a cop eyeing us funny. The vehicle we were driving had an expired inspection sticker, so we thought maybe that's what he saw and was why he was interested in us.
I was driving and I didn't want a ticket so I turned. The cop followed. I turned again, and this time the cop put on his lights and ordered us to stop through his public address system. He then opened the door of his vehicle with his gun drawn and pointing at us and then he said "Get out of the Car!" which we did. He ordered us to put our hands on our head, go over to the sidewalk, kneel down on it, and then lay on our stomachs on the ground. Which we did. He told us to put our hands behind our back where he could see them.
We were like "What the h3ll?" Another police cruiser shows up, and then another, and then the guy tells us to turn our heads sideways so this woman cop could look at us.
We did, and she said " I don't think that is them." And then she said "I'm certain that isn't them."
At which point the officer holstered his gun and told us we can get up now. He said there had just been a jewelry store robbery, and we two fit the description, including the green car we were driving and the stocking hat my friend was wearing.
He said he was sorry for stopping us, and that we were free to leave.
The second time wasn't as bad, but once again we were ordered out of the car while they held their hands on their guns and then we were brought back to their car one at a time to do a "field interview". This happened in a different city, but once again, they were looking for robbery suspects and I guess we fit the description.
The point here is we didn't flee, we didn't evade. We cooperated in every way we could. Now these were uniformed cops, and the second time was at night, while the first was in broad daylight.
Had citizens attempted to detain us for police, I would have cooperated in the daylight, but at night I would have probably tried to flee and find a cop myself.
I very much doubt Arbery was going to run towards the sirens.
And you stopped???? You didn't just run away like you say Arbery should have?
Not really, since the only thing ever stolen was plywood scraps, by some white kids, and some fishing gear, which be believed that a white couple he caught on tape had stolen. In none of the videos is Arbery seen stealing anything or even touching any of the tools that were out.