Don't criticize what you can't understand....

 Thing is, if you run regularly, you learn quickly to take care of your feet, if you don't already.  People run without socks sure, and even barefoot in grassy lands, but very few run with long toenails. You might not like the argument, but a good attorney defends her client's actions with facts buttressing the narrative...

If the scientific autopsy observed "long and dirty toenails", do you find fault with the autopsy report that hurt feelings? Should the attorney have censored the "dirty" word out, and gone with the more relevant "long toenails" point? But didn't we say most runners learn to take care of their feet, like keeping the nails trim, the feet clean and dry, and changing socks and insoles as needed?

Regular runners often invest in running shorts too; not too many head out in khakis. Nttawwt.

You don't have to like it, or keep an open mind even, but there is a defensive case to make that, under the then law, the defendants in Glynn County attempted a legal citizens arrest because they believed Mr. Arbery was engaged in criminal activity in their neighborhood, he wasn't innocently running through.

That narrative too explains why the victim did not stop, and charged a man with a shotgun, who was forced to defend himself when the runner turned aggressor and went for the weapon...

Self defense because of fear.

You don't have to like it -- the "dirty toenails" defense, but only one juror has to see it that way...

Maybe the prosecution, enabled by the media, overreached in pushing a false narrative? Maybe instead of making Mr. Arbery into a jogging choirboy, we might have asked if his death is justified even if he was a dirty-toed criminal with a background of pretty theft casing an open construction site in an area where sometimes cars parked outside are left unlocked...

The citizens arrest law in Georgia was changed after this killing  The issue now is self defense vs. whether you believe the McMichael's simply went out hunting a black runner close to home that day...

Details matter in reality. "Don't criticize what you don't understand, for the times, they are a-changin'..."

Come soldiers and citizens who protect with your gun...

And what will you do when he continues to run?

Double down blindly, and reassert your might?  Against the unarmed, it's not a fair fight...

I choose reason over force myself. So much is lost when we surrender to fear and virtue signaling. Christianity teaches a strength that doesn't come from weapon-toting muscle heads.

Beware what you're worshipping in America today.

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Added:  You're not going to like this opinion either, but... I suspect Mr. Brooks in Waukesha didn't intentionally kill 6 white people but recklessly plowed ahead in darkness when he found himself in over his head in unfamiliar territory when cops tried to stop him, and even started shooting to protect people, after Mr. Brooks inconveniently stumbled upon a Christmas parade one Sunday evening in late November...

Just because someone is a fuck-up does not mean they are a monster. And remember, the earlier charges against "running over" the baby mama after allegedly punching her in the face had not been proven... Who bailed him out?

Reckless homicide on 6 counts so far. No need to overreach. Something tells me Mr. Brooks is a human who knows his actions wrongfully cost lives, something our citizen-patriot killers and well equipped soldier-warriors -- following commands from poor intelligence leaders -- have yet to admit as they continue to cling to hero narratives many more intelligent Americans refuse to continue to pay lip service to...

Guns don't make you powerful in winning justice. If you have to have guns 24/7 for protection in life, you've already lost the war, nevermind the quality of life.

Right, not might, friends: "What you got they can't deny it, can't sell it, or buy it... Walk on. Stay safe tonight."