This is the father of the man who shot the jogger in February

[Grokenstein]

14. They think they can pull a Zimmerman.

(edited to remove "according to the police report" or "the report said" after every single line)

After the shooting, Gregory McMichael told police he saw the same man "the other night" and that he stuck his hand down his pants on that occasion, leading McMichael to believe he was armed, according to a Glynn County Police report.

After seeing Arbery jogging, McMichael then alerted Travis, 34. "Travis, the guy is running down the street, let's go," McMichael said.

The two grabbed a shotgun and a pistol and followed Arbery in their truck, police said. Travis McMichael, the driver, followed Arbery and then attempted to cut him off. Arbery turned around and began running in the opposite direction. They chased Arbery to a nearby intersection, where they caught up to him.

"Stop, stop, we want to talk to you," Gregory McMichael shouted at Arbery, according to the police report.

Travis McMichael then exited truck with the shotgun. His father told officers Arbery "violently attacked" his son, the report said, and they struggled over the gun. Travis McMichael fired two shots, and Arbery fell.

At best, the men had the authority to follow Arbery and send law enforcement to that location, (family attorney S. Lee) Merritt said. The 911 calls show the call taker was asking the men what Arbery is doing that was of criminal concern. "They didn't give any answer for that, they said, 'He's a black man running down our road'."

Defenders of the men are pointing to a shoplifting conviction in Arbery's past.

Self-appointed crime patrol chased him down with a gun "just to talk," murdered him when he fought back, and offer some bullshit story involving imaginary robbery. Annnnd there it is: digging through the victim's past to find something to "justify" his murder. (Shoplifting? Seriously?) Second verse, same as the first. ...Wait, what's this?

CNN had previously reached out to Gregory McMichael, who is also a former investigator for the district attorney in the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, for comment.

Holy shit.