First and foremost, Cletus and Jr. should never have confronted or "tried to talk to" the black guy. Call the police if you want, follow at a distance if you must while talking to the dispatcher about location, but in no scenario try to "talk" to the guy with your guns.
Trying to fit Cletus and Jr.'s actions from the article,
into the statute posted,
isn't easy.
As far as I can tell, Cletus/Jr were not present for any crime committed. Is he a "burglary suspect" because Cletus saw video from three weeks ago of this guy burglarizing a home? Or, did neighbors tell Cletus "hey some black guy robbed a house last week"? Even if this guy burgled a house immediately preceding the confrontation, as stated in Barnhill's letter, how do Cletus/Jr have that knowledge if the article correctly quotes Cletus as saying "Mr. Arbery looked like the suspect in a string of break-ins"?
If he burglarized a home immediately preceding the chase and confrontation, he didn't take anything or damage anything or the information would be out. I'm pretty sure burglary doesn't require taking anything, but if the burglary that immediately preceded this consists of this guy walking through a home construction site without taking anything or intentionally damaging the construction, that's.....really something. Either way, Cletus/Jr didn't know about the burglary when they armed themselves and gave chase.