Former cop kills man in a Florida cinema over texting

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This is really stupid. Check out the link and story below:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/14/justice/f ... ?hpt=hp_t1

I guess it won't be long now before someone is shot and killed in Florida for breathing .

At some point the paradigm shift is going to happen.

Absolutism in politics is never sustainable, and that is true for the NRA and the Second Amendment just as much as it is for the New Deal and comprehensive social programs. Absolutism always runs headlong into its consequences.

To my mind, the issue isn't the proliferation of firearms, the issue is a political culture that is prepared to countenance their misuse. If one is permitted to "stand one's ground" in the face of a popcorn assault with the use of lethal force then we have truly reached a stage where there is no reasonable standard to apply to the use of firearms.

And once we reach that level, it will only take a few thousand more thoughtless deaths before the body politic will revisit the wisdom of such a lacuna in the protection of the public peace.

The fact that the shooter was a retired cop should be used by the prosecution, in order to demonstrate that he should have known to have acted better than anyone else.

They seem to make the officer look better than the texting man he killed. Strange world.

*sigh* I was going to snark about how the guy, being a retired cop, is used to using violence to solve problems and get his way, having done so as a job, but I thought it wouldn't be right considering that, ya' know, a man died. But, that doesn't seem to stop people from making a murder into a political issue. Perhaps if he'd used a knife, as is the custom here in the UK?

You can take the cop out of the "force," but you can't take the "force" out of the cop. That sh*t doesn't leave a person.

I'm really okay with this. If people don't have enough common sense and civility to know when it's appropriate to use their electronic devices and when it's rude, then let 'em learn the hard way.



That said, the ex-cop was clearly having some sort of dementia episode. It sounds almost like he was drugged with a psychotic. Very hinky.



@visagrunt: Open your eyes and see through the propaganda. Spit out that Kool Aid and think for yourself. You are being fed fear under media hypnosis.

Well I think that this trigger happy ex cop is a posterboy for gun control, regardless if you love or hate the NRA this cop seems to be a perfect example of a person who should not have a permit to carry a gun.

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Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

Indeed. Who's to say he was any more stable before he retired? He's a perfect example of why cops cannot be trusted to handle guns.

Well, I can see where this is going even though not all the facts are in. Where have we seen this before?
SYG is not a license to use lethal force willy-nilly. We've been over and over and over this during the Zimmerman / Martin fiasco but I can see it didnt take. Big surprise there.
If Reeves is found to be in the wrong, he'll be sent up the river to live in the company of countless others he himself helped to be sent up the river. Either way, don't hold your breath waiting for Florida to change its laws.
I can see this thread being moved to PPR before long.

Sounds like a bad shoot, I'll wait for all the details before making any further judgment.

In the meantime, fun tidbit: In the US, the police commit murder at a rate 3X higher than licensed CCW holders.

Ex-cop challenged woman over texting in SAME movie theater just three weeks ago

Movie theatres have become like the saloon of the wild west.