“Not to speak ill of the dead but dollars to donuts hubby was a hothead “bad boy” type who mouthed off to anyone who came across as an authority figure.”
Yeah, so let’s just kill him, right! The word moron comes to mind as I read your post. Sure you aren’t a LEO? If you were, your post would make perfect sense. You should be ashamed and apologize to the rest of us.
That comment is out of line. Personal attacks against the OP are not permitted on FR. Primarily because it’s too easy to do and anyone can do it. And also because it contributes NOTHING to the discussion. If you can’t argue the premise and can’t figure out what the difference is, then don’t comment.
Thus goes the thread to the lowest common denominator that could be found. Sure you don't want to suggest he is a fag and be done with it.
The way I look at it, the police officer had no right to shoot if he was not physically attacked (beyond popcorn thrown for a distance beyond point blank distance). We are not given enough info to know if that is fact or not. We can assume the police officer will claim to have been not only assaulted with the popcorn but grabbed. The wife will claim otherwise, thus independent witness accounts become very important. If grabbed, the shooting is justified probable unless it is proven that the grabbing was fully provoked by the retired police officer who wanted to escalate the event. Working against the officer is his history of being offended in theaters. Working against the wounded is their very rude behavior when it is plainly offensive to text during movies and deprive other well paying customers their opportunity to enjoy a movie (even if it is just previews of upcoming events). Is it a crime to speak up and mention when someone is behaving rudely in a theater?
It will go down to a jury of peers when all the facts (especially from other eyewitnesses) are brought to light under sworn oath w/ a hand on the Bible. As it stands now, unless damning eyewitness accounts contradicts what little story we have, odds are this police officer will spend the rest of his life in prison. But... if I was on the jury, and if events told go strongly against the plaintiffs, I might vote not guilty. But that leaves a whole, whole, whole lot of proving by the defense.
Now if you want to call me a cop lover (or any other so called derogatory name you can think of), knock yourself out. You can have last word.