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To: Uncle Chip
Uncle Chip said: "Please read before responding —"

Sure. Here's my favorite nugget:
Mr. Reeves was put behind bars and charged with second degree murder, with the incident another example of Florida's eccentric criminal landscape and insane gun laws.

Very helpful. I wonder which insane gun laws they were referring to?

I went to some length to explain in a prior posting that there is a bright line between a verbal argument and physical assault. I suggested that it was possible that the "texter" intentionally threw the popcorn to provoke a response that would justify beating up the ex-cop.

I also included that the culpability of the cop increases if it was he who crossed that line, trying to provoke a response from the texter which he could use as justification to escalate the matter.

There's a reason why it is important to consider whether the ex-cop was the first to throw an object at the other person. This "minor assault" might well cause a reasonable person to retaliate in the heat of the moment. It would be far more difficult, as we are seeing, to make a rational claim that the retaliation was cause to expect great bodily harm or death.

Evidently, it DOES make a difference whether the cop threw popcorn or not. I claim that it also made a difference whether the texter threw popcorn or not.

256 posted on 01/19/2014 11:35:21 AM PST by William Tell
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To: William Tell

Did your hero the nutcase throw popcorn first:

Yes or No.


259 posted on 01/19/2014 12:09:07 PM PST by Uncle Chip
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