Kept texting and apparently popcorn was thrown. It is going to take a while before the aphorisim that “an armed society is a polite society” takes effect at a day-to-day cultural level.
I'm quite certain that the dead man was offended at being asked or directed to stop texting and things escalated from there. But, unless something a little more deadly than popcorn was thrown at the retired police captain, I suspect that he has a serious legal problem.
Police officers are trained to defuse confrontations, trained in the use of firearms, and trained in the law on use of deadly force.
Since he is retired and clearly not on duty, one of his main lines of defense will not be available to him.
I wonder how retired police captains fare in prison?
Never bring popcorn to a gunfight, not even double buttered.
He was texting his 3-year old daughter. Maybe she will grow up to cure cancer, being capable of operating a cellphone and reading at such an early age.
Sadly, if you removed the word, “retired” and replaced it will, “off duty”, his blue line would investigate and find that he acted within department policy and that the shooting was justified.
Just depends on how you’re standing at the moment apparently.
Cops? Get rid of them all. I will deal with any menace that darkens my doorstep without their assistance and “professionalism.” Enough is enough!