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Curtis Reeves found not guilty on all charges (FL Theater Shooting)
WFLA ^ | 25 February 2022 | Robert Pandolfino

Posted on 02/25/2022 6:19:36 PM PST by NautiNurse

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Curtis Reeves, the man who shot and killed Chad Oulson at a Wesley Chapel movie theater in 2014 was found not guilty on all charges Friday night.

After over three hours of deliberation, a six-person jury returned to the courtroom Friday evening and delivered its verdict. Reeves was found not guilty of the counts of second-degree murder and aggravated batter

Reeves has never denied shooting Oulson, but has maintained that he was acting in self defense.

The retired police captain spent several hours on the witness stand Thursday, telling a Pasco County jury about what he says happened the day he shot Oulson in the theater.

He also testified about his career in law enforcement. Reeves helped establish the SWAT team for the Tampa Police Department and ended his career as the head of security for Busch Gardens.

He told the jury he had never drawn his weapon and shot anyone in his years of service as a police officer and says he never encountered rage from anyone the way he did from Oulson the day of the shooting.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: banglist; florida; idiottexter; popcorn; rage; reeves; selfdefense; theater
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Eight long years. A senior citizen should not be assaulted in a movie theater. Self defense reigns. Florida.
1 posted on 02/25/2022 6:19:36 PM PST by NautiNurse
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To: NautiNurse

Disagree.

Popcorn assault did not justify death.


2 posted on 02/25/2022 6:22:31 PM PST by George from New England
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To: George from New England

Also noted that each of them wanted the ‘best seat in the theatre’

Whomever gets there first gets the back row, center.

Dead guy was second to arrive and had to settle for one row in front of the back row.


3 posted on 02/25/2022 6:24:32 PM PST by George from New England
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To: George from New England

You need to find better details. It wasn’t popcorn.


4 posted on 02/25/2022 6:24:54 PM PST by NautiNurse (Who will portray Alec Baldwin in the SNL skit? )
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To: George from New England

Wrong again. The Oulsons arrived before the Reeves. You really need to find better sources for your info.


5 posted on 02/25/2022 6:26:06 PM PST by NautiNurse (Who will portray Alec Baldwin in the SNL skit? )
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To: George from New England

“Popcorn assault did not justify death.”

You bought that fairy tale?


6 posted on 02/25/2022 6:29:47 PM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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To: George from New England

Well, then don’t go to Florida. If old people don’t shoot you in a theater, they run you down with their full size sedans.


7 posted on 02/25/2022 6:32:28 PM PST by D Rider ( )
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To: George from New England

No way that was self defense. sickening verdict.


8 posted on 02/25/2022 6:32:48 PM PST by cva41
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To: George from New England

If a d-bag is going that nuts over a disagreement, no one should be surprised when stuff like this happens.


9 posted on 02/25/2022 6:35:22 PM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: cva41

“No way that was self defense. sickening verdict.”

Agreed. It did not happen on a dark alley. And it was still during the previews. I’d be tempted at times to shoot the screen - those previews can last 30 minutes.


10 posted on 02/25/2022 6:35:29 PM PST by George from New England
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To: cva41
No way that was self defense. sickening verdict.

The jury disagrees with you. They listened to the testimony, rather than lame media headlines.

11 posted on 02/25/2022 6:36:19 PM PST by NautiNurse (Who will portray Alec Baldwin in the SNL skit? )
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To: vpintheak

If that was you or me with a CCW permit, we wouldn’t get off. Citizens who ‘earn’ the privilege to carry don’t shoot in these situations.


12 posted on 02/25/2022 6:37:39 PM PST by George from New England
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To: George from New England
It did not happen on a dark alley.

It happened in a dark movie theater. In Florida, it is felony assault to attack an elderly person.

13 posted on 02/25/2022 6:38:29 PM PST by NautiNurse (Who will portray Alec Baldwin in the SNL skit? )
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To: NautiNurse

He only feared being assaulted. An actual assault never occurred, and the man he shot didn’t have a weapon.

All because of a phone call during previews. Not worth a person’s life. Why didn’t Mr. Reeves just move to another seat?


14 posted on 02/25/2022 6:38:45 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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It was not dark. Lights are on during previews.


15 posted on 02/25/2022 6:39:22 PM PST by George from New England
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To: George from New England

I had no idea about this case until I read the article. If he was shot for just throwing popcorn then this is a miscarriage of justice, he is absolutely guilty of murder. This sounds more like he became infuriated over cellphone use and lost control rather than feeling threatened by popcorn.

I remember 20 years ago I was at a restaurant in the leftist sewerhole of New York city with my elderly parents who were in their 80s at the time. We were talking about the Clintons and this punk sitting at the table next to us didn’t like what we said and he knocked over our drinks and food and said something about Bush killed retarded people and I basically tried to knock the guy out. My mother had a panic attack and we had to call an ambulance and meanwhile he ran out and took off.

Well every night for weeks I went back to that restaurant looking to kill the guy but I couldn’t find him, I was ticked off to the point of insanity until I finally got a hold of myself and realized what I was doing. My point being is I was out of control, and to me that sounds exactly what was going on here. Getting pissed off is not an excuse to kill.


16 posted on 02/25/2022 6:40:49 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: NautiNurse

Dark alley suggests noone around.

Theatre suggests dozens of people right nearby.


17 posted on 02/25/2022 6:41:30 PM PST by George from New England
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To: NautiNurse
have to stop myself from saying what i would like. i followed the trial, not media. i also had my fist ccw permit in fl over 30 years ago. you cant take a life with a firearm after instigating a conflict with an unarmed man.
18 posted on 02/25/2022 6:43:25 PM PST by cva41
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To: D Rider

I thought they only drove golf carts down there... “:^)


19 posted on 02/25/2022 6:43:26 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: skr
An actual assault never occurred, and the man he shot didn’t have a weapon.

There was, indeed, an assault against an elderly man in the theater. Oulson was standing 6'4" tall with his back to the movie screen when he repeatedly reached over the back of his seat to assault Reeves. You need to find better sources for your info.

20 posted on 02/25/2022 6:45:50 PM PST by NautiNurse (Who will portray Alec Baldwin in the SNL skit? )
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