No kidding. I've been biting my tongue on this thread. The knuckledraggers are out in force.
Anyone who is not sure how to feel about a brazen multiple murder in a courtroom doesn't deserve any further respect in political discourse, IMNSHO.
I have seen a lot of discussion today by people who I do respect who say the deputy (woman or not) transporting him should never have been armed when the perp was uncuffed, and never should have been alone. That's counter-intuitive... But proper procedure to transport would have been to have an unarmed deputy physically handling the perp, and an armed one in attendance at all times. It makes sense in that a deputy's firearm is more of a liability than a benefit in a hand to hand situation. The deputy with the benefit of distance can better use the weapon.
Something went procedurally wrong, obviously.