Do you think this was some kind of boxing match gone wrong?
How do you rule out the likelihood of a serious physical attack when somebody throws popcorn at you, perhaps in an attempt to blind you temporarily to aid in their attack?
I use copious amounts of salt on my popcorn. How would you like it if I threw salt in your eyes under similar circumstances? How would you determine that the throwing of popcorn would be the end of the attack?
What would a rattle snake do if you approached it and threw popcorn on it? Would it instinctively fight back and possibly cause the death of the attacker? How much more thought is a person required to give to their reaction than a rattle snake?
Does the fact that the person attacking the rattle snake doesn't know that the snake is deadly in any way change the expected outcome?
If this retired cop had been on duty and had been attacked in such a way, what would the cop expect to have happen next? What action should the cop take?
I have grown to distrust the police perhaps as much as anybody I know. That doesn't mean that I expect cops to have to submit to an attack.
The theater was a “no guns” zone
2. Escalation of force was initiated by the EX cop.
Reeves went out front and complained to the manager, then RETURNED to the theater, and reengaged in the confrontation with Oulson. You don't get to claim fear for your life, after reinserting yourself into harms way. Well, Reeves can try this defense, but if there's any justice left at all in our two tiered “justice”system, the jury will convict Reeves of murder, or at the very least, manslaughter.
Peasants who concealed carry are required to retreat, unless they want to go to jail.
Only if you are a complete pussy. Are you?
Good God, you're actually defending this murderer after he shot to death an unarmed person?
Do you have any idea what they'd do to anyone else who did this, who didn't happen to be a former agent of the government?