While the texting may have been annoying, the ex policeman, and I always give the police the benefit of the doubt, certainly did not handle the situation very well either. In fact his method created a much bigger disturbance than the one he was complaining about.
It takes two fools to escalate something as innocuous as texting into the outcome that developed. But I cannot find any compelling reason to justify the deadly use of force for the crime of texting. There were several ways that were available for the ex police officer to defuse the situation, and he chose none of them. He was standing his ground for sure, but not because he feared for his well being.
Also, Reeves shot the wife, too.
The arguments we had at the time are starting to come back to me now.
Basically, a CCW peasant who did this same crime is going to prison RIGHT NOW.
The question is: why the delay?
[[How do you know he was a bully?]]
The reverse needs to be asked in order to objectively determine guilt- how do you know he wasn’t? Could he have threatened the cop’s life? Was he the one who re engaged when the cop came back? Is it possible that the text guy was stewing about the first encounter and let his emotions get out of control to the point where it was he who crossed the line and violated the rights of the cop? IF so- then this is the issue that hte man was killed over- not the initial texting point- (Again, I’m not stating it happened this way- just that these things, in an effort to be fair and objective, needs to be answered-)
[[But I cannot find any compelling reason to justify the deadly use of force for the crime of texting. ]]
It wasn’t simply about that- If yo or i confront someone about something stupid- and they are the type of person to not take it well- and we leave, and come back and get confronted by an irate person threatening us- it’s no longer about the initial stupid issue but is now about defending yourself against someone who seems unhinged and could do damage
Please note I’m not saying this is how it went down- but it’s a possibility- and needs to be determined in court in a fair trial- because the issue ‘could have’ turned from texting to having to defend himself against an irate person- Now granted- IF that’s what happened- the cop was dumb to make an issue out of the textign to begin with- but IF the texter was getting violent- then it’ no longer just about the testing, but now about a new issue- potential violence-