[BipolarBob]

law that allows residents to use deadly force when they fear death or great bodily harm.

I don't think popcorn can cause great bodily harm but it will lodge in between your teeth. The man clearly overreacted.

[ifinnegan]

How can you be sure?

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Do you have any idea what that stuff can do to your arteries?

Let a jury of "reasonable persons" sort it out.

[Robert DeLong]

If the following is true, it wasn't about the popcorn:

Reeves and his attorneys have argued that Oulson threw a cell phone at Reeves' head and was aggressively leaning over a chair toward him at the time of the shooting. On the stand, Reeves testified he "perceived" that Oulson was getting ready to punch him, according to WFTS.

"A 6-foot-4 individual standing, trying to come over that chair is terrifying," defense attorney Richard Escobar said at the hearing, WFTS reports.

Chad Oulson and his wife Nicole are seen together in this photo taken from Facebook.

However, I still think Curtis Reeves is culpable, because he allowed a simple incident, while perhaps annoying, get him aggravated to the point of possible escalation. If he had asked the person texting to please refrain from doing it in the theater a much different outcome would have transpired most likely.

[Bob434]

[[I don’t think popcorn can cause great bodily harm]]

I once saw a man eating popcorn while crossing a street- He was throwing it in the air and catching it in his mouth- He missed- hit him in the eye, he was reeling from the salt in his eye, and got runned over

Stay away from popcorn

(J/K)

[fuzzylogic]

If that were the case I’d agree...but then I have zero trust in anything CNN reports, so there may be much more to the story.

The narrative here is “gun nut murders and then tries to hide behind stupid law”.

[meatloaf]

I agree that he overreacted. The question is why he reacted as he did. For that the answer can be found in the book, The Power of Habit, which was published around the time of the incident. Once you understand how the brain stores habits, it’s likely that the retired policeman’s training resulted in a response without conscious thought. Some articles said his first words after the shooting were, “What have I done?” I suspect he was surprised as the guy shot dead.

Athletes do something similar by repetitive training to react to circumstance without the involvement of conscious thought.

[latina4dubya]

i remember this story... and i agree... i think the shooter over-reacted... i’m glad he can’t use Stand Your Ground... he was upset because the other guy was checking on his child via his phone before the movie started... imo, the shooter gives the Second Amendment a bad rap...

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

It might have been buttered popcorn. Movie theatre butter makes it a deadly weapon. :-)

[a fool in paradise]

I don’t see a thrown bag of popcorn to be “the” end of that fight.

It is only getting started at that point (initial assault has been made).

Some even use such tactics to throw the other off-guard (temporary blind or cause your opponent to go into a defensive position with arms).