Posted on 01/17/2014 6:15:54 AM PST by Uncle Chip
'Why didn't he just sit somewhere else?'
The Sheriff leading the investigation into the cinema shooting which happened after a row over texting has told MailOnline there is no chance of a Stand Your Ground defence, saying, ‘It was an empty movie theatre. If he was scared why didn’t he move seats?’.
Sheriff Chris Nocco has completely dismissed shooter Curtis Reeves’ claims that he gunned down Chad Oulson because he feared for his safety and said there is no way he can use Florida’s controversial self-defence law.
He is convinced the retired cop, 71, simply lost his temper after married father-of-one Oulson refused to stop texting and then threw a bag of popcorn at his killer’s face.
Reeves’ attorney Richard Escobar suggested on Wednesday that his client was not hit with popcorn and was actually attacked with another more dangerous object.
However Sheriff Nocco has completely dismissed that idea, saying nothing else was thrown and that Monday’s shooting is an open and shut case....
One of the key elements is that the theater was not packed so there was ample opportunity for anybody to move their seat if they wanted to....
Today Richard Escobar was quoted as saying something more than popcorn was thrown.
He told The Tampa Bay Times: ‘If it was popcorn, don't you think the detective would have written popcorn? It's an unknown object, dark in color. Those facts will come out.’
But Nocco hit back: ‘There is absolutely nothing to prove anything else was thrown.’....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Whoppers malted milk balls?
If he was peeved by someone texting in a movie theater, imagine how peeved he’ll be in his prison pod, eating spam with a plastic spoon and listening to 19 year old red haired pimple face Johnny Meth-Head ramble on endlessly about how bad ass he used to be. (tee hee!)
If this is the best this guy can do for a defense, I hope the jury laughs out loud . . . and then convicts him of everything in sight.
It is a heart-warming feeling for a lawyer when his opponent is arguing and you see one of the jurors in the box fold her arms and snort. That happened to me once, and it was a happy day (the jury was out only 20 minutes and returned a verdict in our favor. It took them that long to elect a foreman and send out for coffee.)
I hope something similar happens here.
JuJuBees tend to bounce off their target —
Milk Duds and even Junior Mints have far superior sticking power and fly better than Raisinettes.
But I don’t want to give anybody any ideas.
And this is why the SYG defense needs to be shot down and this guy needs to go to prison --where he can join that other idiot from Jacksonville who murdered that kid for playing his rap music too loud.
I too hate to laugh too — but you either laugh or you cry at this.
Initially his defenders here and elsewhere were postulating the popcorn defense but abandoned that rather quickly.
With the UFO defense his attorney is somehow alleging that the victim had three hands — one for his cell phone, one for the bag of popcorn that he threw, and a third arm for that UFO that he threw.
Perhaps he is going to allege that the victim himself was an three-armed Alien — just before he files the insanity defense.
I’m a major proponent of stand your ground, CCW, open carry etc but I can tell you I would never even think to shoot somebody for throwing popcorn on me if thats what happened. Thats just not cause for fear for your life. I don’t see a jury looking at it that way either.
If the guy threw popcorn on you and said I’m going to eff you up and came at you then maybe you have a defense.
One would hope. People like this defendant not only weaken the "Stand Your Ground" laws by trying to use them without justification, they also feed into the liberal viewpoint that people with CCW permits are all gun-crazy nutjobs. For the benefit of both the law and the ability to carry, this guy needs to face the consequences for his actions.
One would hope. People like this defendant not only weaken the "Stand Your Ground" laws by trying to use them without justification, they also feed into the liberal viewpoint that people with CCW permits are all gun-crazy nutjobs. For the benefit of both the law and the ability to carry, this guy needs to face the consequences for his actions.
OK, now I get it. The officer got all worked up by the movie "Lone Survivor". Sick.
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There we have it, an X Police officer who wanted to play Rambo, watching "Lone Survivor". Yes, we have a detachment from reality. And a great argument for not militarizing the Police Departments.
The movie hadn’t started yet
The only thing on the screen was Previews of Coming Attractions.
I missed that.
The part about the SWAT team still stands.
If you have to shoot the guy thru the hand of his wife who is restraining him, you can’t really claim you were in imminent danger. It just kinda shoots your whole argument, pun intended. And popcorn is not a lethal and dangerous weapon.
With any luck, some of his new "friends" will recognize him as the guy who helped put them there.
People think child molesters have it hard in prison? Nobody has it harder than ex-cops.
You can bet the farm that they are not embarrasses.
It could not happen to a nicer guy.
If this guy has half a brain, he’ll plead out.
I think they might be busy trying to figure out how to get the Kelly Thomas jury to Florida and Andy Lopez’s killer on the list of expert witnesses.
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