“Why do you assume there was no proper investigation? There is a video of the incident and it shows no such cellphone assault, only the popcorn.”
I don’t assume there was no proper investigation. I observe that opinions differ on what the video shows and that the results of a proper investigation could cast more light on what happened, but the story doesn’t directly mention that.The story does say that “...defendant’s testimony was significantly at odds with the physical evidence...” but I’d be happier if it said if and where the investigation found the phone.
“Angry, like drunk, is not a good mental state in which to make a shoot-don’t shoot decision.”
I agree that it’s not a good mental state in which to make such decisions and note that it would simplify things if everyone waited till they were calm and sober to decide whether to shoot or not when they believe someone is trying to kill them.
[[I observe that opinions differ on what the video shows and that the results of a proper investigation could cast more light on what happened,]]
Precisely- Folks seem to be jumping to a conclusion that it must have been the one with the gun that escalated the situation to the point of increasing hostility=- We don’t know who confronted the who when the gun fella returned from the lobby- up until that point- it is likely it was just a verbal argument and possibly a thrown phone (not sure when that was supposed to have taken place)
If the phone was thrown before- that would lean in the direction of the dead fella escalating the situation, and the fact that the cop went to manager shows he probably tried to get the situation taken care of by the manager-
This is just speculation- but your point is a valid one- the whole situation was not simply about ‘being assaulted with popcorn’ - there was a lot more going on
Have witnesses come forward with any info? It would seem such info would be public by now 3 years later-
This whole situation certainly didn’t rise to the level that the George Zimmerman case did- but rather now rests on the perception of the police officer or whether he just wanted to use deadly force at some point in his life- Did he have a legitimate concern for his safety?
[[“...defendant’s testimony was significantly at odds with the physical evidence...”]]
The CNN opinion of the story that is- perhaps in the opinion of others working the case too- The trial will bring that out-