Had you followed the case from the beginning, you'd know that it was Reeves who initiated the confrontation.
If Reeves use of deadly force had been legitimate, he would not be sitting in jail right now awaiting trial.
Sadly, society, law enforcement, and the leftist-saturated judiciary are so politically correct and testicularly challenged today that Reeves will likely get kangaroo court justice.
Reeves tried to claim he was protecting himself under Florida's Stand Your Ground laws. The judge denied the motion because Reeves' own contemporaneous statements, along with those of his wife and witnesses (one of whom was a fellow LEO) clearly showed that he was not a guilt-less as you would like to believe.
For his part in escalating the confrontation, Reeves deserves to spend the rest of his life behind bars, and in all likelihood, probably will.
Reeves was a cop... Prison? I doubt it.
No. Reeves did not initiate the violent confrontation. He asked the man to stop using his cell phone. He then reported the man's disruption to the theater management and returned to his seat. All of these actions were legal and proper. Any ranting by Chad would have confirmed he was a total ass, but would not have been considered a threat against Reeves (unless Chad verbally threatened he would get up and attack Reeves).
Chad initiated the violent confrontation when he got up from his seat and grabbed the popcorn and threw it in Reeves face. It could also reasonably be considered a diversion to a more violent and life-threatening attack from Chad's "outstretched arm and hand."
Stupid people, because of their own fault, do stupid and violent things against others and get themselves killed.
Reeves does not deserve to spend a single day behind bars and it is a sickening injustice that it is even being considered, and another sign that we live in a sick and perverted society.
Reeves tried to claim immunity under Florida's self-defense immunity law.