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magicguido

(6,315 posts)
Fri Feb 25, 2022, 11:41 PM Feb 2022

Man who shot dead another in a movie theatre for throwing popcorn: acquitted.



https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/us/curtis-reeves-murder-trial-jury-deliberations/index.html

(CNN)A Florida jury acquitted retired Florida police captain Curtis Reeves in the shooting death of a man in a movie theater eight years ago.
Reeves was accused of second-degree murder and aggravated battery in the 2014 killing of 43-year-old Chad Oulson, who was on a movie date with his wife.
Reeves pleaded not guilty and claimed self-defense, previously telling authorities he feared he would be attacked after he and Oulson got into an argument. The argument started after Oulson sent a text message to his young daughter's babysitter during previews and Reeves told him to put his phone away, authorities previously said.

Oulson's wife was injured in the shooting but survived.
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Man who shot dead another in a movie theatre for throwing popcorn: acquitted. (Original Post) magicguido Feb 2022 OP
What a f"ng world we live in. CentralMass Feb 2022 #1
So he who shoots first gets to claim self-defense. Got it. Gaugamela Feb 2022 #2
Floridahhhh! PortTack Feb 2022 #3

Gaugamela

(2,496 posts)
2. So he who shoots first gets to claim self-defense. Got it.
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 12:06 AM
Feb 2022

Maybe put all these gun toting yahoos into a locked room and pipe in a constant stream of insults.

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