FL Retired cop, shoots texting wanker

[Joe Bob]

Hmmmmm.....


Retired cop guns down man for texting at Florida movie: sheriff - U.S. News

[Rick Lee]

Seems to me he shot him after a verbal and then physical confrontation, not because he was texting. There's definitely more to this one than will get mentioned in most accounts of it.

[mreid]

The woman was one of my employees and her husband was killed. Very sad day today.

[URY914]

This theater is just up I-75 from me. My wife and daughter have been to it.

Someone seems to have pissed off an old man with a gun.

[911dean]

There's more to this story for sure, but I certainly understand the guy's frustration. It's getting to the point that my wife and I don't want to go to the movies. The use of cell phones in the theater is ridiculous. We find them to be very distracting when used to text or even to view them. The movie houses need to have better enforcement of no use.

[Rick Lee]

Short of a cell phone jammer, it's never gonna change. If you can't live without texting for two hours in a movie that you paid to see, you're beyond help. If I thought I was bothering anyone and especially if they told me so, I'd stop doing it. I'm curious to hear the rest of this one. Movie theatre will likely be sued for doing nothing after the shooter first complained about the texter, thereby making a confrontation more likely.

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Seems to me he shot him after a verbal and then physical confrontation, not because he was texting. There's definitely more to this one than will get mentioned in most accounts of it.

It sounds like he asked a guy to put his phone away a few times, then went and complained to the manager. When he returned to his seat, the phone guy confronts him, phone guy gets shot dead and the woman with him gets one through the hand. That does not fit with the headline about shooting the guy because he was on the phone.

[Jeff Higgins]

Originally Posted by URY914

This theater is just up I-75 from me. My wife and daughter have been to it.

Someone seems to have pissed off an old man with a gun.

Actually, it sounds like someone attacked an old man with a gun.

All the old man did was go complain to the theater staff, which was the right thing to do. He showed no intent to confront the phone guy. The guy with the phone confronted him when he got back, and then started a physical altercation. The phone guy was much younger, and likely felt he could get the better of the old man. I think in the end it will turn out this is entirely on the phone guy, and the old fart was simply defending himself.

[GWN7]

The story is all there. It is just poorly written and one sided.

"Reeves asked Chad Oulson several times to stop, to no avail, Nocco said. He then left the theater to complain to the theater's management before returning to his seat, the sheriff said.

Upon his return, "Chad Oulson then starts confronting him verbally, starts saying: 'Oh, did you go in there and start complaining on me? Did you tell the staff about me?'" Nocco said.

"This verbal altercation starts getting louder and louder. During this altercation, it goes from a verbal to a physical altercation," he said.

Then, "the suspect, Curtis Reeves, pulled out a gun," Nocco said."

The above is the only factually part of the story.

Old guy gets assaulted, pulls out his gun to stop the assault. In fear of his life he uses it. He won't serve time but the trial will break him financially.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Our local theatre chain will ask you to leave if caught texting during a movie.

What kind of POS attacks an old man over texting in a movie theatre?

[AFC-911]

Phone guy sounds like douche.

If you were asked politely several times, how hard is it to turn your phone off?

[Gogar]

If you can't live without texting for two hours in a movie that you paid to see, you're beyond help.

Check this one out! Maybe someone could embed it for me, sorry.

Bride texts during wedding ceremony - YouTube

[HHI944]

While I agree with the ex-cops sentiment......his execution was a little extreme...

[HHI944]

It's like the old saying goes: Don't pick a fight with an old man....

[Rick Lee]

Or as Chris Rock said, "I'm not saying it was right. But I understand."

[speeder]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

Our local theatre chain will ask you to leave if caught texting during a movie.

What kind of POS attacks an old man over texting in a movie theatre?

You've answered your own question.

[Baz]

Wonder what management said when he lodged his complaint?

Also wonder why someone from the theater didn't accompany him back to his seat to address the guy texting.

A taser may have been a better choice of weapon.

I wasn't there - don't know....

[GWN7]

Originally Posted by Gogar

Check this one out! Maybe someone could embed it for me, sorry.

Bride texts during wedding ceremony - YouTube

She was checking her Plenty of Fish account for a date.

[nota]

retained the PIG attitude after he retired

how does text bother the wanker PIG

NOW IF HE WAS TALKING SURE SHOOT HIM

but text during the previews ??????????????

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by Baz

A taser may have been a better choice of weapon.

I wasn't there - don't know....

It's a great weapon for a cop. For a civilian, not so much. Besides it being a one-shot deal, what do you do when it wears off, since you won't have handcuffs to restrain him? Run and leave your Taser behind and the barbs in him? You're looking at a ruinous lawsuit with a living witness/victim. If you're not in fear for your life or grave bodily harm, you have no business pulling any kind of weapon. And if you are in such fear, you are legally justified in killing the threat. I wouldn't carry a Taser if you paid me to (unless I were a paid cop).