Surveillance video shows retired Florida cop shooting man for throwing popcorn

[DonViejo]

Source: Raw Story

By David Ferguson
Friday, February 7, 2014 16:04 EST

Friday marked the continuation of the bond hearing for gunman Curtis Reeves, who claims he shot down father of two Chad Oulson in a Florida movie theater on Jan. 13 in self-defense.

According to Tampa’s Fox 13 News, videotapes of police interviews and surveillance footage of the shooting itself were shown in court Friday as the retired Tampa police captain’s attorneys attempted to paint their client as a man who was so in fear for his life that he was justified in gunning down the unarmed man.

Reeves told detectives in the interview videos that he believes Oulson threw two objects at him, a bag of popcorn and a cell phone. Reeves had angrily approached Oulson and his family asking the other man to stop texting during the previews for the film “Lone Survivor.”

Oulson — who was reportedly texting his toddler daughter’s preschool to tell them he was turning off his phone — supposedly threatened Reeves, who said told police that he thought Oulson was going “kick his a**.”

Reeves’ wife, however, told police that she never heard Oulson say anything threatening to her husband. According to witnesses, all Oulson told Reeves was, “If it was any of your f***ing business, I was texting my daughter. Stay the hell out of my face.”

Reeves returned to his seat for his gun, shot Oulson, then reportedly just sat in his seat as people scrambled to try and save the younger man’s life.

Reeves “just sat in his chair, he just kind of leaned back and just sat there, didn’t try to help,” said Oulson’s widow, Nicole Oulson in an interview recorded at the hospital on the night of the shooting. “As all the chaos was going on, he was just sitting there.”

The judge is expected to make a decision on bond for Reeves by the end of the day Friday. Wednesday’s bond hearing lasted nine hours, however, without ever arriving at a decision.

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[onehandle]

1. Guns are the best conflict resolution devices. nt

[VanillaRhapsody]

2. for cowards...

[Cha]

3. Good.. so the coward with a gun can't wiggle

out of being held responsible like the murderer George Zimmerman.

"Reeves wife" was no doubt questioned separately from Curtis Reeves.. Oooops!

I see a civil suit from Nicole Oulson aimed right at mr reeves someday. It's so sad..

Mahalo Don

[riqster]

4. The only people who need to carry a piece are cops, soldiers, and certain other specialists.

Anybody else who carries in America is a crook or a coward.

[Ikonoklast]

6. Sorry, I'd hate to be at the mercy of the cops. They're worse than the criminals, they go unpunished

Ar least criminals caught killing someone with a firearm get punished.


Cops get a six-week paid vacation.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

13. Not always.

Zimmerman walks free.

[Ikonoklast]

33. He was found to be "Not Guilty". He is therefore not a criminal in the eyes of the law.

That's how it works in America.

You or I don't have to like it or agree with it, but that is the reality of it.

[riqster]

19. And carrying a gun will not protect you from the cops.

People who aim at, or shoot at, the cops do not end well.

[Ikonoklast]

27. My right to self-defense inside my own home is not something I would ever willingly give up.

Waiting for the cops to come rescue me before an armed intruder inside my home does violence to me or mine is not a scenario I would ever wish to find myself in.

[riqster]

32. Nor would I

The situation I addressed is people carrying guns outside of their homes, not keeping guns in them.

[leftynyc]

15. Uh - no

I have no problem with those who hunt (as long as they eat what they kill and don't hack off it's head to put on the wall as art) and I also have no problem with those who feel they need a gun to protect their homes. While I would love to live in a world where there was absolutely no threat from our fellow citizens, that simply is not reality and there are plenty of places where it takes too long for the police to respond.

[riqster]

20. I agree completely. A gun for food or home defense is fine by me.

In fact, I have such.

That is very different from carrying a weapon around in public.

[Jesus Malverde]

24. Cops like this guy....

[DeSwiss]

29. BS

All or none.

[NickB79]

31. This guy WAS a cop, for decades

God only knows what kind of shit he got away with when he still wore a badge.....

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Toast. The man is toast.

[bigworld]

7. Even Reeves' wife disagreed with his testimony

He doesn't have a chance. As he shouldn't.

[olddad56]

8. maybe she sees this as her chance to escape from the jerk.

[Lars39]

9. That crossed my mind, too.

[Baitball Blogger]

21. Good point.

It can't be easy to live with a tinder box.

[BootinUp]

10. Burn Him.

He surely deserves it.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

22. I hope so. I figure this guy has a little better than 50/50 chance of getting off.

I hope I'm wrong.

It's evident the witnesses all say the old man overreacted.

Even the shooters wife seemed to agree at the time of the shooting though I'm sure the defense will try to clean up that mess. When I heard she made that statement I figured the shooter was sunk.

The video, even though I think it further condemns the shooter, might offer the jury something to hang their hat on, I'm afraid.

The fact their was an altercation might be enough for this jury to cut this "kindly old grandfather" some slack. It is Florida after all.

(I hesitate to even write this because I'm sure some people will jump up and down and say I'm siding with the shooter. I'm not. I think he deserves to spend the rest of his years behind bars. Nothing would make me happier)

[Baitball Blogger]

23. I am so sick of seeing the "old guy" exception.

Trust me. These Floridian retirees know how to use that courtesy to their advantage. It has to be stopped. They don't deserve it.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

25. agree . But he is really playing it up.

If the jury buys the "forcible felony on a senior" BS he walks.

[Baitball Blogger]

26. Oh, I know it.

They take over our HOA boards and get away with fraud and breaches of fiduciary responsibility. It is especially a big problem here because they network outside of our communities.

Crooked as all hell.

[blkmusclmachine]

11. If the ret. cop is convicted, I wonder if it will be because the dead man was white???

[leftynyc]

16. I think it could be more

that even his wife doesn't back up his story.

[sakabatou]

12. Can't solve it through talking it out? Use a gun and kill the person!

[cui bono]

14. He just sat back down?

Did he expect that now that he had taken care of things the movie would start and no one would worry about the fact that he just shot someone???

[KurtNYC]

18. SYGSYM

stand your ground see your movie

[bobGandolf]

17. Jesus! WTH! n/t

[fbc]

28. The victim seems like he was a real ass

Throwing popcorn and using the f-bomb at an senior citizen? Who does that?!

He obviously didn't deserve to die for it, and I'm not "blaming the victim", but he sounds like he was a pretty horrible person.

[DeSwiss]

30. Got all that from ''seems like?''

Geeze.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

34. Yes, blaming the victim is exactly what you're doing.

Posting a disclaimer is meaningless when your main point is that the murder victim was an ass, and therefore deserved to be gunned down.

[Paladin]

35. You're blaming the victim, big-time.

The shooter is a mere "senior citizen," but the victim is a "pretty horrible person"? Why don't you complete the arc and advocate a marksmanship medal for the ex-cop? Un-fucking-believable.....