{"id":4465,"date":"2014-01-14T13:18:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T13:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/?p=4465"},"modified":"2014-01-14T13:18:25","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T13:18:25","slug":"texting-draws-violent-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=4465","title":{"rendered":"Texting draws violent response"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Time for a shameful admission: I’ve wanted to physically harm people I’ve witnessed sending text messages while sitting in a movie theater.<\/p>\n

I’ve never acted on that impulse … thank goodness.<\/p>\n

But a 71-year-old retired police officer did just that the other day and he now is facing the prospect of spending perhaps the rest of his life in prison.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/01\/13\/justice\/florida-movie-theater-shooting\/?hpt=zite_zite3_featured<\/p>\n

Curtis Reeves is being charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 43-year-old Chad Coulson, who was sending a text message to his daughter while the film “Lone Survivor” was being shown.<\/p>\n

The men argued. Then it escalated. The confrontation ended when shots were fired, killing Coulson.<\/p>\n

Wesley Chapel, Fla., authorities are investigating the case. Prosecutors have leveled charges against the ex-cop.<\/p>\n

Given what we’ve witnessed about Florida law in recent months — e.g., the George Zimmerman acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin — there’s no telling how this case is going to turn out.<\/p>\n

However, it certainly sends a message to those who would choose to ignore theater messages flashed on screens prior to the start of a film to put telecommunications devices away — or else.<\/p>\n

In this case, the “or else” proved deadly.<\/p>\n

I’m taking the hint.<\/p>\n\n

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