Entirely unrelated to the thread, having met the man, Gene's got my vote, I don't really GAF if he agrees with me about stuff or not.

As to the tragic incident, seems like all we can infer at this point is that it happened after dark, there was some sort of disagreement between Mr Yantis and the deputies regarding the issue of dispatching the bull, and that Mr Yantis did shoot the bull.

At least two witnesses have spoken up stating the actions of the deputies were egregious, OTOH, I seriously doubt the deputies originally arrived at the crash scene that evening intending to employ deadly force.

Hope we get full disclosure.

Birdwatcher

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