Man killed in Rite-Aid shooting had history of conflict
To Ramon Colorado's family, he was a loving husband and father, politically outspoken and passionate about his beliefs.
"He kept snacks in the house for all the kids in the neighborhood," his sister Bonita Houmita of Chesapeake said.
To others, he was a frightening threat.
Colorado, 42, died in an Aug. 16 shootout in a Rite Aid on Tidewater Drive that police said started as a dispute over a place in line.
Documents spanning four years and recent interviews show he had been banned from the Norfolk Department of Development, PETA and all Virginia Beach school property. The Threat Assessment Team at Eastern Virginia Medical School reviewed his social media postings following a series of incidents that struck fear in others or led them to question his sanity. One incident led to a criminal charge: A student at EVMS went to a magistrate to report that Colorado had harassed her online with sexual vulgarities.
The day after the Rite Aid shooting, police announced that Bernell Benn, 42, was being charged with second-degree murder. Police said Benn shot Colorado, who returned fire and collapsed. Surveillance video from inside the store is part of the investigation and has not been made public.
Benn maintains that he fired in self-defense after Colorado pepper-sprayed him near the pharmacy and followed him through the store saying, "I've got more for you, bro." Benn, who had no criminal record, remains in Norfolk City Jail without bond. A judge is expected to rule on a bond appeal this week.
http://hamptonroads.com/2012/10/man-killed-riteaid-shooting-had-history-conflict
I'm just posting this here because no one else is talking about it...If Benn gets charged, I'm interested to see if the same crowd dumping cash into George Zimmerman's defense send Benn even a penny...
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I wanna be able to Stand My Ground when somebody cuts in line. Now you know why Delicate Flowers love guns so much. Those line-cutters are DANGEROUS!
Oh, the irony. Delicate Flowers alert on any post that scares them, but then they feel free to post hate like this.
Don't worry Flower, I won't alert on you. I'm tougher than the typical Delicate Flower.
Just giving my opinion after reading your posts for a while 
And I love all the Delicate Flowers! I'm always looking for ways to lessen the bone-chilling fear they have for the world outside their front doors.
> perhaps he was cornered,
Well, then that 'ol pepper spray might KILL you! Better shoot back!
Must be a terrible store design if the checkout line allows you to get "cornered". What a laugh your "perhaps" is.
> perhaps since you lack the historical knowledge and intellect to grasp the fact that sometimes people who call themselves progressives cling to regressive policies because the implications can conflict with their ideology.
Exactly what I was thinking about Delicate Flowers!
> you assume a lot
Oh, yeah, that's right I assumed he got cornered - in a checkout line.
> But what Stand Your Ground laws say is that if you are in a place where you have every right to be, you don't have to run away from violence if you don't want to.
Well, that's the Rambo mentality for you. Judge jury & executioner. Instead of running away, prove you're tougher than the other guy.
Since it's a proven fact that having a gun increases the likelihood of a person dying because of guns, I'll stay safer than the Delicate Flowers and avoid them.
> the shooter was retreating after being hit with pepper spray, that is hardly SYG as someone with a clue would understand it.
So the guy couldn't keep running away? How far do you think the guy with the pepper spray would follow him? 10 feet? 1000 feet? 10 miles? Would the pepper sprayer "reload" after he ran out? These are the kinds of things that show it is an SYG situation, as anybody with a clue would understand it.
