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Fabsroman said, "A bunch of circumstantial evidence was probably used to justify the self defense motive."
I wouldn't call it circumstantial. There were too many incidents that Pogue made the threats. usually he'd been drinking and maybe it was all noise and bravado, and maybe he was serious.
However, out in the boonies with a guy with a gun in his hand who made the threats, how would you react if the threats, real or not had been made at you.
I don't doubt that Mr. Elms, seeing Pogue being gunned down would have drawn his weapon. Dallas would have had no choice but to react in the way he did. Conley Elms just had the misfortune to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I never knew him, so I have no idea of what kind of a person he was.
FWIW, the sheriff that arrested Claude the first time, when he was wounded by one of the deputies was a close neighbor, living only two doors down from me. I noticed that the movie made him into somewhat of a country bumpkin. He was far from that.
I suppose everyone will have an opinion of one kind or another in this matter. Seems to me, Claude may have been just as much a victim as the two wardens. You can believe what the media says about it, or you can form your own conclusions. Was he the "bad guy"? Or was he the victim of a rogue game warden? We'll never know.
Paul B.
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