I'm writing this after listening to a Glenn Beck program. He was talking about the Jessi Ventura lawsuit.
It's amazing how two different groups of people perceive things differently.
On one side there's Chris Kyle. Chris is known as America's deadliest sniper. He killed 160+ terrorists in Iraq. These are confirmed kills. He served his country well and is a great American.
On the other side there's Jessi Ventura. He's an ex navy seal. He was a governor. He is an outspoken independent and doesn't trust government. He voices his opinions against the Iraq war and especially against the administration.
So Chris Kyle wrote a book. There was a piece of the book that talked about a fight between himself and Jessi Ventura. In the book he wrote that he knocked Ventura down after Ventura said that America deserves to lose a few in battle. Chris Kyle said the went down and then Chris ran off before the cops arrived.
No matter whos side you're on that shit didn't happen. Ventura was 60 years old at the time and would have had a black eye for a month. There were no witnesses. The cops didn't show up. Ventura was seen the next day without a black eye.
So, Ventura sued Kyle. The jury awarded him close to 2 million bucks. Kyle was dead at the time so the money came from his estate. Actually it came from the insurance company of the book publisher.
I'm reading comments on the situation and it's either one extreme or the other. Jessi is a coward who sued the widow or Jessi is a hero who just wanted to clear his name.
You have to understand that Jessi Ventura is an outspoken political guy and there are a lot of republicans who don't like him. Chris Kyle went on fox news and told the world that Jessi Ventura said we deserved to lose a few. That probably pissed a lot of people off.
Words are powerful when they reach so many people.
