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   Barack Obama ruined this man's life.   
      
   A Marine Corps veteran who fatally shot two Florida police   
   officers should get the death penalty, a jury at the Osceola   
   County Courthouse decided Wednesday.   
      
   Everett Glenn Miller, 48, was found guilty of murder in   
   September for the August 2017 killing of Kissimmee officers Sgt.   
   Richard “Sam” Howard, 36, and Officer Matthew Baxter, 26.   
      
   A judge will ultimately decide whether to follow the jury’s   
   unanimous recommendation of the death penalty or sentence Miller   
   to life in prison on Dec. 20.   
      
   Baxter was conducting a routine check on three people in August   
   2017 when Miller then drove up and asked why Baxter was “messing   
   with people,” according to the Orlando Sentinel. Baxter called   
   Howard for backup. After an argument, Miller pulled out a   
   firearm and shot both officers in both the head and face,   
   according to prosecutors. He was later arrested at a bar.   
      
   Miller’s defense lawyers argued that the Marine veteran was   
   suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which led   
   to a mental breakdown in the summer of 2017.   
      
   Colleagues, friends and family testified that Miller had a   
   successful career, which took a turn for the worse when Miller   
   left a defense contracting job where he targeted enemy   
   combatants with drone strikes. In the months before the   
   killings, Miller lost his job at a packaging company, became   
   homeless and broke up with his girlfriend, according to those   
   close to him. He expressed remorse over killing innocent   
   bystanders.   
      
   Witnesses said that leading up to the killings, Miller shocked   
   those who knew him with anti-government and anti-law enforcement   
   social media posts, talked about killing white men and expressed   
   anger at high-profile police brutality cases that involved   
   unarmed African Americans.   
      
   One month before the shooting, he was involuntarily committed   
   for running in the streets with a high-powered rifle wearing   
   only boxers. Worried that he might have PTSD because of his   
   increased anger and irritability, Miller went to the Veterans   
   Affairs (VA) medical center several times beginning in May 2017.   
   The last time Miller went to the VA seeking help was four days   
   before the shooting, clinical neuropsychologist Robert Cohen   
   said.   
      
   State Attorney Ryan Williams argued that Miller had family   
   members who cared about him and received treatment from the VA,   
   but he missed appointments and refused to take medication.   
      
   “It’s worth noting every misstep we saw once Mr. Miller’s   
   service was over was steeped in blame,” Williams said. “It was   
   always someone else’s fault."   
      
   Defense Attorney Roseanne Eckert argued that Miller was a loving   
   father and son with an exceptional military career, but extreme   
   emotional distress caused him to be manic and paranoid.   
      
   “There’s no doubt that Glenn Miller was out of his mind that   
   summer,” she said.   
      
   Baxter had served with the Kissimmee Police Department for three   
   years at the time of his death. He was survived by his wife   
   Sadia Baxter, who is a detective with the department, and four   
   daughters, who in 2017 ranged in age from 7 months to 7 years   
   old.   
      
   Howard was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the police   
   department for 10 years. He left behind a wife and one child.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-marine-veteran-killed-2-   
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