Cory did the best he could with the situation he had, and handled it better than other would have. No shame with his handling of it at all. Good job in fact.
As for ole boy gone to TDC for defending himself in Texas. I am sure there is a lot to the story there.

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. Edgar Allan Poe