(07-19-2017, 08:32 PM)Jagsfan4life9/28/82 Wrote:

(07-19-2017, 08:28 PM)Eric1 Wrote: No, I clearly said that I highly doubt it was something as simple as the guy telling him to slow down. 

It also probably wasn't as heavy as racism either, but it was obviously enough to make Fowler get out of his car.

It was probably something in between those two lines. You never know though.

Whatever it was, it didn't warrant Fowler's reaction, which is why he was arrested and the victim wasn't. You seemingly search for absolution for Fowler, but there is none.

That's because words cannot cause an arrest. Fowler was arrested because he had some sort of physical contact with the other guy.

I'm not searching for any type of absolution for Fowler. He did what he did and got arrested for it because it was wrong. I'm merely going beyond all of you just assuming things and trying to make them the end all, be all. 

We don't know what actually was said, or took place. You guys are so quick to say that racism was absolutely not involved, when all I did was say it could have been involved. Not that it was involved, or the reason why. The world we live in right now is full of racism at every corner. It's absolutely not out of place, or out of the norm to suggest that racism could have been involved.

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(07-19-2017, 08:52 PM)copycat Wrote:

(07-19-2017, 08:36 PM)Bullseye Wrote:   That is NOT what he said.

Acknowledging the possibility of a racist catalyst to this incident (which is what he did) is NOT the same as definitively stating it was a racist incident (which is what you SAY he did).

He indicated there may have been any number of things that led to this incident.  He just listed two possibilities.

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How can you admit that you don't know exactly what caused the incident, but demonstrably state it didn't warrant Fowler's reaction?

There are any number of subjective factors that could lead up to the decision to arrest or not arrest in a given situation.

Because of this drop in:   "but I highly doubt that"

Up until those 5 words I was in agreement.

Because I highly doubt he simply told him to just slow down, which is what those 5 words followed.. I don't understand how that is hard to comprehend.

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