(07-19-2017, 09:05 PM)Jagsfan4life9/28/82 Wrote:

(07-19-2017, 08:54 PM)Eric1 Wrote: 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.

Again, what may or may not have been said is completely irrelevant. Even if there were racist utterances, it doesn't justify Fowler becoming physical. So you dwelling on this hypothetical is completely pointless.

I'm not dwelling on anything. I simply made a comment and you guys proceeded to jump up and down and say how there's no way that, that could have happened.

One thing that is for sure though. Regardless of all this, Fowler is beginning to pile up a long line of stupidness behind him.

The constant reckless driving is concerning. If he keeps that up, it's only a matter of time before he hurts himself, or somebody else.

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(07-19-2017, 09:13 PM)copycat Wrote:

(07-19-2017, 08:54 PM)Eric1 Wrote: 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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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.

Then I stand corrected, I mistook what you were inferring.  Of that I can agree.  If that is what this incident was about the guy probably said Slow down you !*&()&^%!

(07-19-2017, 09:15 PM)Jagsfan4life9/28/82 Wrote:

(07-19-2017, 08:36 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

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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.

So, the police got it wrong, then? I suppose that's possible, but I was really referring to Eric's hypothetical, which was between a racist comment and just slow down, if I understood him correctly. And yes, anything up to and in between those two would not warrant Fowler's reaction.

I meant it as one extreme, to another. The least extreme being a calm slow down, which is why I said I highly doubt that because I just don't see that getting a reaction like Fowler gave. The most extreme being some sort of racism, but that most likely would have caused a much more violent out break from Fowler.

There's any number of things in between those and I figured I didn't have to spell them all out for people to understand. Guess I was wrong and should have broke down a few more possibilities in between to make it more clear.

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