18 and Dead.

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

It's changed my mind about Brown, but it hasn't changed my mind about the cop. Why should it?

Don't you find it at least strangely coincidental that the rogue racist murdering cop happened to decide to kill a black kid this particular day, and that the kid he chose just happened to have only minutes earlier committed theft? I mean, what are the odds?

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

Don't you find it at least strangely coincidental that the rogue racist murdering cop happened to decide to kill a black kid this particular day, and that the kid he chose just happened to have only minutes earlier committed theft? I mean, what are the odds?

No amount of spin is going to convince me that it's OK for a cop to shoot an unarmed man who is surrendering.

Find me some video of Brown raping a three year old child and I'll probably change my tune.

But for a box of cigars and a push?

No.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

Don't you find it at least strangely coincidental that the rogue racist murdering cop happened to decide to kill a black kid this particular day, and that the kid he chose just happened to have only minutes earlier committed theft? I mean, what are the odds?

Fallacious probability argument. It's like saying' isn't it strangely coincidental that the day I don't change my underwear, I hit a home run?' You can wear stinky underwear all you want, but it won't improve your batting average.

Independent events are independent.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

Don't you find it at least strangely coincidental that the rogue racist murdering cop happened to decide to kill a black kid this particular day, and that the kid he chose just happened to have only minutes earlier committed theft? I mean, what are the odds?

Well what if it had been a black cop who had just shot a good ole'boy on the street after he had just ran out of the Winn Dixie with a case of Pabst? We would let the black cop off the hook? Oh the dude was bad he deserved to die he just stole a case of Pabst from the Winn Dixie and pushed a bagger boy on the way out. Who cares if he was shot with his hands in the air surrendering.