Update: Tyrese Cooper Arrested For Second Burglary Charge For Stealing a Car Prior to His First Arrest

Crime & Punishment wrote:

In the so-called civilized world, US has the toughest criminal statues in the world. He will get some sort of punishment. No need to cheer for mob rule. Any thoughtless person can scream for tough punishment. Intelligent people look for nuance and alternative solutions.

Are they made of tungsten carbide instead of Bronze?

In 2000, Curtis Parker, a junior, beat (an admittedly not 100%) Alan Webb at the Virginia state meet in the 800m. He made a big improvement that year, running 1:51 at some point during the season. He was arrested for stealing a car that summer and didn't run his senior year. As far as I know, his track career never got going again. Hopefully this doesn't end up the same.

That thread is still up broseph.http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=8791057&page=1 KA-CHING!

ay ay ron wrote:

So the Cooper story is fair game to post on here, but we can't discuss the Penn Relays champ in the javelin (#5 all-time high schooler)? That's difficult to reconcile...

http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/article_b3d78918-731c-11e7-b9c9-bbca5359c661.html

boring people unite wrote:

Thugs not wanted wrote:

He is a THUG. A THUG!!!

wow.

lots of uptight old man boy scouts chiming in here with their pure moral righteousness.

everyone makes mistakes. i'm sure he's not in the ideal environment to only focus on school and track like you assume he is.

try to see the other side. i know it's difficult because you live in suburban Ohio, but try a little more and maybe just write your comment down on a piece of paper and throw it away if you feel compelled to type out some completely unproductive comment anonymously on a distance running forum.

sad little grandpas

Don't get me wrong, I agree that calling the man a thug is a little much, but at the same time he is an adult. He made a choice, which was a mistake, and now he should pay the price for it.. try to see the otherside? I mean unless there was someone holding a gun to his head, he made the decision. He could have decided not to commit a crime and potentially throw away his future, but he choose to commit the crime, so now he should "do the time"

Flagpole wrote:

This sucks.

I believe that most criminals can be rehabilitated (especially burglars), so I do hope he can get past this and have a good life, but only because I feel that way for any young person who does a stupid thing like this. I couldn't care less that he is fast.

Hopefully he can be a productive member of society after this. We'll see. Hopefully, he got caught early before he totally went even more out of control. Young men do a lot of stupid sh**

Kid could still turn his life around.

Sounds like he had started going down wrong path and his youth coach, Darius Lawshea, kicked him out of house.

"I was like a dad. But then he started battling me about being a dad and a coach. We were bumping heads, and he was being disrespectful, not coming home for curfew. He did it in front of my wife, and I had to ask him to leave. Then he fell in with the wrong people" " Lawshea told the Miami New Times.

Lawhea also said, "I'd like to find a way for him to get into the race (State meet). He is a good kid."

And Flosports should report the story. It's very newsworthy.

Stuff like this I'm fine criticizing

wejo wrote:

Hopefully he can be a productive member of society after this. We'll see. Hopefully, he got caught early before he totally went even more out of control. Young men do a lot of stupid ****

Why is Wejo allowed to swear on here? The censors wouldn't even let me post Wejo's actual quote because it was too foul.

reed wrote:

no, he's 18 and an adult. he knew that stealing cars is illegal and a felony. he's just an idiot

idk why people would be defending this kid...he's a criminal. so what if he can run fast

His value as an athlete outweighs his harm as a criminal. If you don't understand that that is the way the work works, then please grow up.

I haven't read through the thread to see if maybe someone has already stated that the severity of this burglary charge, if it leads to a conviction, will put the young man in jail. I hope a stern "false start DQ" from the legal system, and no jail time, will serve as a serious wake-up call which is heeded.

Hey, Tyrese, we really do want to see you succeed, but you have to learn from this ridiculous mistake.

iron side wrote:

shameonmilesplit wrote:

the fact that they had to tell the nation is horrible. hes a kid

No, shame on the man for being a thief

+1

Agree, there's no shame in being a thief.

Those cars were rentals and Hertz got theft insurance. They shouldn't of left them in the lot with the keys in 'em, tempting those kids like that.

Kicking somebody out of your house that you are treating like your child because they talked back to you and missed curfew is insane. Even makes it sound like he fell in with the bad crowd after he kicked him out. Really disappointing to see an adult do that unless worse things were going on that he didn't mention.

FrenchDawg wrote:

reed wrote:

no, he's 18 and an adult. he knew that stealing cars is illegal and a felony. he's just an idiot

idk why people would be defending this kid...he's a criminal. so what if he can run fast

His value as an athlete outweighs his harm as a criminal. If you don't understand that that is the way the work works, then please grow up.

Um, ever hear of Rae Carruth?

I'd like for people to put this in context some.

Would you want to be judged for your life decisions at age 18?

Also, it doesn't take much to figure out that an 18 year old who is a junior in high school and living with a coach because he has no one else to live with maybe has some other challenges in his life. I'd also say that maybe the guidance he's been given up to this point has been somewhat lacking. I don't want to go to hard core moral relativism here, but when you're in this kid's situation, is stealing a car a horrific crime from his perspective?

Maybe, just maybe, this kid has a chance if he gets into college and into a better situation maybe he doesn't. Maybe he grows and matured as a person. Or maybe he just ends up with a little more to lose and, as a result, does less stupid crap. Or maybe not. But if he ends up out of college and in the system, where does his life go from there?

Is the answer a simple "he made his choice, he should pay for it!"? Are we really better off as a society when we decide that our young people are not worth giving a second chance? Or are we just scratching the itch of self-satisfaction knowing that we are somehow better than someone else?

I made terrible decisions as a younger person I regret them. I've learned from them. I'm now a productive member of society. I volunteer. I pay plenty of taxes. I offer free running advice on vitriolic websites. Would we have been better off had I been had I been caught and had my future derailed?

A real shame for an incredible talent who was only a year and a half from signing a college scholarship offer from a top sprinting school. I hope that the immature actions of a teenager are not taken in such a way as to lead him permanently in the wrong direction. Perhaps this will be a very, very strong wakeup call and he will get the chance to turn his life around.

I know a lot of very responsible adults who did very stupid things at that age, things that without a society forgiving teenage hijinks would have resulted in jail time.

Smoove wrote:

I made terrible decisions as a younger person I regret them. I've learned from them. I'm now a productive member of society. I volunteer. I pay plenty of taxes. I offer free running advice on vitriolic websites. Would we have been better off had I been had I been caught and had my future derailed?

Tell me your crimes and I'll let you know.

Smoove wrote:

I'd like for people to put this in context some.

......

I made terrible decisions as a younger person I regret them. I've learned from them. I'm now a productive member of society. I volunteer. I pay plenty of taxes. I offer free running advice on vitriolic websites. Would we have been better off had I been had I been caught and had my future derailed?

But did you steal other people's cars? You have to weigh the severity of the crime that Cooper had been charged with, it is not a minor thing. Just because he can run fast is no excuse to be lenient.

Crossed in between and not on the green

Pulled the tags off of mattress.

Checked out at he express lane with 11 items.

The list goes on . . .

I had my Tyrese's mixed up. I thought this thread was about Tyrese Gibson.

He won't be running this weekend. When it comes to friends,

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Tiger never changes its stripes wrote:

He needs a great criminal defense attorney wrote:

If there are confident criminal attorneys on letsrun in Dade County, FL, here is a great opportunity. Help the kid.

Help him do what? Wiggle out of the BS mess he got himself into as an ADULT?

I'm sorry, but there are few nonviolent crimes that I think should lead to your life bring ruined at 18. I'd rather give someone a chance and fail then put someone with the potential to do great things away then have them stuck on unemployment forever. Do you think the world is improved by having more people in jail. Because the facts say that isn't the case.