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

Apparently people are mad the Track pages like Milesplit and Flotrack are covering the Tyrese Cooper story, but not the story of an equally talented white athlete (Joseph Fitzpatrick) who raped someone.

https://twitter.com/trackgirlmagic/status/991625373828943873

Another young star Sydney Mclaughlin (a Female who is a freshman at Kentucky and every bit as good for a female as Cooper and Fitzpatrick are for males) tweeted yesterday about this unfairness.

Pointy k wrote:

Flounder wrote:

The topic is a potential track star arrested for attempting to steal cars and the appropriate punishment for that offense.

Indeed. But if your argument is that stealing cars is a violent crime because they have a potential to be deadly, then you would have to consider drunk driving and many other crimes with dangerous potential to be violent crimes.

I understand your point. But it isn't the topic. My point is that if the potential for deadly violence increases when a car is stolen. Whether or not that violence occurs depends on the circumstances and the actions which are chosen by the person driving the stolen car.

Is pointing an unloaded gun at a cop a violent crime?

Yea Right! wrote:

It's extremely trashy. I feel both Flotrack and Milesplit should focus on promoting the sport in a positive matter. The sport is already hurting and the last thing the sport need is this negative attention.

Um, THEY didn't steal a car.

Flounder wrote:

Pointy k wrote:

Indeed. But if your argument is that stealing cars is a violent crime because they have a potential to be deadly, then you would have to consider drunk driving and many other crimes with dangerous potential to be violent crimes.

I understand your point. But it isn't the topic. My point is that if the potential for deadly violence increases when a car is stolen. Whether or not that violence occurs depends on the circumstances and the actions which are chosen by the person driving the stolen car.

Is pointing an unloaded gun at a cop a violent crime?

It is as on topic as your post. You took issue with it being called a nonviolent crime, and I took issue with your reasoning in your argument. We are talking about the same thing.

Yes, pointing an unloaded gun at a cop is a violent crime. It is intentionally threatening to harm another person.

Pointy k wrote:

Flounder wrote:

I understand your point. But it isn't the topic. My point is that if the potential for deadly violence increases when a car is stolen. Whether or not that violence occurs depends on the circumstances and the actions which are chosen by the person driving the stolen car.

Is pointing an unloaded gun at a cop a violent crime?

It is as on topic as your post. You took issue with it being called a nonviolent crime, and I took issue with your reasoning in your argument. We are talking about the same thing.

Yes, pointing an unloaded gun at a cop is a violent crime. It is intentionally threatening to harm another person.

Pointing an unloaded gun at a cop could be dangerous, if they don't know it is unloaded or fake they might and probablywill shoot back for real.

douglas burke wrote:

Apparently people are mad the Track pages like Milesplit and Flotrack are covering the Tyrese Cooper story, but not the story of an equally talented white athlete (Joseph Fitzpatrick) who raped someone.

https://twitter.com/trackgirlmagic/status/991625373828943873

Another young star Sydney Mclaughlin (a Female who is a freshman at Kentucky and every bit as good for a female as Cooper and Fitzpatrick are for males) tweeted yesterday about this unfairness.

I don't follow sprints, but even I knew who Cooper was. I had to google this Fitzpatrick kid to find out who he is. 1:53 and 4:17 aren't even in the same zip code, much less ballpark, as what Tyrese has accomplished. I'm sure he dominates his conference meets, but he is a nobody on the national level. It's like comparing Bill Cosby to someone who does a local standup comedy once a week in his hometown.

I'm disappointed in Sydney if she actually doesn't grasp this.

Mini Cooper wrote:

Yea Right! wrote:

It's extremely trashy. I feel both Flotrack and Milesplit should focus on promoting the sport in a positive matter. The sport is already hurting and the last thing the sport need is this negative attention.

Um, THEY didn't steal a car.

Note that all 3 kids cited here are from Florida.

What's up wid ' dat ', my homies. They know how to parr-tee down there!

douglas burke wrote:

Apparently people are mad the Track pages like Milesplit and Flotrack are covering the Tyrese Cooper story, but not the story of an equally talented white athlete (Joseph Fitzpatrick) who raped someone.

Three problems with this:

1. All charges were dropped against Fitzpatrick.

2. In no way was he equally as talented.

3. Nothing that happened to him affected the track season -- he's been in and out his entire career -- whereas Cooper was about to DNS the State Meet as the two-time defending champ.

Idiot!

Wow was hoping he was going to pick Oregon but honestly he sounds like a perfect fit for the Florida State Criminoles.

Raysism wrote:

douglas burke wrote:

Apparently people are mad the Track pages like Milesplit and Flotrack are covering the Tyrese Cooper story, but not the story of an equally talented white athlete (Joseph Fitzpatrick) who raped someone.

Three problems with this:

1. All charges were dropped against Fitzpatrick.

2. In no way was he equally as talented.

3. Nothing that happened to him affected the track season -- he's been in and out his entire career -- whereas Cooper was about to DNS the State Meet as the two-time defending champ.

Nicely listed.

What's available in the media as to what occurred with Cooper and his comrades appear to not support a car theft charge. Look for a criminal mischief and possibly trespassing charge at the most. Community service plus court costs and 6 months probation with a withhold of adjudication pending completion of both. Expunge at a later date.

This all assuming there is not a lot more to this story.

Anyone know who Cooper signed with for college?

rojo wrote:

Anyone know who Cooper signed with for college?

he's only a junior

rojo wrote:

Anyone know who Cooper signed with for college?

I always figured he'd either go pro or sign with Florida, but I'd been hearing that he was becoming infatuated with the idea of playing football and running track, which would make FSU a real possibility. He was a standout youth football player before he got into track, and only recently started playing at the high school level.

they call me flopro wrote:

Wow was hoping he was going to pick Oregon but honestly he sounds like a perfect fit for the Florida State Criminoles.

these Children are America's future.

Gawd bless our nation's children.

Raysism wrote:

rojo wrote:

Anyone know who Cooper signed with for college?

I always figured he'd either go pro or sign with Florida, but I'd been hearing that he was becoming infatuated with the idea of playing football and running track, which would make FSU a real possibility. He was a standout youth football player before he got into track, and only recently started playing at the high school level.

Jeff Demps went to Florida. He decided he was a football and lost his focus on track*—his 10.01 100m run in HS was his PR. Dumping track for the NFL resulted in his career of 14 yards rushing and 21 yards receiving. A lost track career.

*(Sure, he won on Olympic medal fir running a prelim round of the 4x100m; but that was stripped after Tyson Guy failed a drug test).

NFL Uni wrote:

Raysism wrote:

I always figured he'd either go pro or sign with Florida, but I'd been hearing that he was becoming infatuated with the idea of playing football and running track, which would make FSU a real possibility. He was a standout youth football player before he got into track, and only recently started playing at the high school level.

Jeff Demps went to Florida. He decided he was a football and lost his focus on track*—his 10.01 100m run in HS was his PR. Dumping track for the NFL resulted in his career of 14 yards rushing and 21 yards receiving. A lost track career.

*(Sure, he won on Olympic medal fir running a prelim round of the 4x100m; but that was stripped after Tyson Guy failed a drug test).

Sounds like his career ended up in the Dempster.

hgevfdcs wrote:

he's only a junior

Ooh! He's a great, um, steal! He's crimo, I mean primo, McDonogh School material for his senior year; not all that long ago we lost one of our track stars who decided to go elsewhere.

Blessed are the sprinters, for they shall escape (most of the time).

Father Shamus McGillicuddy, Headmaster, McDonogh School, Owings Mills, MD