Fred Kerley allegedly chokes out ex-wife

Hes getting traded because the police mishandled him?

Apparently cops can't put people in jail for insulting them....who knew?

And apparently cops aren't supposed to put their hands on citizens either... again, who knew?

According to you, two things can't be the same at the same time.

1. Fred Kerley's arrest was a clear abuse of power and overstepping of bounds. The judge literally said so (that it should've been handled differently). If you watched the video, and didn't know who Fred was, it would be abundantly clear. Taking that to mean defunding the police, reforming, etc... that's a different story, but assuming he was aggressive and causing harm because of what he looked like and not what he did - that's about as much textbook racism as you can get.

2. Fred Kerley laying his hands on his wife was not as cut-and-dry (in the court of public opinion). The charges had been dropped/settled before but were revisited due to his arrest, which some took to mean the police validating their mistakes.

With allegations such as her punching him first and him retaliating, it's not really anyone's place to say. But it should also be clear: there is no one, in their right mind, supporting him for domestic violence. Difference is, that situation is murkier (and thus harder to comment on and raise as much attention to.

3. It would go without saying that unnecessary violence is unacceptable. Be it from the police, or from Kerley to his wife. The police 100% didn't know who he was when they were punching him on the ground, after he was tased, as he was unarmed. So to imply he is the "bad news": gives you a good indication of what you want to see, not what actually happened.

Maybe if people practiced a little more critical thinking, and a little less assuming, we wouldn't even have these discussions.

Assuming Google AI is telling you accurate numbers is already a tell as to where you get your info from and how much you care to validate it.

You must think that farebeating has an impact on your livelihood. Given the prices were raised, people that need to pay for transportation likely are farebeating in order to make it to jobs/locations without the added burden of higher costs.

Or it's because they don't want to pay? Maybe the solution is changing the entrances to be less beatable, instead of diverting cops from actual things they need to work on instead of standing post in a train car for hours at a time.

If more police funding fixes that problem, so be it. But so far we've seen more police funding means more buildings, cars, and resources - not more police. Everybody wants to be paid more, but until the wages are sorted out, desperation ensues.

What if (crazy thought) city council is concerned about both crime and community involvement? Did you ever think that those things might both be happening at the same time?

What is this, Facebook? Just say the word you mean to use instead of thugs, don't be a coward about your racism.

"Left Wing Woke Nonsense" preventing the good old days when police got to beat people disproportionate to the crimes committed. Love how you think that has anything to do with politics. Bad police = bad police.

Did you miss out on the correlation ≠ causation conversation? Also: bringing up Tyreek Hill is another example of a non-issue in this conversation. If you don't like black people, just say it.

People deliberately provoking cops, you're an idiot. I'm sure they love to be arrested without cause and beat up without reason - for the fame and notoriety. The only person deliberately provoking people is you, because how else will you get someone to talk to about how glorious cops are and how bad black athletes are for making them look so bad?

He didn't start the fight, but he certainly ended it. Why is it only side of these stories ever gets told?

He may be cooked chat... Man Fred, young 21 savage, why you gotta do this to us man!!

Man hit a woman and a cop. Bury him under the jail.

Was he criminally charged back then? Do people go before judges and enter into deferred prosecution agreements without being criminally charged?

Next thing you know, Kerley is going to blame the added weight of his ankle bracelet when he loses to Cole Hocker in that 600m race. Do it old school, take it to the street!

Defending scumbags because you belong to the same tribe...Isn't that racist?

Don't cops do that constantly?

Blindly defending cops one hundred percent of the time isn't racist, but it's certainly shallow minded.

How dare those goons!

On the other Kerley thread its mentioned that the wife choke charge was dropped at the time because she wasn't on reflection willing to press the charge(s) and assuming no other witnesses then minus her testimony the chance of proving "beyond reasonable doubt " fall hugely. Maybe she's now changed her thoughts on this tho I'd assume if it ever goes to court she will be given a hard time by his defence.