So you feel qualified to decide which family is more deserving of condolences … or which life is more inherently valuable?

Let me guess: You work for a health insurer.

Roethlisberger was accused twice, hired a high-priced criminal lawyer, and refused to talk to police. Guilty!

Except the evidence in both his cases convincingly showed he wasn’t guilty.

Assuming you know all the answers based on scant information makes you an ass. And whether or not he was guilty of stealing a car, it was not a capital offense.

Interesting how so many have decided the world is better off without Brian Reed. But a lot of nice, proper Wall Street bankers have done more damage to more human beings in the last five years than some small-time addict did in his entire life.

Some of your best posts!

Hope to see your team for the AFC Championship in Foxboro.

Whats the first thing germ said??

Our thoughts go out to Reed and his family during this emotional time.

ok for those of you who respond before thinking you suck.

I felt bad for the family,before and after this guy was running from the cops and ended up in the river.
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Hey Mrs. Germ… “Our thoughts go out to Reed and his family during this emotional time” is his quote from Greg Rosenthal’s article. Germ just quoted it without quotation marks so he could bash Rosenthal and/or the Reed family. He was the one stating that no thoughts should go out to the Reed family.

Maybe you should read before responding, then you could suck a little less.

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germ2249 says: Jan 8, 2011 4:25 PM

and to everyone bashing me i am perfect and so is my family and everyone i know
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So perfect, but with no knowledge of simple sentence structure or grammar. I also know for a fact your family is not perfect…they created you.

Again, being perfect you and these other upstanding citizens wouldn’t get that people who’ve been in the system sometimes run when they see the cops even if they haven’t done anything. Maybe he had a joint in his pocket … or he’d had a beer and knew there was the smell of alcohol on his breath. Yeah, I’m sure you’ve never driven after one beer … being perfect and all.

From what I’ve read, there seems to be some question about that car being stolen. I’m sure this is news to you all-knowing people but sometimes the cops actually pursue people who are gasp! innocent simply because of their neighborhoods or their past interactions with cops or their cousin’s past interactions with cops or (brace yourselves) the color of their skin. A little drama is playing out on the streets … and running from the cops is kind of par for the course. So is “round up the usual suspects.”

No one here knows whether Brian Reed did anything outside the law. All we know is that he panicked and ran. Maybe he was high and feared how that would reflect on Ed before his big game. Maybe he thought if he could just elude police long enough to come down, everything would be okay. And the only place to go was into the river. It’s not like addicts are the most rational thinkers. Getting high isn’t a death-penalty crime. And regardless of the legalities, it’s no morally worse than getting drunk–so I doubt many of you should be casting stones.

No matter what Brian did or didn’t do, a young man is likely dead and a family is grieving. Those of you who think you are morally superior because you’ve never committed a “crime” but come onto a Web site and anonymously post venom on something like this are kidding yourselves.

@molly169 … no one thinks you should feel sorry for his family because his brother is an athlete. You should feel sorry for his family because he was a human being. Another human being should have been able to figure that out for herself.

His bro jumped into the river and then was intercepted by Reed.
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That’s insensitive as hell, but I did lol

Our thoughts go out to Reed and his family during this emotional time.

ok for those of you who respond before thinking you suck.

I felt bad for the family,before and after this guy was running from the cops and ended up in the river.

My thaughts and prayer are with, go get ‘em ED.

GO RAVENS!!!

Did you really just say that and end it with a smiley face??? I pity you…

@Deb – Amen!

@germ – yes, your name fits. I guess it doesn’t matter to you that he was running from cops pursuing him for stealing a car he didn’t steal? It shouldn’t matter…all that matters is a loved one died…and unless he was given capital punishment or killed in the process of committing a violent crime by someone defending themselves or stopping the commission of said crime, he deserves our sympathy!

G-dspeed Ed! Win this one for your lil bro!!!

1) Surrender to police, like most any normal person would do.

2) Jump in the raging Mississippi River to avoid capture, and risk death

Clearly Brian was not an intelligent individual, and should he turn up dead…well the rest of the gene pool thanks him for opting with choice #2.

germ, get a life for real man. like you out your family is oh so perfect

I’m sure no one has forgotten that, but it doesn’t diminish his family’s grief. When a member of my extended family was senselessly murdered, the killer’s family suffered almost as much as we did. Two young men were lost that day. One died and one will spend the rest of his life in prison.

It must be a comfort to you that everyone you’ve ever loved is perfect and has never broken a law, struggled with an addiction, gone horribly wrong, or just made a stupid mistake. How wonderful for you. But then again, experiencing the dark side of life helps people grow and develop compassion and understanding for others rather than just being loudmouth jerks.

God bless, Ed. I hope you’re able to put this out of your mind for a few hours and get lost in the game.

Our thoughts go out to Reed and his family during this emotional time.

ohhh lets all forget the fact that he was RUNNING FROM THE COPS!
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But the family weren’t running from the cops. No matter what idiocy Brian Reed was committing, his family is still grieving. That’s akin to saying if you were to die in a speeding or driving while influenced, no condolences should be sent to your family.