[fruser1]

So I guess your stringing together a sequence of speculations is supposed to pass for critical thinking, lol.

[joe fonebone]

I watch judge judy.
She has a saying, “If it doesn’t make sense, then it isn’t true”.
99 percent of the time this applies.
So, I am trying to make sense of a senseless act.
Once something makes some sort of sense, then you can start to look for cause and effect.

So far, this is the only thing I can find that makes sense.
This unit apprehends bad guys in their cars.
This makes sense.
Somehow, the victim was caught up in this.
This does not make sense. Running the guys plate and record would have led them not to make the stop.
The only thing that makes sense is that they had “other” information.

So, yes, this is critical thinking.