Choking a man to death on a street corner for selling cigarettes or shooting one in the back as he runs away isn't the result of ' unfortunate events'?  It also seems to me the problem is trying to put all these different killings/murders under one broad umbrella explanation.  They ought to be understood in their immediate and broader context, a context with multiple dimensions.  It doesnt help when the lawyer representing her family, who has also represented the families of other victims such as Castille (shot to death in his car with the baby in the back seat, after telling the cop he had a gun in the car, had a permit to carry, etc.) says she is the most innocent victim ever.  Why?  How many women of colour have called police only to end of death at their hands?  His comment to me shows how deep-seated and often unconscious racial prejudice is, let's not pretend its not a major contextual factor in police interactions...it is not however always the only one.