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Exactly.

The author is assuming racism with no evidence.

Do we even know the race of the cop?

In the Castille case all we have is the dashcam video where the officer repeatedly tells Castille "Don't take it out" before the shooting.

I blame the shooting on the fact that Castille had just smoked a blunt with the baby mama and was too high to follow directions.

Yes there are a lot of unknowns in this case, as well as, statements made that I have seen no evidence that the statements are accurate, but I also don't know if they aren't accurate as well. As the old saying goes hindsight is usually 20/20, but split second decision making is 40/40. Either you get it right or you get it wrong.

As for Castile, all I really know is that on Jun 16th 2017 it was reported: A jury found a Minnesota police officer not guilty of manslaughter in the death of a black motorist. Defense attorneys contended the 29-year-old Latino officer was scared for his life and was justified in shooting 32-year-old Philando Castile.

Since I didn't hear the case I have to take their decision as valid, but I don't know if it is. In other words I really don't know what transpired other than coverage provided by the "press". They, the press, may have presented unbiased or biased reporting. I don't know which that was either. I guess it depended on the source, as is usually the case. 8>)

The only thing I can be certain of was the tragic results for all involved. It also seemed to me that mistakes were made by both of those involved, But then again that is just my opinion.