[rockrr]

Funny thing about that.

At the Gotnews site there’s a screenshot of a tweet from what looks like a “Ramsey Sheriff (Mn) with a pic that shows a badge with the name “Matt Bostrom”. The tweet says, “Mr Castile never applied for a permit to carry with our office. Therefore we did not issue a permit.”

The problem is, in this age of Hellery Deceit that tweet doesn’t say that he didn’t have a CCW - only that this particular department didn’t issue one to him.

A commenter at that same page posted a link to a Star Tribune page that quotes “an unnamed source” that the perp had a CCW. Unnamed sources don’t count.

Then there is coverage at Conservative Treehouse where they recap the Gotnews story. A commenter there posts: “His contact permit to carry was issued in Hennepin County. The article shows a tweet from Ramsey county.”

Thank you if you’ve stuck with me this far and I’m coming to my point. Mark Twain once said, “A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes”

All this speculation about one small aspect of a much larger story could be immediately put to bed by someone with sufficient authority to look up in the official state database for permits. Why they don’t is a mystery to me but it has the appearance that they (the authorities) actually encourage speculation and rumor-mongering.

[justlurking]

All this speculation about one small aspect of a much larger story could be immediately put to bed by someone with sufficient authority to look up in the official state database for permits.

The problem: state law prevents them from releasing that information. Otherwise, you would have the media making a public information request and publishing the name of every CHL holder (it's happened).

At some point, I expect it to come out in the investigation. But, at this point I have a moderate amount of confidence in the media's report (from two sources), unless the Hennepin County Sheriff's office refutes it.

[The Westerner]

You are a voice of reason on this subject. I have only one question for all the posters questioning the judgement of this cop: when you get pulled over by cops, do you keep your pistol partly concealed near your shooting hand? I don't have a permit to carry and this is not an open carry state. But I would not ever leave a pistol near my shooting hand when an officer walks up to talk to me. Who does that? I simply cannot comprehend how anyone would behave in such a provocative manner knowing that cops walking up to your car already are on alert for sudden movements.

[grania]

Wouldn't he have his concealed carry permit with him since he had the gun in the car? How would this "girlfriend" know if he had one or not, unless it was in the car?

There's a whole lot of bad journalism going on, with the appalling lack of verification with this story.

[Nifster]

Excellent recap

Yes your point is well taken. This is easily resolved. I note that the PD has not said he had a CCW. I think it fuels whatever agenda they are driving. The msm also avoids mentioning his crips affiliation.

Odd isn’t it the shooting in Bayonne rouge was of a bloods gang member

I guess these two gangs are forever linked together