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The NRA Shuns a Second Amendment Martyr
Reason ^ | June 21, 2017

Posted on 06/21/2017 9:19:40 AM PDT by deplorableindc

Philando Castile did what you are supposed to do if you have a concealed-carry permit and get pulled over by police: He let the officer know he had a gun. Had Castile been less forthcoming, he would still be alive.

Last Friday a Minnesota jury acquitted the cop who killed Castile of second-degree manslaughter, demonstrating once again how hard it is to hold police accountable when they use unnecessary force. The verdict also sends a chilling message to gun owners, since Castile is dead because he exercised his constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

Jeronimo Yanez, an officer employed by the St. Anthony, Minnesota, police department, stopped Castile around 9 p.m. on July 6 in Falcon Heights, a suburb of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The official reason was a nonfunctioning brake light.

The actual reason, according to Yanez, was that Castile resembled a suspect in a convenience store robbery that had happened four days before in the same neighborhood. The full extent of the resemblance was that Castile, like the suspect, was black, wore glasses and dreadlocks, and had a "wide-set nose."

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To: deplorableindc
Dash Cam of the stop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcwTnQP2kDU

Castille's girlfriend's Facebook Livestream of the aftermath: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WkTURRuDZ0>/a>

41 posted on 06/21/2017 10:36:41 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: GrootheWanderer

imho both. lots of both.


42 posted on 06/21/2017 10:37:39 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: mlo

"There is no sign in that video that the dead guy was not complying with the officer"
So, you just make this $hit up. It does not matter what you make up in your mind, the officer involved was obviously shaken by the shooting, he sounded as if he was crying as he shouted the instructions that would have saved a life, he did not start his morning hoping he could get a chance to kill someone.
43 posted on 06/21/2017 10:40:34 AM PDT by Souled_Out (Our hope is in the power of God working through the hearts of people.)
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To: nitzy
get your license AND your CCW permit BEFORE the cop gets to your car . When I was working traffic (many many moons ago) you watch the car occupants upper body actions closely. Unfortunately you cannot tell the difference in a male shifting and reaching for a wallet in the pants pocket or reaching for a gun in their pocket, waistband etc. Much better to have hands high on the wheel, visible the whole time. When asked for license, registration etc. tell the officer where you need to get them and ask if it's OK to reach for them. ie: my license is in my rear pocket, is it OK for me to get it ?, my registration is in the glove compartment, is it ok to open it and retrieve it ? The officer is in no hurry and should appreciate the heads up for any reaching movements. Of course my experience is from the 80's and not everyone was packing then like they are today, legal or otherwise.
44 posted on 06/21/2017 10:42:31 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: Souled_Out
When an LEO tells you to do something if you do not understand the command, freeze. Do Nothing!

You law and order cop suckers always expect citizens to be better trained and more compliant and disciplined than government agents.

45 posted on 06/21/2017 10:42:44 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: deplorableindc

Nice try.


46 posted on 06/21/2017 10:43:12 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: Jimmy The Snake
...said “I have a gun”...

Incorrect.

What else are you getting wrong?

47 posted on 06/21/2017 10:44:59 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: Mr.Unique

Yeah, it’s almost like they think we are subjects, not citizens.


48 posted on 06/21/2017 10:48:23 AM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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To: mlo
What the LEO was screaming was, "Don't pull it out!". To which Castile was responding, "I'm not". And he wasn't.

You know this how...?

49 posted on 06/21/2017 10:49:41 AM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: Mr.Unique

"You law and order cop suckers always expect citizens to be better trained"
The citizen was supposedly in position of a CCW, so he was trained. If you are carrying a tool of death on your person, you should be "more compliant and disciplined".
50 posted on 06/21/2017 10:52:21 AM PDT by Souled_Out (Our hope is in the power of God working through the hearts of people.)
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To: Pollster1

One interesting link that makes the case Castile was a Crip:

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/07/08/the-curious-case-of-philando-castile-falcon-heights-mn-police-shooting/

If he was a Crip, all bets are off.

It is possible this was not a random stop, and the officer had a briefing before it he is not talking about. On the TV show FBI Files, FBI does get uniformed officers to do seemingly innocent stops on bad guys, to make them more compliant during arrest than they might be if the FBI swooped in with force to do the arrest openly. Stop them for not signaling, ask to search tem for officer safety, then put the cuffs on, and then tell them they are under arrest.

If this was supposed to be some sort of controlled arrest, and the officer was briefed that Castile was a bad guy, it could have affected his view of things as they unfolded too.


51 posted on 06/21/2017 10:53:27 AM PDT by AnonymousConservative (Why did Liberals evolve within our species? www.anonymousconservative.com)
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To: mlo

“There is no sign in that video that the dead guy was not complying with the officer.”

My original comments stand:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3562845/posts?page=5#5


52 posted on 06/21/2017 10:54:19 AM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: jonno

Why do you leave out what Castille said?


53 posted on 06/21/2017 10:55:24 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: Souled_Out

position = possession


54 posted on 06/21/2017 10:57:47 AM PDT by Souled_Out (Our hope is in the power of God working through the hearts of people.)
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To: AnonymousConservative

Please. If the officer had believed that he would not have simply walked up to the car. And if there were any evidence that he was a Crip, the defense would have brought it up at trial.


55 posted on 06/21/2017 10:58:01 AM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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To: AnonymousConservative

FWIW - Castile had apparently been stopped 52 times in recent years.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/09/stopped-52-times-by-police-was-it-racial-profiling.html


56 posted on 06/21/2017 10:59:11 AM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: mlo

Right. I hate to say it, but the best way to sum up this tragedy would be, “What we have here, is a failure to communicate.”


57 posted on 06/21/2017 11:01:30 AM PDT by To Hell With Poverty (Refreshing? Trump makes me feel like I just freebased a York Peppermint Pattie!)
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To: Mr.Unique

“You law and order cop suckers always expect citizens to be better trained and more compliant and disciplined than government agents.”

I expect citizens - like the cops - to be responsible for their actions. Castile picked the wrong time to “carry while stoned”.


58 posted on 06/21/2017 11:03:16 AM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: jonno; All

cop

your brake light is going to be out. you have your license and insurance?

driver

(apparently recognizes the question as a command to hand over license and insurance. gets a piece of paper from somewhere, apparently a glove compartment, with the help of his spouse, and hands it to the officer)

driver

officer, i do have to tell you that i have a —

officer

ok

— firearm on me —

officer

ok

driver

— i’m go— i’m —

officer

don’t reach for it then

driver

— i’m, i’m gonna have to —

officer

don’t pull it out.

driver

— i have to —

driver’s girlfriend

— he has to —

officer

don’t pull it out!

officer begins to discharge his weapon into driver’s body, firing approximately 2 shots

driver’s girlfriend

no! no!

officer continues to discharge his weapon into driver’s body, firing about 5 more shots

driver

oww, oww, oww, oww

driver’s girlfriend

why you just had to kill my boyfriend

driver

i wasn’t reach—

driver’s girfriend

he wasn’t reach—

officer

don’t pull it out! (still holding gun, pointed at driver)

driver’s girlfriend

he wasn’t—

officer

don’t move! fuck!

driver’s girlfriend

oh, man...

officer

fuck!

driver’s girlfriend

oh my god...

officer

don’t move!

(back door opens)

driver’s girlfriend

oh my god...

officer

don’t move!

(kid walks out of back door)


my take

the officer seems mentally unstable. he issued contradictory commands. he could have shot the girlfriend and the kid.

the driver sounds too relaxed, as if on pot, and he seems unaware of the danger he is put in by the officer’s contradictory commands.

i can understand that in the mind of the driver, he was not reaching for his gun when he allegedly reached for his wallet, and he was in full compliance with the officer at that time.

the officer does not say “don’t move!” until several seconds after shooting the victim.

i suspect that the officer was trained to say “don’t move” at the time the driver announces that he has a firearm on him. the officer forgot that he issued a command to produce a driver’s license. the officer instead said, don’t pull it out— but does not say what “it” is, implying that he was talking about the firearm, but not restricting the driver from pulling out his wallet to comply with the officer’s earlier request to produce a driver’s license.

will there be a civil lawsuit?

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-philando-castile-plans-lawsuit-attorney-says-n608156


59 posted on 06/21/2017 11:05:43 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: Pollster1

‘The problem is that “I have a gun” pretty much clears any normal cop’s mind of the fact that the cop just asked for license and insurance.’

And that is the real problem. Civilians are required to think like a cop— worse, like a cop with really bad training and a really bad attitude towards civilians (not to mention blacks).

How about a cop that thinks like a civilian? The driver had his girlfriend and his girlfriend’s young daughter in the car. A second police officer is present, which the driver is presumably aware of by that time.

Is the driver likely to start a shooting war with an armed cop in that situation?

If you listen to the tape closely the cop is still frothing at the mouth several minutes after the shooting.

Meanwhile, the girlfriend accurately recorded the events on her facebook live video, even after her boyfriend got shot and she risked getting shot herself, and even while being arrested and worrying about her young daughter.

Listen to the foul language that the officer used during the shooting and several minutes afterwards, in the presence of a young child who could have been the victim’s daughter. Is that the language of someone who is collected and in control?


60 posted on 06/21/2017 11:29:49 AM PDT by SteveH
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