Posted on 07/08/2016 6:13:58 PM PDT by Pollard
The Falcon Heights, Minnesota police shooting of Philando Castile is based around an entirely false narrative. Castile and Ms. Diamond Reynolds (Facebook video uploader) were pulled over by police because Castile matched a BOLO Alert for an armed robbery suspect from four days prior.
Unfortunately, the false statements in the video – which have gone viral, and are being pushed by the mainstream media – have created a backlash against police officers.
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Yes, that's correct. The Mississippi River runs through MN. It's not a state border, until further southeast when it meets with the St. Croix river.
They were all traffic violations: http://www.kare11.com/news/investigations/kare-11-investigates-racial-profiling-in-minnesota/266814958
Those records show Castile had 79 different charges – all of them vehicle and traffic stop related. More than half of them – 48 – eventually were dismissed.
Castile was found guilty 31 times of misdemeanors or petty misdemeanors. The charges included driving on a suspended license, no proof of insurance, and seatbelt and parking violations.
None of Castile’s charges or convictions involve guns, violence, threats against or fleeing police.
Got it. I’m just not familiar with that neck of the woods.
Thanks.
I must say, if this cop is found innocent and they have good evidence or proof, it will expose a whole lot of folks and what they’ve said today and over the past several days.
Remember, this MN event is what the Dallas terrorist stated set him off.
The GF stated that he got pulled over for a broken tail light. He really got pulled over because he looked like the person on the video of a convenience store armed robbery just a few blocks away and only a few days earlier.
Facial hair in pics does’t match either. The two do look similar, but there was more beard in the latter photo.
I don't know if we'll ever know what happened for sure. There's no body cam video, and the dash cam may not show anything because Castile never got out of the car.
But, I think this was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and looking like the wrong person. The victim didn't realize the officer feared he was a robbery suspect, and the police officer didn't realize the victim was trying to do the right thing.
Rather than trying to lay blame, I'd rather focus on training for both sides to prevent escalation in a similar situation in the future.
I think someone else pointed this out, but it's likely the "broken tail light" was simply a ruse to avoid spooking the driver.
Remember, the officer thought he might be a robbery suspect. Would it be advisable to walk up and confront someone that way?
Yes, you have a point there. We will have to wait to find out if the gun om his right leg is the same as the one in the robbery video.
Do you really think a 33-year old school cafeteria supervisor with no prior serious criminal record and a CCW permit actually might commit a robbery?
Violent crime by CHL and CCW holders is so rare, it's statistically zero.
I don't know. The robbery person looked like him, but it could be mistaken identity. Criminals without felony convictions could apply for CCW permits. Even DoD personnel with security clearances have committed mass murder, often in the name of islam. The police have not released information so we only have one side of the story except for the robbery footage.
I agree there is some resemblance. But, I didn't see any distinguishing marks that confirmed it was the same person. If the police scanner tape is legit, Castile was stopped simply because his nose looked the same.
Criminals without felony convictions could apply for CCW permits.
Certain misdemeanors are also disqualifying, depending on the state. In mine, misdemeanor assault is only one of them.
But again, I'll state it is extremely rare for CCW/CHL holders to commit a violent crime. And while Castile had a poor driving record, he had no adult record of any other crime. Once you get to age 33, it's extremely unlikely for someone to turn to crime.
None of these statistics mean that Castile could not have committed a robbery. But, I find it incredible that so many people just can't admit that they jumped to the wrong conclusion on such flimsy evidence and innuendo.
If a LEO sees someone fitting a description of a robbery suspect and pulls the vehicle over, I can assure you the officer would not walk up and tell the occupants that as the reason they were pulled over.
They’d use a pretext...Something like “We pulled you over because your light is out”. You never want to walk up and alert a possibly suspect like that. A big no no.
Audio still might exist because many cops carry their own small recorders for traffic stops for their own protection. They do this for real good reasons.
Cop was a small Hispanic guy, Doubt he get much respect at the station. This is his big chance to be the hero.
I guess a lot of us like the "shoulda coulda" bits because they get to spout and sound cerebral without consequences if they are dead wrong - they can later just say they're glad the cop did the right thing or belabor how they were right about the dirty cop....
I guess a lot of us are budding Obama's in that regard.....
One of the major enemies in this country is the media
My post: “I still think the LEO was a bit trigger happy...”
Yes, my post was a strongly worded unequivocal no hold bar opinion, maybe I should have used all caps to express my intent and used words like "know" instead of "think" or "extremely" instead of "a bit" .../ S
“I still think KNOW the LEO was a bit EXTREMELY trigger happy...”
Happy now...?
You are correct, I don't know what happened before the shooting, that's why it's called an opinion, not ignorance...
You can now jump off you high horse...
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