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To: justlurking

First he was a member of the crips...not according to me according to his Facebook page

Reynolds is the so called girl friend who live streamed after he was shot....we have the picture if him with gun on lap

What innuendo have I accepted?

Seems to me you want the police to be the bad guys here


68 posted on 07/09/2016 7:03:17 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Nifster
First he was a member of the crips...not according to me according to his Facebook page

His Facebook page didn't say that. The one image I saw was for a group called "crips", which had less than 20 members. And, by your own standard --- that's not proof of anything.

Reynolds is the so called girl friend who live streamed after he was shot....we have the picture if him with gun on lap

You have a picture of a dark object on his lap, that MAY be a gun, or a wallet, or a cell phone. And, since he had a CCW permit, if it was a gun, it was legal.

What innuendo have I accepted?

See your first sentence in this post. And, your earlier claim that he was a felon with a long record -- also false.

Seems to me you want the police to be the bad guys here

No, I think this is a case of mistaken identity gone wrong. Neither part knew what the other was thinking, and the situation escalated too quickly.

Rather than trying to find blame, it would be better to institute training on both sides, to prevent it from happening again. We have that training in my state, and there hasn't been a mistake like this in the 20 years that CHL's have been issued.

My problem with you and so many other people here: You want Castile to be the bad guy, so much so that you willfully ignore all contrary evidence and latch onto even the slightest bit in order to confirm your opinion. But, any contrary information has to be "proven beyond the shadow of a doubt". That's called "confirmation bias" -- look it up.

Here's the reality: violent crime by CHL/CCW holders is so rare in the US that it's statistically zero. Most police officers know this, at least in the states where they have been issued for a sufficiently long time. If you have a CHL/CCW, you are less likely to be treated as a potential threat.

Castile hasn't even been arrested for a serious crime in the 15 years of his adult life. And, he has worked at a public school for over a decade, where a background check is required.

It beggars belief to think that he suddenly turned to a life of violent crime. Why do you think so many people are quick to believe that, on the flimsiest of evidence?

In your case, only you can know that. You'll have to look deep into your heart and decide why. I hope you aren't scared by the answer.

76 posted on 07/09/2016 7:28:53 AM PDT by justlurking
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