Posted on 07/10/2016 3:09:41 PM PDT by NoLibZone
After a Minnesota police officer fatally shot a black man on Wednesday, gun control advocates weren’t the only ones criticizing the National Rifle Association. Some of the blowback was coming from within the organization.
The NRA is facing internal division as its members argue that the group did not do enough to defend gun owners’ rights by speaking out on behalf of Philando Castile of Falcon Heights, Minn., who was shot to death during a traffic stop.
Castile had a valid permit to carry a gun. He also reportedly informed the officer who shot him that he was armed in an attempt to head off a misunderstanding.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
And I heard the LEO who pulled over this vehicle stated he was pulling over an, “Armed robbery suspect”. If he really believed that why did he not instead initiate a felony traffic stop? Why would the LEO stop the vehicle and simply stroll up to the window asking for ID and registration?
Sounds like suicide to me.
I’ve seen most all the links, videos, conflicting reports, inconsistent reports, many of which make no sense to me.
And the silence from LE up there is pretty astounding considering the Dallas BLM terrorist named this event as what triggered his mass murder of cops who were sitting ducks.
I’ll have a look. Thanks
They lied, he had no permit but that doesnt fit their agenda.
It appears that *might* be total BS. I also heard one of these Sheriff up there state the deceased “never applied for a permit in HIS county”. This is very evasive or questionable response. Because I then read/heard the deceased permit was good statewide. Even in the shoot scene video being broadcasted by the GF, it appears the male is in the passenger seat, but many reports have him as the driver.
“”They lied, he had no permit””
This local report clearly disputes that.
http://www.startribune.com/philando-castile-had-permit-to-carry-gun/386054481/
Don’t shoot til you see the whites of their eyes.
Waiting before shooting off our mouths. ... or posts ... is sometimes well advised.
One of the biggest mistakes of our current dear leader is speaking before the facts are in. It is also the biggest risk of our future leader.
As a good salesman and negotiator knows, sometimes its best to shut up.
And if what you say is accurate and true and it might be, why would the cops up there not just go public and say one way or another? It won’t change anything or obstruct or alter any investigation. It will come out anyway.
This is very odd.
More media bullsh*t.
They’d wet themselves over it if it were true.
It’s not.
55 years ago the Post was the conservative paper matched against the Star’s liberalism.
The Controversial Wash. Compost is trolling.
Accuracy rating 15%
When he started shooting off his mouth regarding the LA and MN incidents, I was floored. Then H.Clinton goes public after the Dallas BLM terrorist event saying, "I am going to have a talk with white people".
This black guy in Dallas brutally murders near half a dozen white cops and wounds that many more and H.Clinton is going to speak to white folk? This makes no sense. From my perspective these people like Obama and H. Clinton are downright dangerous and a great risk to our country.
Whatever source allegedly revealed CW info to this news organization was probably in violation for doing to.
Begs the question, why don't the authorities in MN just say one way or another if he had a permit?
The video is a mirror image, typical of the front-facing camera on a smartphone.
We were talking about that last night, and it appears to be the case here. Thanks.
Have you even watched the video? He is sitting in front of the steering wheel! It looks strange cause the steering wheel looks like it's on the wrong side of the car, that is cause the phone flipped the video, but you can seen the steering wheel in FRONT of him.
See 35. This was discussed days ago.
“Although the names of gun permit holders are not public under state law, a source confirmed Castile was issued the permit when he lived in Robbinsdale.”
A Source? Geez, where have we hard that one before? Since he is now deceased, what does it matter to him personally if it is proven or disproven from public records? Nothing is going to change his condition. The only reason it is even an issue is the veracity of the girlfriend’s assertion along with the rest of her primary concerns which was certainly not directed at helping him in any way.
Wrong sheriff, at least to rebut the claim that the permit was obtained while Castile lived in Robbinsdale. Robbinsdale is in Hennepin County.
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