A lot of twisting and turning here but the carriers permit is being used as a “state of mind” defense of the victim. He isn’t the kind of guy that would pull a gun on cop. Those kinds of guys don’t get licensed by the government. They don’t willingly get background checked.
It’s very likely this guy made the mistake of announcing he had a gun, thinking he was doing the officer a favor and it cost him his life.
No amount of traffic tickets is worth dying over and it’s obvious the guy wasn’t a huge piece of shit gang banger.
“isn’t the kind of guy that would pull a gun on cop. Those kinds of guys don’t get licensed by the government. They don’t willingly get background checked.”
That is a big piece of this inncident that has not been mentioned.
Philando held down a full time job for ten years.
Philando has no violence or property crimes on his record.
Philando did it the right way and applied for and received a gun permit
I’m not saying I would have hired Philando to manage my 401k or to remove my appendix, but there is no evidence he was a bad citizen.
The accusations that Philando was a “thug” and a felon are not based on objectivity and tainted with bias.