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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Thanks, but I’m not familiar with the laws or towns there. How far was he from the actually county he was authorized in?
Here is some information. The CCW permit part seems incorrect, but has photos:
Who cares about the truth, the only thing important now is to kill whitey. Just ask the media, BLM, Obama and everyone else who are intent on starting a race war and destroying this country.
I reread your post. I’m a bit confused, so he was authorized anywhere in the state?
What was incorrect?
“Are you not doing the same exact thing the others did that quickly had the cop guilty? It goes both ways.”
No, matter of fact, I’m not. I said wait for all the facts to come out. Now as to the conceal carry permit, they were publishing that he did not have one. I saw for the first time tonite on this thread that now they are saying he did in another county, and as it was stated further down the thread after I made my remark about no CC, I didn’t see it. Now I have and agree it appears I was wrong about that one fact. But I’m not wrong one iota about all the *sshats the other nite that are cop haters and anytime they can, find a cop thread to jump on to badmouth them. I can’t abide by that. I have a good friend who is a cop, and another really nice Cop lives in my Condo building. There are a few lemons amongst any group, but not many, and it sickens me when I hear constant badmouthing of cops, especially on Freeper threads. Those people better pray they never need help from Cops.
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People are saying that he had a CCW, so he followed the law.
79 charges say otherwise.
And drugs in the car make the CCW null and void.
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The county sheriff stated that he had never applied for a CCW permit, but he did have a permit from another county. He had arrests and convictions, but none were felonies so he was not prohibited from getting a CCW permit. What I have not seen are details on the crimes and if any were originally felonies plead down to misdemeanors..
I'm confused. You said he never applied for one or had one. Some else posted an article on this thread which reported he did. I recall looking at it myself. Was the article false? Or am I missing some details? Thanks
“The robber from 4 days ago was clean shaven from the side of the cheek up to the hair. The driver definitely had hair all the way from the goatee up to the hair”.
Ever heard of shaving?
Thanks. If in fact that is true, I imagine lots of folks have unintentionally done that without sinister motives. So I would say it was also possible that occurred here in this event. I say this without assigning guilt to any party.
That might be true. But there was more than one person in the vehicle. His girl friend could say it was hers and it might have been.
Who knows~
Sorry, you don't get to make that kind of accusation without evidence. There's been way too much of that going around today.
Yes, the "whole truth" may turn out to be different than what is known today. But, that doesn't give you the right to degrade and belittle anyone that points out that innuendo and character assassination isn't appropriate. The left does this daily, but that doesn't give us license to do it, too.
Too many cop haters on threads. Make me sick.
I think you have me confused with someone else. Or perhaps some strawman in your mind that doesn't actually exist.
I replied to you to point out that your claim about Castile's lack of CCW permit was wrong. I even explained why the original information was incomplete, and couldn't be relied upon.
But, you can't even admit that you made a mistake. That says volumes about someone -- it's one thing to be wrong, but something entirely different to be unwilling to acknowledge it.
Let's get this straight: I don't hate cops. I have a lot of respect for them, because it's a difficult job even when it isn't risky.
But, police officers are human. Humans make mistakes. If I make a mistake, I can usually fix it. However, when a police officer makes a mistake, people may die or have their life ruined. This is why we expect police officers to meet a higher standard -- because the consequences are so great.
A man died because he happened to resemble a robbery suspect. We may never know exactly how the traffic stop went down, but it's almost certain there was some miscommunication that aggravated a tense situation.
I don't know if the officer did anything wrong. But as a CHL holder, I want to believe I'm not in danger every time I encounter a police officer -- even if I happen to resemble someone they are looking for. In the 20 years since I got my first CHL, I've never had a reason to be concerned. But, my state did a lot of training for both officers and CHL holders to be sure there was no problem.
The CCW license may be a minor piece of information. The convenience store robber looked like him. The pistol was distinctive as a 22 target semi auto type, Colt, Browning or Ruger. He had a gun on his right leg when pulled over and the barrel is visible in the car photo where he is dead. Looks like the long barrel of a 22 target pistol, but not enough visible for positive ID. I am not ready to call it a good shoot yet because only the lying girlfriend has released much information so far.
“I still think the LEO was a bit trigger happy...”
You speak out of complete ignorance.
Anyone who has a strong opinion is speaking out of ignorance.
You do *not* know what happened leading up to the shooting.
Do you?
No, you don’t.
Again, the "authorization" is for the entire state.
The "application" is made at the sheriff's dept. I don't know if you must apply in the county where you reside at the time -- perhaps someone in MN can clarify.
Hennepin County is adjacent to Ramsey County, divided by the Mississippi River, for the most part. Falcon Heights is only a few miles east of the river.
“”The CCW license may be a minor piece of information.””
But someone here claims he didn’t ever have a CW, it was false made up by the female. And you can bet the rent, it’s not a “minor thing” here.
Btw what did the GF lie about?
So the county he was shot was in MN right? And if so he did have a valid permit, right?
There are a lot of problems with that article -- not the least of which is that the statement about CCW permit was not properly qualified.
The statement of the Ramsey County Sheriff doesn't preclude another county issuing a CCW, especially when the victim was known to live in another county at one point. The article should have acknowledged that.
The rest is a lot of innuendo. Had they reported that Castile resembled an armed robbery suspect, that would have been accurate. But instead, it was determined to prove that Castile WAS the armed robbery suspect. And, that was little more than character assassination.
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