Posted on 07/09/2016 5:49:02 AM PDT by Kaslin
False, and there was never any reason to believe that. He has a lot of traffic violations, but never arrested for a serious crime.
I have read he didn’t have a permit for his gun.
Also false, although this was due to lack of knowledge about the CCW permit system in MN.
The shooting occurred in Ramsey County. The sheriff's office said they had not issued Castile a CCW permit. But, Castile lived in another county in the recent past, and it's been confirmed that a CCW permit was issued to him in Hennepin County. It remains valid throughout MN, until renewal.
I cautioned a lot of posters on FR about jumping to conclusions over this, due to the wording of statement by the Ramsey County sheriff. It largely fell on deaf ears. Now, many of them still don't want to accept it.
I have read that he wasn’t stopped for a broken taillight.
This is probably true -- the taillight may have been a ruse to do an ID check. The officer called dispatch before the stop, saying that the driver resembled a robbery suspect.
Have you seen the picture of the robbery suspect? Looks exactly him. As I have said on other threads, I will wait until ALL the info is in. And it’s likely we won’t ever get all the info.
I see the resemblance. But, I don't see a distinguishing feature that would confirm they are the same person.
Even the police officer reported to dispatch:
"The driver looks more like one of our suspects, just ‘cause of the wide set nose,”
I don't fault the officer for pulling Castile over to check his ID. I've talked to the officer in my area, and he says they catch people up to no good by doing an ID check. But, they also encounter a lot of people that are legitimate, and release them quickly.
Where I think this went wrong: the officer didn't treat Castile as a robbery suspect until the encounter escalated out of control. And Castile didn't know he looked like a robbery suspect, so he inadvertently triggered the escalation.
As I have said on other threads, I will wait until ALL the info is in.
I think that's a good idea. But, I'm appalled at how many people have convinced themselves Castile was a "bad guy" based on the flimsiest of evidence, and ignore all the contrary evidence without "incontrovertible proof".
Important people lives matter. Minority lives matter. The rest of us not so much.
Loretta Lynch said because of the Dallas shooting, everyone in the US is feeling confused, scared, fearful. Hmmmmm... not me. I think it was horrible, but it doesn’t make me fearful and scared in general. I asked my husband about it. I said “after the Dallas shooting, how are you feeling?”
He said “HUNGRY!”
I think Obama WANTS everyone fearful and scared so he can ride in and save the day!
All human life, unborn and already here, MATTERS!
Save the whales, eagles, trees, but KILL OUR BABIES. THAT is the true tragedy.
TRUE!
It goes without saying that all human life is precious, but that misses the point slightly. Saying “black lives matter” is a slight miscommunication; the movement would be more accurately called “black lives matter too.” This addresses the ideas that all lives matter, while emphasizing that there is culture, in some quarters, that may not necessarily value black lives, as much - which is the core of their beef.
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