The Shooting of Philando Castile

Summary: Cop pulled over Philando for a broken taillight. Philando was in the car with his 3 year old daughter and his girlfriend. The result was Philando ended up getting shot multiple times and he died.

The Police Officer who shot Philando was prosecuted and found not guilty by a jury, recently. Many people are enraged and upset by this. Another white cop shooting a black man to death scenario.

But unlike other scenarios where this situation has come up and there was outrage, we ACTUALLY have video and audio footage.

Dashcam footage finally released.

The video is disturbing. It is violent and the audio of a man gasping and saying his last words can be haunting for some. Do not watch this if you are new to this type of stuff.

http://www.startribune.com/case-file-in-philando-castile-shooting-to-be-made-public-today/429659263/

Was the police officer justified or was the not guilty verdict correct in your opinion? Please read the entire article, which I feel has enough of the case details to come to a conclusion, before coming to a conclusion.

From the evidence I've seen he is absolutely guilty and a shitbag.

that is such shit reasoning "If he's a stoner in front of his daughter, then obviously he's willing to try and shoot a cop!"

The narrative that this should be used to judge law enforcement as a whole as being some racist white supremacist power structure is ridiculous however.

I discussed this on here when it happened. Surt's response was "that sucks, but he smoked weed in front of a kid, so hey...."

that's a really weird stance for a pothead to take.

Sounds like the officer racially profiled him when looking for a suspect 'black man with wide nose and dreadlocks', but even if we ignore tha, the officer asked Philando for his paperwork and then shot him when he reached for it. This is even after Philando had told the officer he had a gun in the car, which you're supposed to do if you're pulled over so police know what to expect.

The officer fired seven rounds into the car, this was while there were two other people; one a child. This guy has no business being a cop. IMO, he should have at least faced some form of causing death or at least endangering others charges.

This likely all goes back to the police culture and the stigma that black males have, 'they're violent and dangerous'.

Originally posted by Lestov16
I discussed this on here when it happened. Surt's response was "that sucks, but he smoked weed in front of a kid, so hey...."

TIL: Smoking weed in front of a child is worse than firing seven bullets into a car that has a child in it

This was just horrible. Horrible. And the shooter got off free of charges right? There's something disgustingly wrong in that justice system.

Originally posted by Lestov16
I discussed this on here when it happened. Surt's response was "that sucks, but he smoked weed in front of a kid, so hey...."

If Surt really said that then he's clearly a sicko himself.

LOL I might have said he smoked weed in front of a kid and shouldn't, or that he was a shitty parent for doing so. I never said it justified shooting him.

But again: see how sad Lestov is? The first thing on his mind is to try to call me out. Not any opinion on the shooting or verdict. *That* was his concern.

Which will now create a back and forth that will get way off topic.

I gave my opinion on the shooting long ago. When I stated how unjust it was, you started bringing up his legal history and calling him a shitty father

Originally posted by Emperordmb
From the evidence I've seen he is absolutely guilty and a shitbag.

that is such shit reasoning "If he's a stoner in front of his daughter, then obviously he's willing to try and shoot a cop!"

The narrative that this should be used to judge law enforcement as a whole as being some racist white supremacist power structure is ridiculous however.

Especially since the cop, at the time of the shooting, wouldn't have known what drugs were in his system.

With that said I am curious to hear the rationale from the jury as to why. Originally it was 10-2 in favor of not guilty. There were only 2 blacks on the jury and I was surprised to find out they were not the holdouts for a guilty verdict. So the knee jerk response some will have about this being due to racism kinda wouldn't completely hold up.

surt never actually said "he deserved to be shot for it". he just implied it. and since surt doen't understand words like "implication" and "inference", it means he wins again.

Originally posted by Lestov16
I gave my opinion on the shooting long ago. When I stated how unjust it was, you started bringing up his legal history and calling him a shitty father

Yes, I did bring up his legal history and yes I did bring up him being a shitty father.

But I never said he deserved to die because he was a shitty parent. Which seemed to kinda be what you were suggesting.

I also stand by it: you aren't a good parent if you're cruising around smoking weed with your kids in the back. Doesn't mean you deserve to get shot, but hey you brought up the parenting skills part.

Originally posted by Surtur
Yes, I did bring up his legal history and yes I did bring up him being a shitty father.

But I never said he deserved to die because he was a shitty parent. Which seemed to kinda be what you were suggesting.

HA! #CalledIt

Originally posted by Bashar Teg
HA! #CalledIt

Yes, good job at thinking that since I never said he deserved it I would say I never said he deserved it. Nor did I imply it. So good job at anticipating I would point out I never did by posting about implications before I answered so you could weasel out of trying to say I did without needing to give direct evidence.

But hey, pretend victories. You need them today, so I'll allow it.

The footage of this was another example of how US cops really REALLY need training on how not to panic react in situations.

So did everyone watch the dashcam footage? The footage is supposedly new public information.

After you watch it, does your opinion remain the same or change?

Originally posted by Surtur
Especially since the cop, at the time of the shooting, wouldn't have known what drugs were in his system.

With that said I am curious to hear the rationale from the jury as to why. Originally it was 10-2 in favor of not guilty. There were only 2 blacks on the jury and I was surprised to find out they were not the holdouts for a guilty verdict. So the knee jerk response some will have about this being due to racism kinda wouldn't completely hold up.

Um, the cop suspected marijuana, because that's what he claimed to have smelled. Marijuana does not give you super-strength nor does it make you violent like PCP, the cop would know this.

Of note, Philando was killed for following the officer's orders, which you have in the past said something like 'if they only complied with the orders, they would be alive' as a means to blame yet another black victim of police idiocy.

Originally posted by dadudemon
So did everyone watch the dashcam footage? The footage is supposedly new public information.

After you watch it, does your opinion remain the same or change?

I don't think he deserved to be shot. But I also don't think racism played any role in this. Seems like a cop who was far too jumpy to be a cop.

Police need to be held to a higher standard, not lowering the bar because they are "trained."

This almost reminds me of the oklahoma policewoman who shot the guy down in the street after he left his vehicle.......and ta da off scott free.

What a disturbing culture.