Americans have expressed outrage at Wednesday’s police shooting of Philando Castile, an African-American man, which happened in St. Paul, Minnesota, during a traffic stop for a broken tail light. Castile was shot in front of his girlfriend Diamond Reynolds and their 4-year-old daughter, who were in the car. Reynolds used Facebook Live to stream video of the aftermath of the shooting. The graphic video shows Castile bleeding and groaning in pain while the officer who shot him curses and continues aiming his gun at the victim.
Personally I think viral video like this feeds a narrative and jump to conclusion without all the facts. News media should not use this as proof of anything. Many times events leading to a questionable shooting or aggressive response by police is not shown in the video. We do not know what happened prior to the police response. It's really a baited video trying to get a preconceived
judgment on what happened. In the end it may draw protests and violence over something that happened differently then what the video shows.
It's interesting too that plenty of people have smart phones but I never see video of black on black shootings, or people filming gang violence or other crime. But the first thing they do is start filming on a traffic stop? Sometimes I wonder if we have a situation where the disregard for respecting officers and the law has turned into a viral means of proving that cops are racist or aggressive. When truth is, the people the police are dealing with do not obey their commands, resist arrest, and do not make the officer feel safe. In every video I have seen, the person shot elevated the situation to a point that would raise the officers defenses and question the subjects actions. If there is a gun in the vehicle and you cannot see their hands. That's a problem, especially if that person has prior gun violations. For me the big problem between the Black's and police is their resistance to obey authority. Clearly this is proven with groups like Black Panthers and Black Lives Matter. These are reverse racism hate groups who target police rather than addressing the crime, lack of obedience and bad behavior in the black communities affected most by violence. More violence equals more cops and more conflicts.
This is definitely a racial issue but it's not a problem with police. It's a problem with how many blacks view police, and how they don't respect the law.
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Facebook Live Video of Shooting Aftermath Triggers Anger, Anguish, Questions
Posted by: Richard Adhikari July 8, 2016 05:00 AMAmericans have expressed outrage at Wednesday’s police shooting of Philando Castile, an African-American man, which happened in St. Paul, Minnesota, during a traffic stop for a broken tail light. Castile was shot in front of his girlfriend Diamond Reynolds and their 4-year-old daughter, who were in the car. Reynolds used Facebook Live to stream video of the aftermath of the shooting. The graphic video shows Castile bleeding and groaning in pain while the officer who shot him curses and continues aiming his gun at the victim.
judgment on what happened. In the end it may draw protests and violence over something that happened differently then what the video shows.
It's interesting too that plenty of people have smart phones but I never see video of black on black shootings, or people filming gang violence or other crime. But the first thing they do is start filming on a traffic stop? Sometimes I wonder if we have a situation where the disregard for respecting officers and the law has turned into a viral means of proving that cops are racist or aggressive. When truth is, the people the police are dealing with do not obey their commands, resist arrest, and do not make the officer feel safe. In every video I have seen, the person shot elevated the situation to a point that would raise the officers defenses and question the subjects actions. If there is a gun in the vehicle and you cannot see their hands. That's a problem, especially if that person has prior gun violations. For me the big problem between the Black's and police is their resistance to obey authority. Clearly this is proven with groups like Black Panthers and Black Lives Matter. These are reverse racism hate groups who target police rather than addressing the crime, lack of obedience and bad behavior in the black communities affected most by violence. More violence equals more cops and more conflicts.
This is definitely a racial issue but it's not a problem with police. It's a problem with how many blacks view police, and how they don't respect the law.