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re: Officer who shot Philando Castile has been acquitted of all charges (link and orig vid)
Posted on 6/17/17 at 12:28 am to theenemy
Posted on 6/17/17 at 12:28 am to theenemy
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Even if the officer was wrong......if its was reasonable to perceive it.....it is justified.
I've never argued that the officer wasn't legally justified.
Just that it is absolutely ludicrous that he is technically legally justified. Because the officer was absolutely in the wrong.
Morally, logically, and rightfully there was no justifiable reason for Philando Castile to lose his life that day.
Law enforcement officials in this country essentially have a free pass to end any life they come across while they're on the clock. Just say you "felt" threatened or you "thought" you saw something and you can't be touched.
The only qualification to gain this "License to Kill"? Just don't have any prior felonies and be marginally in shape when you apply and literally anybody can be a cop.
And the craziest thing is it's actually documented that police WANT STUPID PEOPLE to join. There have been lawsuits from people who are unable to get hired by police departments because they are too smart and scored too high on tests. Higher ups have actually admitted the ideal candidate to become a police officer is somebody with a just below average IQ because those are the people who will blindly follow orders without questioning intent.
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Posted on 6/17/17 at 12:28 am to theenemy
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This post was edited on 6/17/17 at 12:29 am
Posted on 6/17/17 at 12:34 am to G The Tiger Fan
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A pass for attacking someone with a hammer?
cop got a pass for attacking him with a gun.. so..?
Posted on 6/17/17 at 12:50 am to DAbully
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I think the cop was an idiot and handled it all wrong. Still, if I were in that situation my hands would have been in the air and I would be as still as corpse. The fact is he thought f this police officer, I have a CC and dindunuffin so I can do what I want. Philando is a fricking moron like his name suggest and he died because he was dealing with a person who was as equally big of a dumbass. Case closed.
Only one moron but u failed to mention him.... thanks for posting dumbass
Posted on 6/17/17 at 12:55 am to mouton
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Only one moron but u failed to mention him.... thanks for posting dumbass
Except one is dead and the other was fired from being a cop. Which means he had no skills to do anything else but be a cop. As for myself... I'm 3 whiskey drinks deep and and about to sleep sound as a pound.
I may not be the brightest bulb but at least my parents didn't name me Philando and i didnt grow up thinking it was ok to reach for guns while talking to police.
This post was edited on 6/17/17 at 12:56 am
Posted on 6/17/17 at 1:42 am to DAbully
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at least my parents didn't name me Philando
Ya he is such a moron for having existed in the first place!
The officer was totally in the wrong in this situation
Posted on 6/17/17 at 1:48 am to BowlJackson
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And the craziest thing is it's actually documented that police WANT STUPID PEOPLE to join. There have been lawsuits from people who are unable to get hired by police departments because they are too smart and scored too high on tests. Higher ups have actually admitted the ideal candidate to become a police officer is somebody with a just below average IQ because those are the people who will blindly follow orders without questioning intent.
Link?
Posted on 6/17/17 at 2:24 am to mouton
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Link?
LINK
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Although it’s not widely known, federal courts have ruled since 2000 that police departments can legally opt to not hire someone simply because he or she scores too high on an intelligence test. The millenium ruling followed a lawsuit filed in 1999 by Connecticut resident Robert Jordan, who was told by the New London Police Department that they only interview candidates who score 20 to 27 points on an intelligence test.
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Jordan, a 48-year-old college graduate with a degree in literature, had scored 33 points when he took the Wonderlic Personnel Test in 1996, giving him an IQ of around 125. His score was well above the 21 to 22 points that officers score on average, which reflects a slightly above-average IQ of around 104. (Interestingly, the Wonderlic test recommends that insurance salespeople score at least 22 points and that police officers score at least 21 — meaning that at least according to the test, it requires more intelligence to sell insurance than to solve crimes.)
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“There is a policy here in the United States that people of a relatively high IQ are not allowed to become police officers,” former CIA contractor Steven Kelley told Press TV on Tuesday.
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“There is actually a test given to applicants and if they score too high they are not eligible to join law enforcement,” he said, adding “They do require people that are incapable of logical compassionate thinking.”
LINK
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A smart person does not deliberately tear gas journalists. A smart person does not point a rifle at an innocent person and tell them that they are going to kill him. A smart person does not severely beat a person with down syndrome because he sees a bulge in his pants, which is actually a colostomy bag. A smart person does not continuously shoot at an unarmed man who posed zero threat and whose arms are in the air.
This post was edited on 6/17/17 at 2:27 am
Posted on 6/17/17 at 4:02 am to BowlJackson
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And police in that area already had a history of essentially harassing him by pulling him over for literally anything. Castile had been pulled over 49 times in 13 years. Almost always for minor mundane things that other people could go years without getting pulled over for.
Maybe he shouldn't of driven like an arse or fixed his car. It's really not hard to avoid being pulled over.
Posted on 6/17/17 at 6:27 am to GetCocky11
A cop had the sure and certain belief that his life was in jeopardy.
Did Castile have the means to act? Demonstrated beyond any shadow of a doubt to be true.
Was Castile acting in a manner that fed the cop's fear of that threat? The evidence certainly suggests so.
You can't convict the cop for being afraid for his life and acting to preserve it because some idiot is too fisking stupid to process oxygen.
You can, and should fire him from a job he doesn't have the nerve for, which they are doing.
Posted on 6/17/17 at 6:34 am to llfshoals
Is it a fact Philando had a gun on him?
Anyone that is armed with a gun on them or within reach, who doesn't have both hands on the steering wheel or dashboard if you are not driving the entire time an officer is at your vehicle is imo asking to be shot. Police murders happen in under a second, there's absolutely no way around putting both hands up around police if you are armed or if you are not.
Anything else, is suicide by cop.
Anyone that is armed with a gun on them or within reach, who doesn't have both hands on the steering wheel or dashboard if you are not driving the entire time an officer is at your vehicle is imo asking to be shot. Police murders happen in under a second, there's absolutely no way around putting both hands up around police if you are armed or if you are not.
Anything else, is suicide by cop.
Posted on 6/17/17 at 10:59 am to xxGEAUXxx
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Maybe he shouldn't of driven like an arse or fixed his car. It's really not hard to avoid being pulled over.
Says the white guy
Posted on 6/17/17 at 11:01 am to BowlJackson
Can't fix stupid..
Posted on 6/17/17 at 11:22 am to BowlJackson
Posted on 6/17/17 at 1:34 pm to BowlJackson
Assuming I'm white. Maybe you should get facts before you make racist assumptions.
You have hate for police for some reason. Did you get arrested before, and/or family/friends get busted doing something stupid?
You have hate for police for some reason. Did you get arrested before, and/or family/friends get busted doing something stupid?
Posted on 6/17/17 at 1:45 pm to BowlJackson
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former CIA contractor Steven Kelley told Press TV on Tuesday.
You are gonna use Kelley for a source....
The dude is a nutcase conspiracy theorist.
He is full of complete B.S.
Posted on 6/17/17 at 1:48 pm to baldona
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Anyone that is armed with a gun on them or within reach, who doesn't have both hands on the steering wheel or dashboard if you are not driving the entire time an officer is at your vehicle is imo asking to be shot. Police murders happen in under a second, there's absolutely no way around putting both hands up around police if you are armed or if you are not.
Both of my parents are black CHL holders. The above is rule #1 when driving.
Posted on 6/17/17 at 1:53 pm to TbirdSpur2010
I'm more then sure in any conceal and carry class they teach you to notify law enforcement of the the gun and keep your hands away from the object. It's simple to follow but hard for people to understand.
Posted on 6/17/17 at 1:55 pm to xxGEAUXxx
This thread got shorter. Guess they cleaned up some hilarious jokes. fricking Nazis.
Posted on 6/17/17 at 1:57 pm to xxGEAUXxx
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I'm more then sure in any conceal and carry class they teach you to notify law enforcement of the the gun and keep your hands away from the object. It's simple to follow but hard for people to understand.
And simply saying over and over "I'm reaching for my license" or "I'm not going for my gun" etc. when the officer has not bidden you to do so is NOT acceptable, either.
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