re: Philando Castile shooting dashcam video released - NSFW

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Did he actually have MJ in his system, or was this one of those infamous "Well...I smell pot in here. You guys been smoking?" type situations?

Because, honestly...I don't give much credence to the old I smell pot stuff.

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"Reynolds has acknowledged that she and Castile smoked marijuana shortly before the shooting, but as most cannabis users know, THC and other cannabinoids can remain in your body for a month or more after ingesting the plant or its derivatives. This same physiological fact makes testing for “weed DUI” a task fraught with scientific ambiguities."

Eta: above a quote from the link below

Not sure how reliable this source is

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Humans don't always respond rationally

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true, especially the cop in this situation.

We disagree on what? The definition of what an assumption is? I don't know how you can disagree on a fact, but Ok.

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Because, honestly...I don't give much credence to the old I smell pot stuff.

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I moved from Virginia Highlands area of the city (ATL Fulton Co) to the burbs OTP. I had 6 months to go until it was my birthday and time to renew my tags. I didn't want to pay twice that year so I left the Fulton Co plates on the car until it was time to re-register.

About 6 weeks after moving to the burbs, one morning we were out of coffee, so at 5am I drove out of my neighborhood two miles to the local gas station. On the way back a local cop followed me turning out of the gas station to my neighborhood entrance. As soon as I entered the neighborhood he turns in behind me and turns on his lights.

I hadn't done anything to get pulled over. He asks me if I know why I'm getting pulled over. I said, "No". He tells me I match a description of a suspect. I said I was not any suspect and I told him how I just moved in and went to get coffee. He said it was suspicious of someone from Fulton Co being in that neighborhood so early in the morning. By this time he has ran my driver's license and in GA the license plate info will tell them that my registration and insurance are current. So he comes back and again asked me what I was doing there. Again I told him I just bought a home there and was coming back from getting coffee, which I showed him the bag.

He asked me if I had any guns knives explosives or anything in my Jeep that might hurt him. I said no. He asked if he could search my vehicle. I told him no. He pulled out his gun, but did not point it at me, and said to step out of the car, bc he smelled MJ and didn't need my permission to search. And he called for k-9 backup. The dog didn't alert and he spent 45 minutes going through my Jeep to find nothing. I kept telling him and the backup that I do not smoke MJ and there was nothing in my Jeep for them to find.

Finally he walks back and asks me who was riding with me. Did I have someone else in the car earlier who was smoking weed. Again, no. He asked me if I was smoking weed earlier. I told him I already informed them multiple times I do not smoke weed and I was getting upset they were doing this on the streets of my new neighborhood. He handed me back my license and said I had 30 days to register the car Jeep in the new county and he patrolled my area daily so he would know if I did.

I took my license and left. After that day I believe black guys who say the cops lied about smelling weed and/or planted it on them.

If both brake lights are out I can see pulling someone over. That could in fact be dangerous. But if it's just one, leave me the hell alone and go chase a real criminal.

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In what way?

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well let's see...he shot a guy 7 times who was unarmed, into a car with an unarmed woman and small child.

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I can think of several things, but that doesn't mean he should be charged criminally.

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yeah, shoulda just said "my bad, sorry" and went on his way. Maybe if Castille had not mentioned the gun he would not have been so nervous.