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Yeah, it's clear that this shooting was wrong. Yanez came into the situation with false notions about Castille, and the situation escalated very quickly because

by 3131s 9y ago

Yeah, it's clear that this shooting was wrong. Yanez came into the situation with false notions about Castille, and the situation escalated very quickly because of it. It has been pointed out elsewhere that Castille did not follow the recommended protocol for alerting the cop to his firearm, but then again Castille had been pulled over 50+ times so maybe he got a bit casual. There was confusion over Yanez's statement of "don't reach for it", given that Yanez had told him to produce his wallet shortly beforehand. The escalation happens in about 5 seconds from "don't reach for it man" to rapid-fire shooting. Castille's demeanor is not at all threatening yet Yanez stated that he thought Castille didn't care about human life because there was a marijuana smell in the car and Castille's daughter was also in the car. That said, cops are asked to do a difficult job and to enforce bad laws that pit them in a war against certain communities. The laws need to change, then fewer police and civilians will die needlessly.

michaelmrose 9y ago
People die without violating any law and in fact without any reason at the hands of the modern day gestapo we jokingly call a police force. The only thing that needs to change is prosecuting police officers who shoot civilians without good cause. Instead the system protects them then nut bars get angry for the right reasons but at the wrong people. Then we end up with not only dead civilians but also dead cops because some angry individual decided to ambush and kill the nearest representative of the boys in blue. This like as not kills decent people who wanted to help their community and as a nice side effect makes cops more fearful and therefore MORE likely to shoot more innocent people which riles up the populace and makes them more likely to shoot cops. The only way to short circuit this bad day is for federal authorities to punish the cops that communities wont. Unfortunately with the current administration that is laughably unlikely. Up next a bunch more dead people.

by 3131s 9y ago

michaelmrose 9y ago

People die without violating any law and in fact without any reason at the hands of the modern day gestapo we jokingly call a police force. The only thing that needs to change is prosecuting police officers who shoot civilians without good cause. Instead the system protects them then nut bars get angry for the right reasons but at the wrong people. Then we end up with not only dead civilians but also dead cops because some angry individual decided to ambush and kill the nearest representative of the boys in blue. This like as not kills decent people who wanted to help their community and as a nice side effect makes cops more fearful and therefore MORE likely to shoot more innocent people which riles up the populace and makes them more likely to shoot cops. The only way to short circuit this bad day is for federal authorities to punish the cops that communities wont. Unfortunately with the current administration that is laughably unlikely. Up next a bunch more dead people.