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4. The shooting and prior to the shooting was not on video. That's the problem

Reply to brush (Reply #1)

Sun May 28, 2017, 11:13 PM

May 2017

What the video did show was a very shaky, nervous cop right after the shooting. That really stood out for me. Especially in such marked contrast to the very self-controlled girlfriend. Otherwise it's a he-said she-said kind of thing, unfortunately.

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Officer's defense can bring up Philando Castile's marijuana use, judge rules [View all] TexasTowelie May 2017 OP

They're laying the groundwork to get that killer off too, just as they did the Tulsa killer cop brush May 2017 #1

I think he was getting out his carry permit, not his gun! nt tblue37 May 2017 #2

That's even worse. The killer cop panicked and shot into a car with 3 people in it. brush May 2017 #3

The shooting and prior to the shooting was not on video. That's the problem progree May 2017 #4

It showed the results of a killer cop shooting into a car with 3 people in it. brush May 2017 #5

Yup, but we don't know if he Castile reached for a gun or not. No cop would have acted progree May 2017 #6

We do have the livestream dialogue of the girlfriend explaining what happened brush May 2017 #7

*IF he was reaching for his gun after the cop told him not to, then yes, that is justification to me progree May 2017 #8