I was a passenger in a car when my friend got pulled over in what they thought was a stolen car. It was his car. Cop pulled his gun on us, told us to put our hands on the roof so we raised our hands. When he pulled my friend out of the drivers seat to cuff him my hands started to come down. When he noticed he leaned inside the car and pointed the gun right at my face screaming to show my hands or he was going to blow my head off. I raised my hands again. Thank god im not dead.
Listening to CNN and I even agree with Don Lemon. Holy shit.
I've read about this most of the day but that's the first time I've seen the video. Kind of speechless.
America, what's wrong with you?
I wish it was that easy for other places. All the guys, and ladies, I worked with were top notch. You didn't have this mess. We talked about enforcement issues that were systemic in other areas and how we keep it from happening where we worked.I'm glad you're good at your job. Help your peers with this.
Deep racism in major critical institutions. Just never really liked black or brown people. There has been progress, but it is quite slow.
A job well done, America.
I've read about this most of the day but that's the first time I've seen the video. Kind of speechless.
America, what's wrong with you?
Here's a Facebook link:
https://www.facebook.com/firstbtnomb/videos/1048424768539675/
And YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hbO1wocfNM
This is dated July 31st, 2015. So sad that this is basically like racist gravestone bingo.
The shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile share several striking, stomach-churning similarities: They were black men, killed by police, in deeply segregated communities. Both killings were captured on video, a product of an age in which anyone can tape an encounter with policeand increasingly, anyone, especially anyone black, realizes doing so may be important.
But both Castile and Sterling also shared one other thing in common: Both men were apparently carrying guns when they were killed.
According to Lavish Reynolds, Castiles girlfriend who was in a car with him when he was shot and posted a Facebook video of the aftermath, the officer asked Castile for his license and registration. As he reached for his wallet, he also told the officer than he had a concealed-carry permit and a gun. Reynolds said the officer told him not to move, but as Castile tried to put his hands up, he was shot and killed.
https://twitter.com/TooMuchMe/status/751076078458986496
NRA has no comment right now and says they might not comment at all
this is openly racist if you ask me
I've read about this most of the day but that's the first time I've seen the video. Kind of speechless.
America, what's wrong with you?
https://twitter.com/TooMuchMe/status/751076078458986496
NRA has no comment right now and says they might not comment at all
this is openly racist if you ask me
Going Coastal10 minutes ago
Frankly, this woman doesn't seem emotionally stable enough to be a police officer.
Furthermore, the woman in this video has absolutely no respect for the Constitution. After all, the Constitution guarantees a right to due process and our legal system guarantees a presumption of innocence until guilt is proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
With all of this in mind, it should be noted that the Baton Rouge officers in the Sterling case have not been charged with any crimes and Sterling's shooting is still under investigation. Be that as it may, this hysterical woman feels comfortable lambasting the officers as murderers.
Personally, I'm not sure if the Baton Rouge officers were right or wrong in the Sterling shooting. However, I am sure about one thing: The woman in this video has a blatant disrespect for the American criminal-justice system.
I always have joke that if we really want gun reform in America, every single black person in the country needs to purchase a firearm. The prospect of 36 million legally armed black people will light a fire under the asses of the NRA and no-compromise Republicans in office so fast.
This story just destroys me. A legally licensed firearm carrier, does the responsible thing and tells the officer that he's armed, and he's killed for it. And a busted tail light. I literally feel like there is nothing I'm allowed to do legally that won't end in me getting killed. I think I must have been out of mind when I married a white woman. I should just keep a noose in my back pocket and save the mobs the trouble...
This is true, it's the source of California having aggressive gun control laws.I feel like I heard somewhere that the Black Panthers legally open carrying in the 70's ended up leading to stricter gun control laws.
I was a passenger in a car when my friend got pulled over in what they thought was a stolen car. It was his car. Cop pulled his gun on us, told us to put our hands on the roof so we raised our hands. When he pulled my friend out of the drivers seat to cuff him my hands started to come down. When he noticed he leaned inside the car and pointed the gun right at my face screaming to show my hands or he was going to blow my head off. I raised my hands again. Thank god im not dead.
That governor looks like a deer in headlights.
dude to his left like "come on, dude..."
That is so fucking horrifying. I live in Los Angeles, and the tension between police and blacks is still pretty thick. I always freeze up when I have to interact with a cop, or if one pulls me over for whatever reason.
My best friend, he's white and Persian (but looks white), was telling me about this one time him and his friend were driving on the freeway (his friend was black, my white friend was driving), and they got pulled over. When the officer got out of the car, he approached the black passenger and demanded that HE get out of the car, then proceeded to slam him against the car and cuff him, demanding answers to questions. My friend was like, "What the hell, dude, he wasn't even driving the car!" at which point he was told to shut the fuck up by the officer, and he continued to harass his friend. Fucking unbelievable, but it happens regularly.
My mom also has plenty of stories about how the cops used to harass her when she was younger, and she worked at Warner Bros. studios before I was born. Granted, that was in the 70's, but sadly, not much has changed when it comes to how we're perceived by non-blacks. We're always treated like wild animals that have been caged for too long and can pop off at any moment.
Most black kids in America have been grilled time and time again by their parents about how they should behave and act when around white people. It sounds awful, because it is, but it's true. I had more than a few sit downs growing up, where my mother would drill into me how important it was to "not give them a reason" to think less of you. I grew up trying to be the most perfect black guy I could be. I did everything I could to show non-blacks that we were nothing like the people they saw on TV, or read about in the newspaper. I had no idea at the time that it really doesn't matter how polite I am. How intelligent I am, how "well spoken" I am. To a lot of them, I'm just an uppity nigger with a chip on his shoulder.
Even then, I still continue to be the best person that I can be. Not because I'm afraid of white people, but because it feels good to not be a douche canoe to others, and ideally, I'd hope the same courtesy would be returned to me. Unfortunately, this country has a real fucking hard time seeing black people as equal humans. Centuries of dehumanization and demonizing has done a fucking wonder on our PR, so to speak. Even other countries are afraid of us because of what they've seen and heard in the media or news reports that choose to highlight the worst of us more often than the best of us.
I'm a short, light skinned black/Samoan guy that most people don't realize is black. The shit I've heard some of the nicest people in the world say about black people in my presence is disheartening. The look on their faces when I tell them, "Well, I'm black too, you know," is fucking priceless. And it wasn't just white people saying those things about black people to me, thinking I wasn't black. It was people of all ethnicities and backgrounds going on and on about horrible, filthy, disgusting, and deplorable black people were, and how they were a hopeless race of people that no good ever comes out of.
Generally, they'd stammer a "Well, you're not like them" rebuttal when I'd out myself as a black guy. I was "one of the good ones." The sad thing is that, when I was younger, I used to wear that like a badge of honor. "I'm one of the good ones! The other blacks are bad!" I bought into the same institutional and systemic racism that leads to tragedies like this. The type of institutional racism that has black men and women that have managed to ascend higher than their peers to tell them to "pull their damn pants up." I'm not sure what you'd call it, but it's a shame that such a divide between our people has been allowed to propagate. I'm thankful that, as I got older, I realized how insulting and disrespectful being called "One of the good ones" really is. It's even sadder that, even to this day, it's still said to me by non-black friends, or family of friends. It's sad and frustrating that no matter what level of good blacks do in this country, we will always be judged by the actions of a few, and treated with the highest levels of fear and distrust.
This man was innocent, and he was murdered. That's the most terrifying thing about this. Even if he was a criminal, he didn't deserve to be executed for a busted tail light.
This shit just makes me tired, and I don't even know how to keep moving forward with my head high. That seems to just make it an easier target.
Why are people making fun of the Governor? Didn't he straight up say that this wouldn't happened if Castile was white?
We may see that in this case as the officer is, himself, a minority and the blue wall of silence/protection doesn't typically protect them.
Yeah people are ridiculous.Why are people making fun of the Governor? Didn't he straight up say that this wouldn't happened if Castile was white? Consider what normal PR bullshit would come out of someone in his position this close to the event. I've never see this before.
Except thats not what this is. He's straight up saying that the guy was killed because of his color. Doesnt matter what the officer is, this is the governor calling out the racism.Really, he said that?
I hate to quote myself but I called it:
It's a... Pyrrhic victory I suppose. A racist cop kills a black guy and only gets punished because he isn't white either. GG.With the governor saying its race-related I have conflicting emotions. It's the most infuriating thing that racks my mind. I want justice, but I notice justice only comes when the cop isn't white. It's like 70% good but it feels even more fucked up...
Hard to explain because its the result I want, but it certainly doesn't feel good.
Except thats not what this is. He's straight up saying that the guy was killed because of his color. Doesnt matter what the officer is, this is the governor calling out the racism.