Facts about the Philando Castile shooting....

Shaun King is at it again....the male version of Rachel Dolezal has taken to social media in an effort to paint the Philando Castile shooting as an "ambush planned out by a police officer looking for a black man to kill." His cronies have commented by the thousands, all voicing their opinion on why the officer, Jeronimo Yanez, needs to die. King does absolutely no good for the black community...his racist remarks and hate speech, along with his knack for ignoring facts, only enrages those who follow him. Protests emerge and become riots, riots lead to violence and arrests. King peddles lies disguised as truth, when in reality, even King himself is one big lie.

So the officer who shot and killed Philando Castile was found innocent by a jury, though his police department fired him from his job. Apparently the jury vote was 10-2 in favor of a not guilty verdict. The two holdouts eventually changed their minds after 30 hours of deliberation. Here's an interesting fact: There were two black jurors, BUT those two jurors were NOT the two holdouts leaning towards a guilty verdict.

I watched the police dash cam footage that was just released of what happened during that traffic stop. I'll comment on that in a second, but first let's take a look at why Officer Yanez pulled Castile over on that day.

There had been an armed robbery that day and officers were on the lookout for the suspects. Yanez spotted Castile and thought he fit the armed robber's description. Now, social media trolls will be quick to say that Castile was pulled over just because he was black. No, not the case. Let's look at the comparison between Castile and the suspect involved in the armed robbery that day:

 You gotta admit, the two do share a striking resemblance, and so Officer Yanez figured it was worth pursuing. Now, in order for an officer to pull a car over they have to have a reason, such as a traffic violation or safety concerns (a broken taillight was Yanez's excuse to pull Castile over and check things out).

Now on to the dash cam video....while it clearly shows a nervous Yanez approaching Castile's vehicle, it also shows that Castile did not respond to repeated demands made by Officer Yanez. Yanez asked for license and registration, and Castile reached him his registration but not his license. Castile then told Yanez that he was in possession of a gun but had a permit. So, we have Yanez who has stopped Castile because he fits the description of an armed robbery suspect. Now we take into account the fact that Castile has announced he has a gun on him but has a permit. Obviously Yanez was in the position to believe this guy just committed armed robbery because of the description and now the gun, so he tells Castile not to reach for it. Castile didn't follow orders and was reaching for something (most likely his permit to carry), even though Yanez shouted his commands several times. Since Castile kept reaching for whatever, Yanez feared that it was the gun and so he fired at Castile, killing him.

Tragic? Yes. Incredibly sad? Yes. Did Yanez shoot a black man just because he was black? No.

A lot of people like to chime in that Yanez shouldn't have fired his gun as soon as he did. To them I say, put yourself in Yanez's or any other police officer's shoes. If Castile had planned on reaching for his gun and Yanez just stood back and waited then it would have been too late for Yanez to react.

Do I think Castile was reaching for his gun or that he was planning on actually shooting Yanez? No. See, Castile didn't want to do anything that would warrant the officer to search his vehicle. Why? Cause he had weed in it, as well as in his system. One theory as to why Castile may have made it known to the officer that he had a gun could be so as to get that out of the way, which wouldn't give reasons for the officer to search his car, seeing how Castile had a permit to carry and all. Another theory as to why Castile didn't respond to Yanez's commands could be that, because of the weed he just smoked, his thinking was cloudy and reaction time was slowed.

Yanez regretted shooting Castile, there's no doubt about that. He regretted it immediately after pulling the trigger. He wasn't looking to kill anyone, and the anguish in his voice, his cries, and on his face via the dash cam show that.

Does anyone remember the 70 yr old white man that was shot by a cop simply because, after being pulled over, he reached into the back of his pickup truck? The officer thought the man was reaching for a gun when in fact he was reaching for his CANE. Here's the dash cam video from that incident:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiuAf2F-BPo

And, surprise surprise, the cop in that case wasn't charged for any wrongdoing either. Why? Well, this explains it:

CLOVER, S.C. — Prosecutors will not file criminal charges against the York County sheriff's deputy who shot an unarmed 70-year-old man in the chest during a traffic stop in February, saying the shooting was an accident and the deputy had no criminal intent.

Bobby Canipe was reaching for his walking cane — which Deputy Terrance Knox believed to be a weapon — when he was shot several times on Feb. 25.

So, as you see, Officer Yanez could not be found guilty because he had reason to believe Castile was reaching for a gun after ignoring commands to stop "reaching for it".

Shaun King is so quick to jump over cases involving blacks getting shot by police, but where's his comments on Bobby Canipe? Or the other non-black people who get shot by police? Statistics show that whites and hispanics are far more likely to be shot by cops than blacks....so why is it only black lives matter?? ALL LIVES MATTER.