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

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu May 18, 2017, 07:52 AM

May 2017

We all saw the facebook live killing of Castile. The cop panicked and now they're trying to make it seem like he didn't.

Castile was a licensed carrier and he told the cop he had a gun and was going to produce it.

That's when the cop panicked and fired into the car

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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