Police sent warrant to Facebook for information on Philando Castile’s girlfriend
There are so many things I can&#x27;t even believe about this case.<p>One of them is how many people are willing to believe absurd theories in order to justify this murder.<p>Castile was a law-abiding citizen, with a job, a girlfriend, people who cared about him, and no criminal record. Why would <i>anyone</i> believe he would reach for a gun with an officer pointing a gun at his chest? Why is that even a claim that can be taken seriously?<p>So many people say, &quot;We can&#x27;t know what happened in the car.&quot; Unless you believe a rational, by all accounts kind-hearted, adult with no history of violence or crime would suddenly decide to have a shootout with cops with a little girl in the car, we <i>can</i> know what happened in the car.<p>What must you think of black men to believe a story that is so absurd on the face of it? I&#x27;ve heard the argument that it was the gun that made it possible for people to believe the officer&#x27;s version of events. But, would anyone believe this story if it had been a white man in his 30s in the same situation?<p>And, how horrifying must it be to wake up each day, as a black man in America, knowing that a jury of Castile&#x27;s peers believes that at any moment any black man could snap and go on a murderous rampage? That&#x27;s the only thing I can come up with that makes any of this work; that white America still believes black men are inherently dangerous.<p>I&#x27;m horrified by every police execution of an innocent person, and one shouldn&#x27;t have to be a perfect citizen to not be subject to being killed by police. But, this one is the most stark example I can think of where there is no excusing it, and no way to assume the officer had legitimate reason to be afraid (aside from Tamir Rice, a 12 year old with a BB gun, who was given mere seconds from the time of arrival of police on the scene before he was gunned down...by an officer who also faced no consequences).<p>You have to believe black people are inherently dangerous to believe the police officer&#x27;s story on this. And, a jury did just that.