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Friday, July 15, 2016

Things Usually Are Not What They First Appear And The Phhilando Castile Case Is A Great Example

GUESS WHAT WE JUST LEARNED ABOUT THE GUN PHILANDO CASTILE

WAS CARRYING….

All week long people have been crying foul in regards to the deaths of two black men at the hands of police.

Listening to them you’d think the police just walked up to two random black guys and killed them for no reason at all.

But that’s not the case at all.

While the death of Alton Sterling seemed to be more cut and dry (he had a long rap sheet and was accused of waving a gun at someone) the death of Philando Castile was anything but.

At least at first appearance.

In the now viral video the now deceased Castile lies in the front seat of a car having
just been shot. His girlfriend says he was shot while retrieving his license after
announcing he has a CCW.

Turns out those facts might not be the least bit true.

The shooting of Philando Castile seemed like the perfect, airtight case for anti-cop protesters to use against law enforcement. A man pulled over for a broken taillight reached for his wallet and said he was legally carrying a concealed firearm. A cop shot him with his child in the car, leading to his death.

Increasing the outrage was a graphic video of Castile’s death, shot by his girlfriend, Diamond “Lavish” Reynolds.

Things began to go downhill from there. First, the Minnesota county that would have issued Castile’s concealed carry permit said that he hadn’t even filed an application for one; the gun was being illegally carried.

Then, it came out that he wasn’t being pulled over for a broken taillight when he was stopped in Falcon Heights, Minnesota on July 6. He actually matched the description of a man who committed an armed robbery in the area the day before.

But what about the child, you may ask? Well, it’s not as if either Philando Castile or Diamond “Lavish” Reynolds abstained from doing things they shouldn’t have with their child in the car. New video shows that both of them would do drugs while driving with their child in the backseat.

The videos, unbelievably, were posted to Reynolds’ Facebook account.

Given the rather irregular look of that cigarette and Ms. Reynolds’, um, laconic demeanor, I’m going to assume that’s not tobacco.

Oh well. At least it was a one-time occurrence, something that happened while they were … oh, wait, there’s another video of Reynolds doing drugs in their car with their kid present?

In this one, Philando Castile doesn’t seem to be present (although it’s difficult to tell, thanks to the fact that Reynolds seems very impressed with her ability to inhale marijuana and dedicates almost every moment to filming herself). At 2:09, she also seems to intimate that she sells drugs, something that would intimate they were perhaps deeper in crime than just the average stoner couple.

Of course, I’m sure they never drove their daughter around while stoned.

This doesn’t mean that the shooting of Philando Castile was justified, and for all we know this could be a case for the courts. Whatever the matter, though, it’s not a case for the court of public opinion — especially when that opinion is manipulated by the omission of facts by the media.

And yet again we’re now being presented with what might seem to be a completely justified shooting.

If Castile matched the description of a criminal and was engaged in criminal activity (carrying an illegal gun) then it stands to reason the officer acted in fear of his life being taken away.
Now we can only assume at this point in time what exactly what happened.

That’s why we have to wait for a trial…and not allow social media and it’s lack of transparency determine where the guilt really lies.

Do you have a problem with people blaming the police before all the facts are in?

Friday, July 8, 2016

The "Greatest Gun Salesman" Promotes More Gun Control On The Graves Of The Dallas Cops

Obama Uses Dallas Police Shootings for Gun Control Push

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By Theodore Bunker | Friday, 08 Jul 2016 02:27 PM

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President Barack Obama called for gun control action in his statement denouncing the "senseless murders" of five Dallas police officers, Fox News reports.

In addition to the five killed, seven were wounded by sniper fire during a Black Lives Matter protest over the recent police killings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota.

Calling the Dallas slaughter a "vicious, calculated and despicable attack," for which "justice will be done," Obama praised law enforcement for doing an "extraordinarily difficult job."

"Today is a wrenching reminder of the sacrifices that they make for us," Obama said.

But then he veered into politics:

"We also know that when people are armed with powerful weapons, unfortunately it makes attacks like these more deadly and more tragic, and in the days ahead we're going to have to consider those realities as well," Obama said just before concluding his statement.

Obama began using mass shooting incidents to push for gun control last fall, in the wake of a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon.

"And, of course, what's also routine is that somebody, somewhere will comment and say, 'Obama politicized this issue,'" he said in October, The Washington Post reports. "Well, this is something we should politicize. It is relevant to our common life together, to the body politic."

"This is a political choice that we make to allow this to happen every few months in America. We collectively are answerable to those families who lose their loved ones because of our inaction."

On Twitter, responses to Obama's comments were mixed.

Breitbart News was more critical:

James O'Keefe, the controversial conservative journalist, reacted even more strongly, saying:

Another Knuckle Dragger Gets His Just Desserts

Here’s what liberals DON’T want you to know about Louisiana shooting victim

Written by Matt Palumbo on July 7, 2016

Yes, the nation is once again horrified to learn another black man tragically lost his life after an altercation with police. Alton Sterling was shot and killed Tuesday just after midnight in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Listen to the liberal narrative and you’ll hear that Sterling was killed for selling CDs outside of a Triple S Food Mart. There’s a bit more to the story, of course.

Police were called after Sterling had been threatening a homeless man with a firearm for asking him if he had any spare change. The homeless man had made the 911 call. After police arrived, Sterling had resisted arrest, and appeared to make a grab for his firearm at one point. This is still disputable, however. In the video footage of the shooting, you can hear the officer shout “He’s got a gun!” and “if you f—king move, I swear to God.” One of the officers then says something unintelligible, and two shots are fired.

So who is Alton Sterling? For starters, liberals should know he possessed an illegal firearm. As a felon with a lengthy rap sheet, Sterling is legally prohibited from possessing a firearm. Police records show Sterling had been a member of the Bloods gang, and had a list of offenses including battery, assault, drugs and weapons charges, and owed $25,000 in child support. He was also a registered pedophile, having impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 20. The media, by contrast, has portrayed him as a loving father of five.

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Here is a selection of his prior charges. You can also review his court documents here.

9/09/96 – Aggravated battery
10/31/97 – 2nd degree battery
1/06/98 – Simple battery
5/04/00 – Public intimidation
9/20/00 – Carnal knowledge of a juvenile
9/04/01 – Domestic violence
5/24/05 – Burglary of an inhabited dwelling place
7/11/05 – Receiving stolen things
9/12/05 – Burglary of inhabited dwelling place
3/17/06 – Simple criminal damage to property, simple robbery, simple theft, drug possession, misrepresentation during booking, simple battery, aggravated battery
4/12/06 – Aggravated battery, simple criminal damage to property, disturbing the peace, unauthorized entry
4/04/08 – Domestic abuse battery
6/03/09 – Resisting an officer, drug possession, receiving stolen things, possession of stolen firearm, illegal carrying of a weapon with CDs, sound reproduct without consent
10/12/09 – Illegal carrying of weapon, marijuana possession
8/13/15 – Failure to register as a sex offender
4/08/16 – Failure to register as a sex offender
6/14/16 – Ecstacy and marijuana possession

What happened is undoubtedly tragic. The circumstances of the shooting still aren’t completely clear, and nobody deserves to die just for having a criminal record. However, it would be just as dishonest to portray this story as just another man living his life who was gunned down by the police for no reason, which is what many on the left, including Black Lives Matter, will do.

[Note: This post was authored by Matt Palumbo. Follow him on Twitter@MattPalumbo12]

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Friday, July 15, 2016

Things Usually Are Not What They First Appear And The Phhilando Castile Case Is A Great Example

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