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General News Video of Police Killing of Philando Castile Is Publicly Released

Discussion in 'Current Events, World News, & LGBT News' started by BobObob, Jun 20, 2017.

  1. BobObob

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    I'm sure many of you remember the police shooting of a black man in Minnesota about a year ago, the aftermath of which was streamed live on Facebook. The officer involved was recently acquitted of manslaughter and related charges. The dashcam footage of the incident was just released.

    Link to New York Times article
     
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    Horrible! CanĀ“t understand why the police officer is not in jail. The man was gunned down in cold blood. :frowning2:
     
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    If the officer wasn't charged with anything (which I believe he should have been) then at least show the family some respect. Releasing the video is in poor taste and shouldn't have been done.
     
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    As I stated in the OP, he was was recently acquitted of manslaughter and related charges.

    As for whether or not the video should be released, I can understand the family not wanting such a video to be released. On the other hand, I think releasing videos to the public like these are important for transparency.
     
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    I saw a video of his girlfriend and child in the police car. A little kid asking their mother to stop screaming because she didn't want her mother to get shot. And everything else being said it was heartbreaking.