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pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 04:33 PM Jul 2016

Gov. Dayton says a white man wouldn't have been killed under the circumstances

Philando Castile was, and that he was appalled that no one tried to administer first aid to him -- that instead they were busy ministering to the officer who had shot him.

I'm surprised and impressed with how honest Dayton is being.

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Gov. Dayton says a white man wouldn't have been killed under the circumstances (Original Post) pnwmom Jul 2016 OP
Exactly. Remember the Bandidos biker gang shootout in TX? muntrv Jul 2016 #1
Yes -- treated with kid gloves. Or the Bundys in Oregon. n/t pnwmom Jul 2016 #2
Shit, how about the Bundy's in AZ, where white folks giftedgirl77 Jul 2016 #4
May well be right. Not guaranteed, but not impossible whatthehey Jul 2016 #3
What color is your skin? That could be a factor, or you got a decent cop who wasn't scared or hatef uppityperson Jul 2016 #5
Dayton is a good guy. I think he'll make a genuine effort The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2016 #6
Black men are accepted as Marthe48 Jul 2016 #7
This will never be swept under the rug. Wellstone ruled Jul 2016 #8
 

giftedgirl77

(4,713 posts)
4. Shit, how about the Bundy's in AZ, where white folks
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 04:55 PM
Jul 2016

pointed weapons at federal agents? Yet, not only was no one shot, nobody was even arrested for that bullshit.

whatthehey

(3,660 posts)
3. May well be right. Not guaranteed, but not impossible
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 04:53 PM
Jul 2016

I lived in MN for a while and was pulled over in Roseville just a few miles away. The encounter was essentially this:

"License and registration please"

"No problem but I need to tell you I have a license to carry concealed and I have one on my belt on my left side"

"OK. Don't go anywhere near yours and I won't go near mine"

"No problem"

I have no idea if the driver reacted worse than I did in Falcon Heights but the cop sure as hell did

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)
5. What color is your skin? That could be a factor, or you got a decent cop who wasn't scared or hatef
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 05:05 PM
Jul 2016

enough to shoot you.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
6. Dayton is a good guy. I think he'll make a genuine effort
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 05:06 PM
Jul 2016

to get this mess properly investigated. I grew up within a few blocks of where this happened - you always think of these things as happening "somewhere else" but it seems like cops are going nuts everywhere.

Marthe48

(16,974 posts)
7. Black men are accepted as
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 05:08 PM
Jul 2016

entertainers, sportsmen, soldiers and public servants. But on a person-to-person basis, black men are targets. If white people, including cops, appreciate the effort of singers, football players, their fellow soldiers or their fellow police officers, and their elected officials, then why the hell do they keep shooting black citizens of their towns?
If it is poor training, then police training all over the U.S. needs to be changed right now. If it is a matter of more and more white men with guns shooting a black man because they hate President Obama, then the vetting process for getting accepted into police academy needs to be tightened up. I don't want to stereotype cops, but there are too many badly trained people with poor skills employed to protect us, and that means all of us. Prayers for the survivors.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
8. This will never be swept under the rug.
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 05:11 PM
Jul 2016

Remember,Dayton was the State Attorney General at one time. And his Office was known as Mr Clean. The Metro Police Departments are going to see some major changes and it will come from Dayton. Those who oppose change will be shown the door.

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