Yesterday yet another black man was shot and killed by a police officer in deeply troubling circumstances. Philando Castile was in his car, safety belt on, apparently reaching for his license, when the officer shot him during a traffic stop in a suburb of St. Paul Minnesota.
His girlfriend Diamond Reynolds, in the car with him, somehow maintained her composure enough to film the aftermath of the shooting, streaming it live to Facebook. (You can watch the footage here.)
Matt Forney — the internet-famous woman-hating white supremacist — has somehow convinced himself that it’s all an elaborate hoax. In a succession of Tweets, he lays out his case, such as it is. (Click on the screenshots to see the Tweets in context on Twitter.)
Forney — in several Tweets and in a post on his blog — sets forth a series of easily refutable “arguments” which in his mind prove his case. His first “argument” will give you a sense of Forney’s keen mind in action: `
She was never arrested; just detained. The cops threw her phone to the ground after detaining her. It was returned to her later. All of this is clear from watching the video.
I’m not going to bother with the rest of his arguments because, well, here’s the thing:
Philando Castile, a real person, is dead. He died in the hospital as a result of his wounds. Is the hospital that reported this part of the conspiracy? Did he volunteer to be killed in a random traffic stop in order to give BlackLivesMatter a new talking point? Did his girlfriend agree to go along with this bizarre plan?
The St. Anthony Police Department has acknowledged the shooting and Castile’s death and put the officer who shot Castile on leave. The St. Anthony Police Department is, in fact, a real police department, not a troupe of actors. Is the St. Anthony Police Department working in cahoots with BlackLivesMatter to make itself look bad? Is the officer who shot Castile — whom Reynolds has described as “Asian” — hoping that his actions will help BlackLivesMatter “slander” white men? Even though he apparently isn’t white?
The governor of Minnesota has asked the Justice Department to investigate. Is he part of the conspiracy too? Is the Justice Department?
I’ll stop here, but my basic point is this: There is a real world. Matt Forney clearly does not live in it.
Re: Dallas–
FUCK violence.
I feel sick.
littleknown-It gets worse and worse doesn’t it? ? Fuck guns. Fuck violence.
Somehow a double post, so, I mean, double fuck cops.
Fuck cops.
The news out of Dallas is disheartening.
Here’s a follow-up:
http://gawker.com/reports-multiple-shots-fired-at-police-protest-in-dall-1783314418
Handsome Jack- Yeah, fuck cops. What the hell made them think they had the right to arrest a four year old?! That is some fucked up shit right there. It is bad enough that they killed someone she loved in front of her, but for them to arrest her and lock her up alone…well, that’s shit sauce on a shit sundae.
10 police officers shot (3 dead) during a BLM demonstration in Dallas.
I hate this year so fucking much.
Even if I don’t know all of you personally, I hope you are all in a safe place and with friends and family nearby. Hug them and tell them that you love them.
@George SJW Bush
What the hell is wrong with you? Nobody is wishing death on cops. Not wanting innocent black civilians to be murdered does not equal wanting innocent cops to be murdered.
Oh shit oh shit oh shit… this is going to be very bad.
George SJW Bush,
No. Don’t even.
It’s never okay to murder in retaliation. Even setting that aside, all it’s going to do is give cops even more of an excuse to commit brutality against marginalized populations. There’s no good here.
I don’t know if you’re being an ass in a sincere way or if you’re playing gotcha troll, but stop.
Nthing the sentiment of “No, let’s not cheer for the murder of police officers”.
I’d rather see the corrupt murderers amongst them stand trial.
@George SJW Bush
Obvious troll is obvious. Go somewhere else. Despite what you might think not everyone is as bloodthirsty as you.
@WWTH
Having seen SJW Bush’s earlier posts, they’re definitely a gotcha troll.
Presumably, they’re ramping up the awfulness since their other attempts were barely even noticed.
@Mikkay
I know this is sarcasm, but actually, he was armed. He just hadn’t made, and as far as we know, had no intention of making, any attempt to draw his weapon. So, maybe technically unarmed, in that he didn’t have his weapon readied.
@Kat
@weirwoodtreehugger: communist bonobo
This reply relates to both of these: A “better” argument would be that, assuming the car was registered in Philando’s name, that when the officer ran the registration on his MDT, the record came back flagged that Philando had a permit to carry, and was therefore likely to be armed. Of course, the same check would also come back with a notable lack of any criminal charges, so that was still no excuse to come up on the car with gun drawn and sounding like he was fucking hysterical from the get-go, and then shooting the man when he stated he was reaching for his wallet and ID.
So, yeah — a reasonable expectation that one or more of the occupants of the car are armed is a reason to come with weapon drawn, but not so much when they’re legally potentially armed and have no records. Unless, you know, they’re “thugs,” apparently. (spits)
The scary thing is, this must have been planned. He knew where to go to take shots. He must have had some sort of military or law enforcement training to accurately shoot only police. It doesn’t sound like civilians were shot. Was he waiting for some time to another incident to spark protests so he could do this?
There’s no way this is a protester spontaneously getting riled up.
I’m just relieved the police actually went after the suspect and didn’t start spraying bullets into the crowd.
Dude, no.
I’ve read the shooter aren’t affiliated with BLM. In fact, it was a very peaceful protest in which the cops were taking pictures with the protesters, several which were Tweeted out. The shooting didn’t start until after the protest was over and people were heading back to their cars.
If anything, the snipers are probably white and saw a peaceful protest and decided to take matters into their own hands. There’s even been a bomb threat although not much details have come out from the bits I saw.
So, yeah, cops are fucking awful but no one deserves to die over this, at the very least, not the cops that were shot.
@George SJW Bush
Agent provocateur: It’s not just for breakfast anymore.
Here is where I’m getting my news, btw.
http://usuncut.com/black-lives-matter/armed-white-people-survive-cops/
It’s almost never impossible for the police to resolve an incident without killing.
The only difference is race.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the snipers were white supremacists.
Waiting for the mentally ill rumba from gun fondlers.
You already know not to take someone seriously when they call cops ‘pigs’ in 2016
Anyway, as if it couldn’t get any worse, former US Congressperson Joe Walsh, just kinda sorta threatened the President over the Dallas shooting. He’s been a giant racist for some time, so nobody’s surprised…
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The way some people have jumped at accusing the BLM protesters as being the group that the snipers are part of makes me physically ill.
Maybe humans are too detrimental to each other, the planet, and all other life on it to not become extinct. Maybe a catastrophic eruption of multiple super-vocanoes and a few dozen meteors are what we deserve.
Bryce-It wouldn’t surprise me, either. This is very out of character of the BLM movement, they are usually very peaceful. The greatest predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour. Since they have been very peaceful in the past, it is very unlikely that they are responsible for the deaths of these police officers. It is very possible that this was either someone unaffiliated with the BLM movement, or a white supremacist trying it incite violence and worsen tensions between the black community and police.
Also, it is great that some Dallas police officers are not shy about showing their support the BLM cause. It gives me hope.