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0 pointsnemothekid3y ago0 comments

Wasn't this essentially what happened to Philando Castile? In his case he was even complying before he was shot, and the officer who shot him was acquitted.

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ch4s33y ago· 2 in thread

I believe that was a traffic stop and the officer freaked out after Castile mentioned that he had a CC handgun. Clearly the officer fucked up and murdered an innocent man. However, I think that’s different in kind and circumstances from what I was asking about.

nemothekidOP3y ago

1. A police offer stopped a citizen.

2. The citizen asserted his rights.

3. The citizen was shot and killed.

I imagine you are splitting hairs on 2, (mentioning you have a CC handgun, vs telling an officer they can't have your phone), but both are Rights and one person died trying to exercise them (i.e., Your rights don't mean shit to cops).

ch4s33y ago

I see your point, but I was specifically asking about searches like the border searches mentioned in the article, that's the context here.

I also agree that Castile was murdered by a cop, I just don't think it's splitting hairs to distinguish between a warrantless search and seizure vs a traffic stop where a handgun is in play. Both involve violations of rights, but different rights and in circumstances which are operationally different if that makes sense.

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