Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:46 PM

the astonishing scale of traffic stops which Castile had been subject to, 31 stops

Black man whose shooting death by police was streamed live by his girlfriend had been pulled over AT LEAST 31 times and hit with 63 traffic charges

Philando Castile's dying moments were livestreamed on Facebook by his girlfriend, causing outrage
The black 32-year-old's death led to protests in St Paul, Minnesota, and was decried by the state's governor
Daily Mail Online can disclose the astonishing scale of traffic stops which Castile had been subject to
Public records say that he had 31 encounters which resulted in charges, and had 63 separate charges
He was found guilty of 43, and would have paid thousands of dollars in fines
Relative says it is evidence that police were targeting him for DWB - slang for driving while black

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3679678/Man-shooting-death-hand-cop-streamed-live-pulled-31-times-charged-63-times-officers-near-home.html#ixzz4DqtgP3Jf
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the astonishing scale of traffic stops which Castile had been subject to, 31 stops (Original post)	Liberal_in_LA	Jul 2016	OP
No wonder she was recording this	malaise	Jul 2016	#1
Depends	Travis_0004	Jul 2016	#17
No.	MisterFred	Jul 2016	#28
If your liscense is expired it will come up on their computer	Travis_0004	Jul 2016	#41
Question: How would an Officer know he was driving without a license ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2016	#40
liscense plate scanner	Travis_0004	Jul 2016	#42
Why would the Officer scan the license ... Do you think they scan all licenses or even at random? ..	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2016	#44
Some departments scan every liscense plate	Travis_0004	Jul 2016	#47
This message was self-deleted by its author	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2016	#49
About 70%	Travis_0004	Jul 2016	#50
IIRC Dylan Roof was nabbed by one of these plate scanners	citood	Jul 2016	#53
In a picture of dystopian equality, some departments have automatic scanners at stoplights	Recursion	Jul 2016	#61
What do you think cops are doing when they sit at the side of the road?	Corporate666	Jul 2016	#62
Oh, it has a lot to do with black or white	Recursion	Jul 2016	#65
expired and suspended are two very different things	Travis_0004	Jul 2016	#66
My license was actually revoked, but I told him it was "expired", and showed him my passport	Recursion	Jul 2016	#71
+1 ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2016	#84
If we want change, we need to address this:	lostnfound	Jul 2016	#63
She started the recording after he was shot, because he was shot. nt	tblue37	Jul 2016	#32
Oddly, the 31 times he was pulled over include parking violations.	Igel	Jul 2016	#59
It's crazy	malaise	Jul 2016	#60
But he was driving	metroins	Jul 2016	#2
But why was he pulled over?	Sanity Claws	Jul 2016	#3
I don't agree	metroins	Jul 2016	#5
But it turns out that his light was not broken and not out. It was just a fake excuse for	tblue37	Jul 2016	#31
fuckin wow, I've never read that... so the fuckin cop... fuckin wow... man died due to a lie	uponit7771	Jul 2016	#45
As Tom Jones was wont to sing, "It's not unusual. . . ."	tblue37	Jul 2016	#51
I'm guessing it depends on where you live	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2016	#6
It's a reason to get pulled over	bigwillq	Jul 2016	#7
Except the light wasn't out. nt	JTFrog	Jul 2016	#68
One of the last time I had a dead tailight	whistler162	Jul 2016	#27
I live in Minneapolis proper and I have never, NEVER seen anyone pulled over for a broken tail light	geardaddy	Jul 2016	#9
does FH have its own police force?	maxsolomon	Jul 2016	#12
Yes, FH has their own PD. If you read that MPD covered FH, it was crappy reporting.	geardaddy	Jul 2016	#13
okey doke	maxsolomon	Jul 2016	#14
Agreed. I don't trust suburban cops.	geardaddy	Jul 2016	#16
Stop this nonsense!	StoneCarver	Jul 2016	#23
My mistake. I went to the st Paul campus and I thought I saw cop cars with Falcon Heights on the sid	geardaddy	Jul 2016	#38
Could you clarify what you mean by "POC bs"?	etherealtruth	Jul 2016	#39
+1	geardaddy	Jul 2016	#52
Falcon Heights contracts with St. Anthony for police coverage.	Thor_MN	Jul 2016	#55
Saint Anthony PD actually polices Falcon Heights.	Scruffy1	Jul 2016	#82
White privilege is nice	SusanLarson	Jul 2016	#34
But here is an all too common scenario:	tblue37	Jul 2016	#35
I'm in double digits	bigwillq	Jul 2016	#4
This imo explains why she was so calm and rational - this was repeated abuse by cops.	Rex	Jul 2016	#8
Not only that, but	passiveporcupine	Jul 2016	#19
I don't know, that is a good question. Did he get shot once in the arm or four times?	Rex	Jul 2016	#20
Yeah, glad I was never a Mom	passiveporcupine	Jul 2016	#22
She did lose it, and her little girl tried to comfort her. It was heartbreaking.	vanlassie	Jul 2016	#33
I am in my mid-40s and I have been pulled over one time.	gollygee	Jul 2016	#10
Do you drive	metroins	Jul 2016	#24
I've driving with a broken tail light without being pulled over.	gollygee	Jul 2016	#25
I'm pretty sure	metroins	Jul 2016	#26
I am quite sure that they can discern NO driver information from license plates	etherealtruth	Jul 2016	#72
You're wrong.	metroins	Jul 2016	#73
Again, you are quite incorrect about driver information	etherealtruth	Jul 2016	#74
Again, not true	metroins	Jul 2016	#75
My gosh .... i can't believe you are sticking with this ....	etherealtruth	Jul 2016	#77
Question: How would a police officer know ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2016	#43
I think its pretty obvious (as implied by the poster) ....	etherealtruth	Jul 2016	#78
As has been pointed out, the broken light was a lie. nt	JTFrog	Jul 2016	#70
wow, you are lucky. I have been pulled over for fake reasons many times.	Vattel	Jul 2016	#83
cops from the northern suburbs bordering the city of Minneapolis are notoriously racist	geek tragedy	Jul 2016	#11
Just to clear Falcon Heights is a suburb of St. Paul	geardaddy	Jul 2016	#15
yes, correct. for some reason got it mixed up with Columbia Heights nt	geek tragedy	Jul 2016	#18
Understandable	geardaddy	Jul 2016	#37
we live in a upper middle class white area...my wife had this old beat up minivan....	dembotoz	Jul 2016	#21
Cops followed me for five minutes for driving while poor once.	MisterFred	Jul 2016	#30
His tail light was not out this time, but that was the excuse the cop gave for	tblue37	Jul 2016	#29
So here's where that's at.	Igel	Jul 2016	#64
I'm white they don't even ask for my license	gwheezie	Jul 2016	#36
It also helps that its not suspended	Travis_0004	Jul 2016	#48
Specious position seeing they don't know its suspended till they pull him over. The REASONS he's...	uponit7771	Jul 2016	#54
I used to live in kcmo	gwheezie	Jul 2016	#57
I was pulled over 23 times in the KC Metro area, one time the cop said my rims "look nice". It was..	uponit7771	Jul 2016	#46
DWB is very real	IL Lib	Jul 2016	#56
The Air freshener pull over happened to me, and also to a friend. We are both white.	bigwillq	Jul 2016	#58
Have you ever been stopped for having a licensed applied for sticker in the window of a new car?	IL Lib	Jul 2016	#81
The Daily Mail is a right-wing British tabloid	oberliner	Jul 2016	#67
I witnessed an intoxicated driver being pulled over...	HipChick	Jul 2016	#69
Blue lives matter claims	puffy socks	Jul 2016	#76
Ironically I was stopped last night	gwheezie	Jul 2016	#79
WCCO (CBS Minnesota) Reports Castile was stopped 52 times	neeksgeek	Jul 2016	#80

Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:47 PM

malaise (252,664 posts)

1. No wonder she was recording this

Bangs head on wall

If you stop me 31 times to harass me, am I a citizen?

Good fuggin' grief what did we do to white people? What the fuck did we do - wait we were dragged over in slave ships.

the astonishing scale of traffic stops which Castile had been subject to, 31 stops

1. No wonder she was recording this

17. Depends

28. No.

41. If your liscense is expired it will come up on their computer

40. Question: How would an Officer know he was driving without a license ...

42. liscense plate scanner

44. Why would the Officer scan the license ... Do you think they scan all licenses or even at random? ..

47. Some departments scan every liscense plate

50. About 70%

53. IIRC Dylan Roof was nabbed by one of these plate scanners

61. In a picture of dystopian equality, some departments have automatic scanners at stoplights

62. What do you think cops are doing when they sit at the side of the road?

65. Oh, it has a lot to do with black or white

66. expired and suspended are two very different things

71. My license was actually *revoked*, but I told him it was "expired", and showed him my passport

84. +1 ...

63. If we want change, we need to address this:

32. She started the recording after he was shot, because he was shot. nt

59. Oddly, the 31 times he was pulled over include parking violations.

60. It's crazy

2. But he was driving

3. But why was he pulled over?

5. I don't agree

31. But it turns out that his light was not broken and not out. It was just a fake excuse for

45. fuckin wow, I've never read that... so the fuckin cop... fuckin wow... man died due to a lie

51. As Tom Jones was wont to sing, "It's not unusual. . . ."

6. I'm guessing it depends on where you live

7. It's a reason to get pulled over

68. Except the light wasn't out. nt

27. One of the last time I had a dead tailight

9. I live in Minneapolis proper and I have never, NEVER seen anyone pulled over for a broken tail light

12. does FH have its own police force?

13. Yes, FH has their own PD. If you read that MPD covered FH, it was crappy reporting.

14. okey doke

16. Agreed. I don't trust suburban cops.

23. Stop this nonsense!

38. My mistake. I went to the st Paul campus and I thought I saw cop cars with Falcon Heights on the sid

39. Could you clarify what you mean by "POC bs"?

52. +1

55. Falcon Heights contracts with St. Anthony for police coverage.

82. Saint Anthony PD actually polices Falcon Heights.

34. White privilege is nice

35. But here is an all too common scenario:

4. I'm in double digits

8. This imo explains why she was so calm and rational - this was repeated abuse by cops.

19. Not only that, but

20. I don't know, that is a good question. Did he get shot once in the arm or four times?

22. Yeah, glad I was never a Mom

33. She did lose it, and her little girl tried to comfort her. It was heartbreaking.

10. I am in my mid-40s and I have been pulled over one time.

24. Do you drive

25. I've driving with a broken tail light without being pulled over.

26. I'm pretty sure

72. I am quite sure that they can discern NO driver information from license plates

73. You're wrong.

74. Again, you are quite incorrect about driver information

75. Again, not true

77. My gosh .... i can't believe you are sticking with this ....

43. Question: How would a police officer know ...

78. I think its pretty obvious (as implied by the poster) ....

70. As has been pointed out, the broken light was a lie. nt

83. wow, you are lucky. I have been pulled over for fake reasons many times.

11. cops from the northern suburbs bordering the city of Minneapolis are notoriously racist

15. Just to clear Falcon Heights is a suburb of St. Paul

18. yes, correct. for some reason got it mixed up with Columbia Heights nt

37. Understandable

21. we live in a upper middle class white area...my wife had this old beat up minivan....

30. Cops followed me for five minutes for driving while poor once.

29. His tail light was not out this time, but that was the excuse the cop gave for

64. So here's where that's at.

36. I'm white they don't even ask for my license

48. It also helps that its not suspended

54. Specious position seeing they don't know its suspended till they pull him over. The REASONS he's...

57. I used to live in kcmo

46. I was pulled over 23 times in the KC Metro area, one time the cop said my rims "look nice". It was..

56. DWB is very real

58. The Air freshener pull over happened to me, and also to a friend. We are both white.

81. Have you ever been stopped for having a licensed applied for sticker in the window of a new car?

67. The Daily Mail is a right-wing British tabloid

71. My license was actually revoked, but I told him it was "expired", and showed him my passport