I've gone back and forth on whether to engage with an obvious troll. And, against my better judgment...here we go.

Philando Castile had been pulled over 52 times in 14 years for minor traffic violations.

So, let's talk about that. Black folks have been saying for years, "We are being unfairly targeted in traffic stops." Now we have a case where it is obvious a black man had been unfairly targeted for traffic stops, and people are using that targeting to justify his murder. So, he was treated unfairly by cops for 14 years, and then he was murdered by a cop, and to make white folks feel better about it, they say, "Well, he was no angel. Look at all these times he was stopped for traffic citations."

I'm a white middle-aged man. I travel a lot, all over the country. I've been driving with an expired vehicle registration for nearly a year (mostly because I was out of the state, and not required to re-register until I got back...though I've stretched the bounds of that loophole, and you can be pulled over in many states for having expired registration, even from out of state). I don't have a license plate on the front of my ugly old truck, as required by law in the state where my vehicle is registered. I've probably got other violations going on, too; I'm towing a 34 year old travel trailer. I'm sure it's got something wrong that could be interpreted to be a violation (it passed inspection, but that was nearly two years ago, and a cop that wanted to be an asshole could probably find something questionable). Nonetheless, I don't fear for my life, even with all of these factors.

Finally, in most jurisdictions, a traffic citation is not considered a criminal matter. Having traffic tickets is not a criminal record otherwise we'd all be criminals. I've got a dozen traffic stops and speeding tickets in my past...when I drove a shiny new 350Z, I got stopped a half dozen times in three years.

Having a concealed carry permit in most states means you have passed a criminal background check. Police officers know this. It should make them more relaxed to know they're interacting with someone who has had safety training, gotten a background check, and qualified for a concealed carry permit. In Texas, having a concealed carry permit allows you to bypass security checkpoints and metal detectors at some government buildings.

Regardless of all of that: I don't care if someone has committed crimes. Police cannot execute them. That is not how our justice system works. It is a crime for police officers to execute people, no matter what crimes that person has committed in the past (though, again, it is utter disgusting bullshit to suggest Castile was a criminal). Police officers who cannot keep their cool when interacting with an extremely calm auto driver should not be out there on patrol, putting innocent people at risk. Officers and departments need to be held responsible for putting dangerous, unpredictable, people on the street.

So, fuck off with your shitty demeaning racist trolling. (That's what I really wanted to say, but I figured it'd be better to explain why your trolling is dishonest to people who might not immediately grasp the subtleties of the polite racism you're throwing down.)