Commercial, vehicle ‘crimes’ on Castile’s rap sheet aren’t moral evils at all

Immediately after police shoot down a citizen, departments and the press begin an effort to discredit the victim by exposing his criminal past, as if a rap sheet suggests that he merited his death in a hail of gunfire. Philando Castile’s death, livestreamed on Facebook by his girlfriend, is less grievous after we learn about his supposed record. By David Tulis / AM 1240 Hot News Talk Radio Two days after his death, The Daily Mail in Great Britain publishes an overwrought well-illustrated account with a headline tells us that Mr. Castile “had been pulled over at least 31 times … Continue reading Commercial, vehicle ‘crimes’ on Castile’s rap sheet aren’t moral evils at all