[reaching for his wallet in a white supremacy system] Obedient Black Man Murdered by Overseer Cops in Minn.

question: Why is Trigger Happy Cop Standing on the passenger side of the car Asking the Passenger Questions Unrelated to the Stop for a Broken Taillight?

answer: Because passenger is Black and he is in a system of white supremacy. Unless Minnesota statutes require a passenger in a vehicle to carry a driver's license or another form of identification, demanding (passenger) Philando Castile to display his identification was probably an illegal seizure within the meaning of the 4th Amendment - as it is applied to white people. Since nothing the passenger did attributed to the liability of the driver for the broken taillight there is no legal basis to demand identification. In general passengers are free to refuse to provide identifying information. [MORE] White passengers that is.  

Once a lawful traffic stop has been made, it is certainly proper for the officer then to engage in "questioning the driver about the traffic violation," although often, as in this case, the officer's prior observations will have obviated the need for any interrogation to establish the existence of the traffic infraction.

question: Why is this frightened cop asking so many questions during a broken tailight stop and How Long Can a Traffic Stop Last For?

answer: Because the occupants are Black and they are in a system of white supremacy the stop can last forever and most judges and prosecutors will careless about it. What the fuck does the officer have to talk about during a taillight stop? He saw the taillight broke. No Investigation necessary. So no questions necessary. Check the driver's permit (so others remain safe on the road), give her the ticket & go fight real crime. In strict accordance with Terry v. Ohio, the Supreme Court has ruled that questioning during a traffic stop must be limited to the purpose of the traffic stop and thus may not be extended to other subjects. LOL. This rule is clearly only applicable to white folks and definitely rarely applied to Blacks & Latinos at night.

For whites the Supreme Court made it "clear" (i) that "an investigative detention must be temporary and last no longer than is necessary to effectuate the purpose of the stop," and also (ii) that "the investigative methods employed should be the least intrusive means reasonably available to verify or dispel the officer's suspicion in a short period of time." That is, the prosecution bears the burden of establishing that the stop was "sufficiently limited in scope and duration." [MORE]

In video above the Minnesota race soldier investigated and questioned passenger Mr. Castile for the rest of his lifetime. Why? 

As a part of the "routine traffic stop" in a white supremacy system, cops subject Black & Latino travelers to a criminal-history and outstanding-warrants records check on the driver and passengers; we are closely questioned about our identities, the reason for our travels, our intended destinations, and the like, and may be quizzed as to whether we have drugs on our persons or in the vehicle. The Black driver may be induced to submit to a full search of the vehicle, or a drug-sniffing dog may appear on the scene and check your car. The cops are often close to you, smelling you, your breath, looking at anything they can see in your car. Even compliant Blacks like Mr. Castille can be murdered anytime, anyplace in this racist system of vast unequal power. 

From [HERE] and [HERE]  and [HERE] White supremacy is racism and racism is white supremacy. 

1) Black Man 2) Red Shirt 3) At Store: Did White Cops Have a Lawful Basis to Stop Alton Sterling? [we are all Targeted - no need for details such as height, weight, build, complexion, age, hair length, hair style, etc]

Public Enemy. Although few particulars have been released - according to Baton Rouge police at an unknown time an anonymous man called 911 to report that a black man selling music CD’s outside the Triple S Food Mart on North Foster Drive, who was wearing a red shirt and had threatened him with a gun. Apparently when the man called he was no longer in any danger. Evidently, the caller gave no other information. So, the white cops were looking for a Black man with a red shirt hanging around the store. The black man had allegedly committed a felony threat and may have been armed (gun possession is legal in Louisiana). [MORE]  

When the two officers arrived about 12:35 a.m. at the store the 911 caller was not present. On seeing a black man (Sterling) with a red shirt the cops immediately confronted Mr. Sterling and ordered him to stop and answer questions. Sterling stopped. At that time he was not free to go which means he was legally detained or seized [within the meaning of the 4th Amendment]. 

In order for the police to stop you the Supreme Court has ruled that police must have reasonable articulable suspicion that there is criminal activity afoot and the person detained is involved in the activity. Police may not act on on the basis of an inchoate and unparticularized suspicion or a hunch - there must be some specific articulable facts along with reasonable inferences from those facts to justify the intrusion. With regard to an anonymous tip, the Supremes have said that apart from the tip the officers must have a reason[s] or facts to suspect an individual of illegal conduct AND police must have predictive information that can be corroborated. [MORE] and [MORE]. The Court has specifically said that an anonymous tip about alleged gun possession by itself will not justify a stop and frisk. [MORE]

In evaluating the legality of the stop all that matters is what the cops knew and what they saw at the time of the stop; that is, the first hand knowledge the police had in the present moment of the stop. A court will only consider what an officer observed or knew at the time of the stop. What cops subsequently learned from records checks, court records or from the media is not relevant to a 4th Amendment analysis. 

Here, the police acted on the basis of an anonymous complaint who had no personal face to face contact with police. Cops had no basis to know whether the information was reliable or honest. Prior to engaging Sterling, the cops did not talk to anyone else on the scene, such as the store manager (the owner of the store had no knowledge of an argument outside his store that led to the initial 911 call.). The cops had no idea of whether anyone else had heard the alleged threats or had seen a gun. They also had no information about the gun to know whether the caller saw an actual gun or just heard a threat about a gun. 

Upon approach the cops did not see a firearm or a funny bulge in the pants and Sterling did not make any unsual or threatening moves. Importantly, no emergency was going on, the victim was not present and Sterling was not engaged in criminal activity when cops arrived. Apparently when the police approached Sterling he did not run, back up or hide anything. In other words there was no consciousness of guilt. The cops also did not witness any predictive conduct based on information the caller provided - that is, apparently the police did not see Sterling selling any CD's or arguing with anyone. 

The information that was corroborated involved only innocent conduct - 1) black man - 2) with red shirt - 3) at store. Such information was also endlessly vague b/c it could fit the description of countless people each and any day. That is, the police had no other details from the anonymous caller such as height, weight, build, complexion, age, hair length, hair style, distinguishing characteristics, etc. At the time of the initial stop by cops, Sterling was not free to go and the cops had no warrant - based on this limited info and all the surrounding circumstances, this initial stop was unlawful within the meaning of the 4th Amendment. [And when the white cop tackled Sterling he was clearly under arrest. At that point in time what crime did the cops observe him commit - what was he under arrest for?]  

However, in reality such rules rarely apply to Blacks & Latinos. The 4th Amendment is just words on paper to us. In the system of white supremacy white prosecutors, judges and other governmental servants ratify or enable police conduct that amounts to various movement restrictions and identification measures. Basically, in a racist system of vast unequal power the Government can stop Blacks & Latinos whenever they want to. To whites, the means justify the result -  which is the opposite of purpose of the 4th Amendment. Cops would never get away with with doing this shit to white folks.

Mind as the Mediator. A mind that is filled with belief is a mind which can project anything according to that belief.' [pdf] White folks see what they want to see when Blacks are in sight. [Racist whites view Black males as inherently criminal and engage in various forms of self deception when they are in the presence of people of color.] The bullshit in their minds prevents them from seeing what is real. Would the white cops have this kind of reaction formation to a white man wearing a red shirt?  When those white cops saw Sterling and when many whites watch the videos no doubt they see a Black male - which to them is external phenomenon that triggers jealously, hatred and fear. The mere presence of a Black male is enough to water these seeds of anger and ignorance that are just below the surface with whites. These 2 white cops, fellow white cops, white prosecutors, white puppeticians running for office, white controlled media and white judges & jurors will see what they want to see in order to justify a white cop's right to practice white supremacy/racism. 

Looks Like Alton Sterling was Murdered: US Justification Department will blah blah blah [in Racist System You Can Be Legally Executed Anytime, Anyplace by White Cops]

Gun Control=Guns Only for Cops? White Cops Won't Confirm Whether He Had Gun. Refuse to Release their Video. Fingerprints? From [HERE] and [HERE] The Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation on Wednesday into the fatal shooting of a black man by the Baton Rouge police that was captured on video, as city and state leaders appealed to a city roiled by the killing to remain calm.

Two white officers were arresting Alton B. Sterling, 37, early Tuesday, and had him pinned to the ground when at least one of them shot him. There were indications that Mr. Sterling might have had a gun, but officials refused to say definitively whether he was armed. [ Why not confirm such a simple fact? Persons unconscious enough to murder also might tell lies or plant evidence.] 

The episode was partially captured on video. However, police confiscated the store’s surveillance footage that the store owner said would have captured every second of the violent death outside his store.

The shooting prompted protests, and relatives of Mr. Sterling, civic leaders and state lawmakers demanded an investigation independent of the Baton Rouge police.

“I have full confidence that this matter will be investigated thoroughly, impartially and professionally,” Gov. John Bel Edwards said in announcing the federal takeover of the case. “I have very serious concerns. The video is disturbing, to say the least.” Edwards is also white and he is a Democrat.

Officials identified the two officers as Blane Salamoni, who has been with the Police Department for four years, and Howie Lake II, with three years’ experience; both have been placed on administrative leave.

Mr. Salamoni is the son of Noel Salamoni, a captain in the department who is in charge of special operations, a fact that may have factored into the decision to turn matters over to the Justice Department. His mother, Melissa Salamoni, is a retired Baton Rouge police captain. [MORE]

The officers, who were interviewed Wednesday, both said they “believe they were completely justified in using deadly force,” East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore said at a press conference. Moore is also white. 

Searching for Justification. Local and state officials endorsed that the federal takeover of the case. ”We feel it is in the best interest of the Baton Rouge Police Department, the city of Baton Rouge and this community for this to happen,” the police chief, Carl Dabadie Jr., said. He is also white. 

There are multiple videos that may show the conflict with Mr. Sterling, in addition to the one recorded by a bystander that has been made public, Lt. Jonny Dunham, a Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman, said at a news conference. Mr. Jordan, the family lawyer, called on the police to release the videos, but Lieutenant Dunham said that for now, the department was providing them only to the federal authorities.

“We have in-car camera video footage, we have body camera video footage and there is video at the store,” Lieutenant Dunham said. Of the recordings from the body cameras the officers wore, he said: “That footage may not be as good as we hoped for. During the altercation those body cameras came dislodged.”

On Tuesday, a person called the police to report that a black man selling music CD’s outside the Triple S Food Mart on North Foster Drive, who was wearing a red shirt, had threatened him with a gun, the Police Department said. Two officers arrived and confronted him about 12:35 a.m.

In the cellphone video shot by a bystander Sterling was standing alone, his arms outstretched at his sides, when a police officer rushing Mr. Sterling onto the hood of the car and then tackling him to the ground. A second cop quickly joined and, moments later, Sterling lay bleeding to death from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and back.

He did not fight. He made no threats. He is dead and his young children are fatherless.

The store owner, Abdullah Muflahi, said he had known “the CD man” for six years and allowed him to sell his wares in front of the store. “They told him not to move,” Muflahi said, according to CNN. “He was asking them what he did wrong.”

As Sterling stood in the darkness with his arms outstretched at his sides, Muflahi said he saw an officer slam him onto the hood of a car. Both officers attempted to pin him to the ground. Sterling stumbled, but did not fight back.

[Looking for an Excuse.] “If you fucking move, I swear to God,” one cop was heard saying. At one point someone on the video can be heard saying, “He’s got a gun! Gun!” and one officer can be seen pulling his weapon. After some shouting, what sounds like gunshots can be heard and the camera shifts away.

The police have not said whether Mr. Sterling had a gun, but witnesses told reporters that they saw a handgun on the ground next to him [how convenient]. Mr. Jordan, the lawyer, said Mr. Sterling’s relatives were not aware of him owning a gun. 

William Clark, the coroner of East Baton Rouge Parish, said that Mr. Sterling had died at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and back. Lieutenant Dunham declined to say whether both officers fired their guns, or if either of them used an electric stun device on Mr. Sterling. No information about fingerprints on the gun or any information about the gun has been released. 

In a Twitter post early Wednesday, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson called the shooting a “legal lynching.”

Kimberly Lang, who knew Sterling, said she purchased CDs from time to time. And he “did not have a reputation for violence.” According to an Associated Press report, Lang contended that “If Sterling did have a gun on him, it was probably because he feared being robbed while peddling his CDs late at night — not because he was interested in threatening anyone.”

It should be noted that Louisiana is an open carry state. Possession of a firearm without a permit is permissible under state law, by anyone who is at least 17 years of age legally able to possess a firearm under state and federal law.

Causing traffic jams, lighting candles, praying to jesus or allah, singing songs, speech making and a whole bunch of other activities Blacks and Latinos engage in will never stop white supremacy. 

White Overseer [officer] said: "Its Our Job as Police to Harass the Public" - $10 Million Lawsuit Claims City of Winslow Responsible for Murder of Unarmed Indian Woman Gunned Down by Psychopathic Cop

The Psychopathic Racial Personality. 'In their relationship with non-whites, racists are psychopaths and their behavior reflects an underlying biologically transmitted proclivity with roots deep in their evolutionary history. The psychopath is an individual who is constantly in conflict with other persons or groups. He is unable to experience guilt, is completely selfish and callous, and has a total disregard for the rights of others.' [MORE]

From [HERE] The family of Loreal Tsingine, a 27-year-old Navajo woman killed in March by a Winslow police officer, on Friday filed a $10.5 million notice of claim against the city.

The claim alleges that Officer Austin Shipley [racist suspect in photo] violated Tsignine’s civil rights and contends the city “uniformly ignored warning signs that Austin Shipley was a threat to the public.”

"The city is responsible for Shipley's homicide because it was negligent in hiring, training, retaining, controlling and supervising Austin Shipley," the claim said.

"Shipley's record demonstrates that he does not exert self-restraint, does not obey law, and ignores orders. Personal feelings and animosity influence his actions and decisions. He is incapable of exerting his authority with courtesy required of servant of the people."

Tsingine was shot and killed on Easter Sunday by Shipley, a Winslow police officer responding to a report of shoplifting at a nearby Circle K. Shipley fired five shots from his firearm after Winslow police say Tsingine brandished a pair of scissors threateningly at him. The shooting spurred an outcry from members of the Navajo Nation, whose reservation borders Winslow, that Native Americans suffer systemic discrimination and excessive use of force at the hands of city police.

The wrongful-death claim names the city of Winslow, Police Chief Stephen Garnett and Shipley as defendants. Tiffany Robbins, Tsingine’s 8-year-old daughter, and Michael Tsingine, her husband, are the claimants. Robert Pastor, the attorney who filed the claim for the family, is seeking $8.5 million for Robbins and $2 million for Michael Tsingine.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety concluded its investigation into the shooting on June 10 and forwarded its findings to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for an independent prosecutorial review at the request of the Navajo County Attorney’s Office, said Raul Garcia, a DPS spokesman.

Shipley has been on paid administrative leave since March. Garnett is scheduled to retire in August.

The claim reviews two eyewitness accounts of Tsingine's shooting, along with police concerns about Shipley that were brought up during his officer training and after he was officially retained as an officer in September 2013.

One eyewitness saw Shipley, who was responding to a shoplifting call, grab Tsingine after he spotted her and got out of his patrol car. She was able to slip out of his grasp and walk away but turned around and faced the officer when he told her to stop, the claim said. The witness saw Shipley fire repeatedly at the woman.

Both eyewitnesses, who were several feet away, said Tsingine had nothing in her hands, the claim said.

According to the claim she posed no threat of death or serious bodily harm to Shipley and shooting her without warning was unreasonable, the claim said. 

“Shipley has a well-documented history of incompetence, insubordination, dishonesty, aggression and unreasonable use of force,” the claim said. Tsingine stood 5 feet tall and weighed less than 100 pounds. Shipley is over 6 feet tall and over 200 pounds.  

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enforcement of Traffic codes is really just about fucking with Black people and financing White Supremacy: New Study Finds that Cities with Most Blacks Collect the Most Fines

Have you checked your local traffic code lately? It is deeper than Atlantis - covering things you would expect like changing lanes without caution to prohibitions on having items like scent trees hanging from your rear view mirror. As pointed out by the Supreme Court, "total compliance with traffic and safety rules is nearly impossible, a police officer will almost invariably be able to catch any given motorist in a technical violation. This creates the temptation to use traffic stops as a means of investigating other law violations, as to which no probable cause or even articulable suspicion exists." [MORE] The "multitude of applicable traffic and equipment regulations is so large and so difficult to obey perfectly that virtually everyone is guilty of violation, permitting the police to single out almost whomever they wish for a stop." [MORE] 

Since the 1980's police departments have co-opted local traffic codes as a major weapon to be used in the alleged "war on drugs." Making stops whose sole legal justification is traffic regulation in order to seek out drugs when grounds are lacking to detain for a narcotics investigation. [MORE]

We should adjust that. The so-called war on drugs was/is really a war against non-white people. Now that crime has significantly declined and the drug trade is far removed from the open air market, violent, Rayful Edmond money-making days of the late 80's - 90's, you can really see what these traffic codes are really about – fucking with Black people. Thousands of mostly white cops from overbudgeted police departments, armed to the teeth, bored out of their minds with no real crime going on, target Blacks - pulling them over for any insubstantial thing. There are too many overseers wherever Blacks and Latino are and they are policing you. With the "war on drugs" policy justification losing credibility, the racist logic is plain to see; "there is no innocent Black male, just Black male criminals who have not yet been detected, apprehended or convicted." [MORE]

After Michael Brown was murdered by a white Ferguson cop the Justice Department concluded that the mistrust between the police and the community primarily resulted from excessive fining. “Ferguson’s law enforcement practices are shaped by the City’s focus on revenue rather than by public safety needs,” the report read. The use of fines to fund the government undermined “law enforcement legitimacy among African Americans in particular.” 

Ferguson has a population of just over 20,000 that is 67% African American, and it raised over $2 million from fines and fees in 2012. This accounted for around 13% of all government revenue, and a disproportionate amount of this money came from the African American population.

Priceomics asked "Is Ferguson an anomaly?" Answer of course is no, not in a system of white supremacy. No statistics are necessary - your own personal experience will do. But for your reading pleasure they made the following findings;

From [HERE] "Using the U.S. Census’s Survey of Local and State Finances, we investigated the proportion of revenues that cities typically receive from fines, as well as the characteristics of cities that rely on fines the most. What are these cities like? Are they rich or poor? In certain parts of the country? Heavily Black or White?

We found one demographic that was most characteristic of cities that levy large amounts of fines on their citizens: a large African American population. Among the fifty cities with the highest proportion of revenues from fines, the median size of the African American population—on a percentage basis—is more than five times greater than the national median.

Surprisingly, we found that income had very little connection to cities’ reliance on fines as a revenue source. Municipalities that are overwhelming White and non-Hispanic do not exhibit as much excessive fining, even if they are poor.

Our analysis indicates that the use of fines as a source of revenue is not a socioeconomic problem, but a racial one. The cities most likely to exploit residents for fine revenue are those with the most African Americans.

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