Prominent black NRA defender criticizes ruling in Philando Castile case

[Eugene]

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Source: The Guardian

Prominent black NRA defender criticizes ruling in Philando Castile case

Colion Noir says Friday ruling that police officer Jeronimo Yanez would not be charged in the death of Castile is ‘just wrong’ and ‘covert racism is a real thing’

Lois Beckett
Tuesday 20 June 2017 14.44 BST

Two days after Philando Castile was shot dead by a police officer during a traffic stop, the National Rifle Association issued a statement.

Castile’s death was “troubling”, the group said, adding that it supported the right of law-abiding Americans to carry firearms, no matter their race. “Rest assured,” the statement added, “the NRA will have more to say once all the facts are known.”

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However, the group’s most prominent black commentator, Colion Noir, is speaking out about the decision.

“Yanez walking away from this case a free and clear man is just wrong,” Noir wrote in an impassioned online post on Sunday. Though he despised “race-baiting”, Noir wrote, “covert racism is a real thing and is very dangerous.

“Philando Castile should be alive today. I don’t feel (Yanez) woke up that day wanting to shoot a black person. However, I keep asking myself, would he have done the same thing if Philando were white?”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/20/philando-castile-shooting-nra-response-colion-noir

[JI7]

1. the NRA will have more to say once all the facts are known.

fuck them.

noir should also ask himself if the nra would react differently if philando was white.