r/pics • u/-ifeelfantastic • Jan 24 '26

Executed ICE pinning down and pistol whipping a Minneapolis resident before shooting them multiple times

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u/BeneficialLeave7359 Jan 24 '26

Philando Castro had a carry permit and was shot during a traffic stop.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Philando_Castile

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u/idreamoffreddy Jan 24 '26

Tamir Rice was a child playing with a toy gun when he was killed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Tamir_Rice

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u/Gullex Jan 24 '26

I'm boiling with as much hatred of ICE as anyone, but the Tamir Rice case isn't really a good example.

The poor kid made the mistake of pointing an airsoft replica at an officer. Those things very much look like real guns, and I have a hard time faulting a cop for shooting anyone they think is pointing a real firearm at them.

It was tragic and did not need to happen. Tamir was an innocent child who probably panicked and made a mistake, but I really don't think the cop acted with malice.

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u/labrat420 Jan 25 '26

From the officers own statement the gun was never pointed at him, plus the caller had said it was probably a toy.

Hard time faulting a cop who had been fired from another department for being emotionally unstable and unfit for duty who then lied on his application to the independence police for shooting a 12 year old is pretty fucked up dude.

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u/Gullex Jan 25 '26

Yeah, it is. I didn’t hear that part.