There are some similarities — and some differences — in these two shootings and in the lives of the black men who were shot. While the Black Lives Matter (BLM) crowd has focused on only the similarities that serve its purpose (both men were black, while none of the officers involved was black), they have avoided the similarities that are both most obvious and most important:
• Both men were suspects in crimes involving the threat of lethal force.
• Both men were armed.
• Both men refused to comply with officers' commands.
In the previous article mentioned above, this writer detailed each of these points in the shooting of Alton Sterling. What has not been widely reported — and has, in fact, been largely ignored by the mainstream media — is that all of the above points apply equally to Philando Castile.
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