State Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Phil Willon
July 13, 2016 – 9:51 P.M.
California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris on Wednesday said that Philando Castile, who was shot and killed by a Minnesota police officer during a traffic stop last week, would be alive today had he been white.
Harris, a candidate for U.S. Senate, made the comment to Jake Tapper on CNN.
Tapper noted that Castile had been pulled over by police on 52 separate occasions before the shooting. Tapper asked Harris if she agreed with Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton that Castile’s race factored into why he was shot.
“I think that there’s no question … that based on the facts as I know it that he would not be dead,” Harris said. “That officer perceived him differently.”
Castile’s death, along with the fatal police shooting of another African American man in Louisiana, Alton Sterling, triggered a wave of protests nationwide. That included a rally in Dallas on Thursday night, when a gunman killed five officers and wounded nine others. Harris called the Dallas shooting a “massacre.”
Oh so racist harris is now second guessing the cops?
Big YAWN for you Kamela.
Another liberal speaks and shows her ass to everyone.
Good job!
Well there goes my vote. Saying what is politically correct just to get the vote. Maybe she should spend a little more time investigating the CFS case instead of mouthing off about crap she does not have all of the correct information about. No better yet why don’t we put a uniform on her and let her handle calls like this.
Give us your brilliant idea of what you would have done. Go to a man with a gun call and as you can see tell him numerous times to comply with you and he refuses. Then taze him and that has no effect. Well Ms. AG now what. Oh yea maybe at this point they need to turn around and say “alley alley ump some free” I guess we have to leave now so take care sir.
I didn’t believe that Kamala Harris could say anything that would make me less likely to vote for her than I already was, but she was up to the challenge.
She and Mike Ramos seem to be in a competition to see who can be a bigger disgrace to the profession. Mike still leads, but with comments like this, Kamala is catching up.
There goes your vote? Really? Like you were ever going to vote for her? Nobody believes you. You’re just lyin’.
Good one. Let’s put you in that cop’s position for just one second. If you didn’t shit yourself then I would allow you to make those Statements. If you think this has a single thing to do with race you are wrong lady! Walk the walk for a day and then make that statement.
Joe you walked in those shoes on paper ONLY.
Your last to always arrive on scene isn’t walking in anyone’s shoes. Indicative of a yellow strip down your back.
YOU will allow?
You have to prove you can stop first.
You remind me of that Corporal in Saving Private Ryan. The one who froze up every time a shot was fired. Couldn’t muster enough courage to bring ammo to those who needed it.
That fits you perfect based on numerous observations.
Didn’t you carry a white hood in your briefcase back in the day? Or was that depends when you shit yourself?
Harris is just perpetuating the stereotype about her fellow blacks, namely that they are stupid and racist.
OMG I agree with James Mills! I certainly never saw that coming….
#4, I remember I asked you a long time ago if you thought the Ca AG’s office was corrupt, or did you think they were simply believing Ramos. I was wondering because of a situation I was involved in. I think the answer has been made clear.
gab, if you are voting for Kamala Harris, I suggest you look into that further. Whether or not one likes Sanchez, Kamala should be thrown out of her current position from her office’s shenanigans, not rewarded with a better job. I don’t care how good looking Obama thinks she is or how much Ramos likes to hug her, she has not done her job.
Anonymous # 9:
My opinion is that Attorney General Jerry Brown believed everything District Attorney Mike Ramos told him about The Colonies case, and did no research or independent investigation.
He was campaigning for Governor at the time, and likely embraced the opportunity to grandstand at a press conference. What better opportunity than to announce “the most appalling corruption case in decades, certainly in the history of San Bernardino County and maybe California itself.”
This does not make him corrupt, and I do not believe that he was.
Attorney General Kamala Harris is another story.
She inherited The Colonies case and continued to prosecute it, which does not necessarily make her corrupt. However, her relationship with Mike Ramos, who I do believe is corrupt, provides definite guilt by association.
A Superior Court judge forced her to dismiss the ridiculous felony charges that Mike Ramos brought against Neil Derry, charges that an educated 12 year old could recognize as selective and politically motivated.
But then she sent a Deputy DA to unsuccessfully argue against Mr. Derry’s probation ending, wasting a lot of resources and taxpayer money that could have been spent prosecuting real crime.
That was the step that demonstrated her despicable allegiance to Mike Ramos, and solidified my opinion that she is corrupt.
#10, when I asked you your opinion Harris had already become AG. At the time your answer gave her office the benefit of the doubt. I find it interesting to watch people’s opinions and comments evolve with new information.
My opinion now is her office is absolutely corrupt. I get this from my own experience and then watching this all unfold. I don’t like the misleading of the Grand Jury by omitting important facts. This is a big case, she had to have been briefed, especially considering her huggy connection to Ramos. There is no excuse for that. I also agree about Mr. Derry’s situation, it is a shame he pled guilty, but he probably understood the repercussions of fighting them. Look at how much time this case has taken from people’s lives.