It hasn't really been debunked though. People shouldn't treat not seeing an air freshener in a body cam video (taken halfway through the traffic stop) as evidence disproving that as the reason he was pulled over. That's bad logic. Maybe the air freshener was entirely irrelevant to the stop. It doesn't matter. What matters primarily is that the officer thought she was tazing a suspect but she was actually pulling out her service pistol. Doesn't really matter if the police had a great reason to stop Wright (i.e. he was driving a stolen car) or a bad reason (i.e. he had an air freshener hanging from his rear view).
My entire point is that none of the air freshener stuff is even relevant to what happens next in this case. What's relevant is that Wright initiated a struggle with police (which is a dumb idea even if the cops are pulling you over for a dumb reason) and then the cop shot Wright when she meant to take him (which basically satisfies any requirement to charge and convict her of manslaughter). All of that being said, arguing about the air freshener and acting like whether or not there was an air freshener is supremely relevant to this case or somehow puts Wright at greater fault is pointless.
I'm not at all saying the air freshener thing wasn't a Twitter rumor. I'm saying if it has been debunked, present your evidence, and if there being an air freshener or not is somehow relevant to the shooting, elaborate. Stop getting ass blasted at me for asking questions and pointing out objective facts about this incident. I'm not trying to hurt your feelings. I'm trying to fairly evaluate this case and all relevant information.
FFS, will you give up on the air freshener thing?! Once again, it has already been debunked! He was pulled over because of his expired license plate!
It hasn't really been debunked though. People shouldn't treat not seeing an air freshener in a body cam video (taken halfway through the traffic stop) as evidence disproving that as the reason he was pulled over. That's bad logic. Maybe the air freshener was entirely irrelevant to the stop. It doesn't matter. What matters primarily is that the officer thought she was tazing a suspect but she was actually pulling out her service pistol. Doesn't really matter if the police had a great reason to stop Wright (i.e. he was driving a stolen car) or a bad reason (i.e. he had an air freshener hanging from his rear view).
My entire point is that none of the air freshener stuff is even relevant to what happens next in this case. What's relevant is that Wright initiated a struggle with police (which is a dumb idea even if the cops are pulling you over for a dumb reason) and then the cop shot Wright when she meant to take him (which basically satisfies any requirement to charge and convict her of manslaughter). All of that being said, arguing about the air freshener and acting like whether or not there was an air freshener is supremely relevant to this case or somehow puts Wright at greater fault is pointless.
STFU, idiot - it absolutely has been debunked! It was a stupid Twitter rumor from the beginning.
I'm not at all saying the air freshener thing wasn't a Twitter rumor. I'm saying if it has been debunked, present your evidence, and if there being an air freshener or not is somehow relevant to the shooting, elaborate. Stop getting ass blasted at me for asking questions and pointing out objective facts about this incident. I'm not trying to hurt your feelings. I'm trying to fairly evaluate this case and all relevant information.