I mean I guess the video doesnt really show the full context of the stop. We have no idea if Wright had the freshener up but took it down after he was first pulled over. I dont really see the lack of air freshener in the video as a major piece of evidence against the narrative about this arrest.
For most of the day, after watching the video, I've just been of the opinion Wright was getting jammed up a bit by the cops but nothing would have happened to him until he fought off the handcuffs and dove back into his car. Then Officer Wrongtaser came in with her firearm instead of a taser and shot him. Wright created a situation that justified escalation in force and, in that situation, the officer screwed up. Open and shut manslaughter. Everybody screwed up to some degree here. Nobody's a winner in this case.
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 mean I guess the video doesnt really show the full context of the stop. We have no idea if Wright had the freshener up but took it down after he was first pulled over. I dont really see the lack of air freshener in the video as a major piece of evidence against the narrative about this arrest.
For most of the day, after watching the video, I've just been of the opinion Wright was getting jammed up a bit by the cops but nothing would have happened to him until he fought off the handcuffs and dove back into his car. Then Officer Wrongtaser came in with her firearm instead of a taser and shot him. Wright created a situation that justified escalation in force and, in that situation, the officer screwed up. Open and shut manslaughter. Everybody screwed up to some degree here. Nobody's a winner in this case.
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.