New York Times: “Mr. Castile’s death from a police shooting during a traffic stop in suburban St. Paul earlier this month is seen by many as an illustration of the disproportionate risks black motorists face.”
Wow, that sounds horrible. Why are so many black motorists getting pulled over by police? Perhaps Philando Castile’s record can tell us something?
But Mr. Castile did not follow his mother’s advice to lodge an official complaint about biased policing, possibly because he drove for six consecutive years without a valid license, as officers would quickly discover after they pulled him over.
In his first six years as a driver, Mr. Castile received nearly two dozen tickets, mostly for driving without insurance or with a suspended license. He managed to keep getting his license reinstated until late 2007, when it was revoked for a lack of insurance.
