Philando Castille Research Paper

A man named Philando Castille lived in Saint Paul,Minnesota where he worked as a nutrition supervisor at an elementary school. The young man was 32 years old and was soon approaching his 33rd birthday. He was known for having a lively bond with the children giving them handshakes as he saw them and sneaking extra snacks to them. Along with his love for his own 4 year old daughter. Before being involved with this terrible circumstance Mr.Castille had police encounters before. He was convicted of several petty misdemeanors. He had also been stopped by the police on numerous occasions that spanned in between 40 & 50 times since he was 19. A lot of people conclude that the reason he was stopped was due to racial profiling. Racial profiling brings out the myth in the situation. He nor was his girlfriend turned out to be the culprits …show more content…
If you type in Philando Castile’s name the word shooting is almost followed. When you click on images there is pictures of Mr.Castille before his death, pictures of his girlfriend, his bloody assassination photo along with other angles of it, and other victims that have died due to police brutality. When we are shown the still shot it is cropped to be on Mr.Castille’s torso and head as he lie back. You see him in what it looks like a crippled state. The pain of the bullets left his body uncontrollable to his own self. His gaze appears to be stuck off into the distance. Most likely getting his last view of the world until his vision fades away. The image may have been cropped this way to show the seriousness up close for a normal man wearing regular clothes having his life taken.Cropping at this angle may be due to this being the most suitable to show from a video. It may have been cropped in this way to simply show a pictures of the wounded victim. We may never know why but what we do know is that we look, or we don’t, or we would rather others do the