To many in the MSM, he was an“unarmed” man who was brutally murdered by poorly trained Los Angeles police officers:
LA police begin internal investigation into fatal shooting of unarmed homeless black man by 3 officers: http://t.co/e6u8QA7leX
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 2, 2015
Unarmed homeless man shot dead by LAPD: http://t.co/PTwYBJ609Q #inners
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) March 3, 2015
Marchers walking from where unarmed homeless man was shot and killed to LAPD headquarters. #LAPDshooting
— Stephanie Elam (@StephanieElam) March 3, 2015
Right now on @tvonetv #NewsOneNow, we air the video of LAPD officers shooting an unarmed homeless man. Was the use of deadly force justified
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) March 3, 2015
At 6; Details are coming out in the shooting of an unarmed homeless man on Skid Row in Los Angeles. Listen live: http://t.co/cRyBhFrajS
— Newsradio 1020 KDKA (@KDKARadio) March 3, 2015
A video shows the LAPD fatally shooting an unarmed homeless man on Skid Row: http://t.co/VF7Btevo2T #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/gyTgAiJORn
— BET (@BET) March 2, 2015
Many Americans on here staunchly defending LAPD's shooting of unarmed homeless man. Every non-American horrified.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 2, 2015
LAPD cops fatally shot an unarmed homeless man during an altercation. (WARNING: graphic video) http://t.co/4A0Iz69BCh pic.twitter.com/IrbMH1tUsy
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) March 2, 2015
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Here’s something the “real reporters” in the MSM fail to mention: the “unarmed” victim may not have been unarmed:
FTR, if you grab a cop’s gun you are no longer “unarmed.”
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 2, 2015
Also, it turns out this wasn’t his first brush with the law.
Via the New York Daily News:
A homeless man shot dead by Los Angeles cops was a French crook who once knocked off a bank to finance his Hollywood dreams, according to a report.
Charley Saturmin Robinet, 39, was busted in 2000 for the violent holdup of a Wells Fargo branch, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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Robinet grew impatient and smashed the teller in the face with a gun, opening a gash that required four stitches, the Los Angeles Daily News reported.
Here’s his mugshot:
The Los Angeles Times quotes sources saying Robinet was a “French national.” Here is a list of crimes that make an immigrant deportable. Why was he still in our country?
Update via FRANCE 24:
Robinet “acknowledged being an illegal immigrant.”
Update:
Breaking: French consulate tells me man known as Charley Saturmin Robinet wasn't a French national, had stolen man's ID to get into U.S.
— Kate Mather (@katemather) March 4, 2015
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