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Me and my wife were pulled over by a police officer in PA turnpike on my way to NJ, mine was a brand new car, I was driving. He asked for my DL and registration, due to some reason I kept registration in a bag inside the trunk, I informed this to the police officer and with his permission went to the back of the car and opened the trunk and opened the bag, all this time the police officer had his hands on his Gun which was in the holster. I was not black nor was I white and I am still alive!

It is very disturbing to have seen that video. She is a very brave girl! My heart goes out to #Castile family. I hope the little girl recovers from the trauma and also Justice is served for that lady. That police officer has to get Jail Sentence.

Thank you Mark Zuckerberg. My heart goes out to the young lady and the family. Seeing that video on facebook made it real to alot of people including myself. No one should die like that. I cant even imagine. Diamond is strong. Most people would have completely lost their mind including myself. Having 3 brother's, and so many nephews, these incidents can drain your spirit. Been in prayer all day.
Thank you for speaking out on this and on all the others who went and still going through this. My family, facebook friends have all been helping eachother try to deal with this and praying for us all.

Thank you for your vision. Facebook continues to keep us connected and keeps us sensitive and humane in the world we live in. We all want a better world for our children. Thank you! God bless you and your family!

If you truly believe Black Lives Matter then why do you allow your platform to continuously silence Black voices, most recently the Kinfolk Kollective page or Son of Baldwin's postings? Neither has promoted anything radical beyond valuing Black lives.

You need to have sensitivity training in your corporation and a re-working of the algorithm you use.

Take down the Black Lives Matter sign if you are going to continue to silence Black voices and delegitimize Black thought. You are only a facade that supports bigotry at this point.

Facebook does do some positive things for the community. I feel bad for all parties involved. I understand the black lives matter movement, and how upset they must be. But someone posted a picture of a police officer with a knife stuck in his throat with a black man standing over him. It was reported to Facebook as inappropriate. Their response was that it wasn't? I think Zuckerburg has his own agenda for his company. I also think he is a coward piece of shit.

As an American I'm truly discouraged by the message you continue to spread. You're not nearly as powerful as you and many others seem to think. The Black Lives Matter hate group that you continue to support is a joke and responsible for the deaths of the officers in Dallas. You, among many others wear their blood on your hands. You are part of the this growing epidemic in this country and you should be embarrassed of yourself. For all of you that think the police are racist, please, I beg you, do not ever call them in your time of need, whatever it may be. In all reality, I know that you will. Why? Because y'all are hypocrites. As much as you hate the police, they will still come in your time of need because that is what they do. They don't run away when danger calls. Shame on Zuckerberg! Shame on Facebook! Shame on all of you race baiting so called Americans!! GOD LOVES US ALL!! ALL LIVES MATTER!!!

"My thoughts are also with all members of the Facebook community who are deeply troubled by these events."

Perhaps you can put this thought to action and train your staff to not frequently silence Facebook pages by and for people of color.

The Kinfolk Collective and Son of Baldwin have both been put on notice by Facebook for Terms of Service violations when they have provided a valuable outlet to communities of color. These are the spaces where we've had a space to express our frustrations with the many facets of racism. Usually the people who report these violations are the very people who perpetuate the silence that racism has been able to hide behind for so long.

Anything ending with loss of life is certainly a tragedy. It brings cause for heartfelt sympathy for the loved ones left behind. With this, I agree. With the rest, I cannot yet say that I do, not until I have heard BOTH sides and all the facts of this story. There are more questions than answers right now. For those who immediately condemn the officer, you have never walked in his shoes. Don’t be so quick to judge.
A society that reacts so strongly and quickly to what they hear, without knowing the truth is an ignorant and easily manipulated society. The officers involved are people too, they have loved ones and deserve the opportunity to justify their actions before they themselves are judged, not by you but by a jury of their peers. I say, save your judgment, express your grief and concern for the loved ones left behind, and leave behind the hate for it blinds us from the truth.
What light does this shed, which millions are in fear of what I ask. Is it the millions who fear the police or the millions who fear the police can’t protect them?
Has anyone asked themselves this question: If I were pulled over by the police and the officer, with his weapon pointed directly at me, repeatedly tells me to keep my hands where he can see them; would I do as he has instructed or ignore him and put my hands somewhere he cannot see them, such as a pocket? Does it really matter what you reach for at this point?
“When you judge someone, you are not defining who they are, you defining who you are”

Com ênfase nas palavras :My heart goes out to the Castile family and all the other families who have experienced this kind of tragedy. My thoughts are also with all members of the Facebook community who are deeply troubled by these events.

In truth,we all did learn a lesson from that live post on how racism is still in exist. And how black lives are not treated more valuable than they should. But I believe because of that live post it help encourage the attacks of 11 police officers being shot. Including 5 deaths of innocent police officers. I believe if the Facebook post didn't go Live these attackers would not be as violent and angry as they were. And they might've not gone ahead with the shootings. Sometimes things are best hidden.

All lives matter! American' need to stop killing each other! This is a post a white cops teenage daughter wrote : From the heart of a WHITE cops daughter: You want to know fear? Watch the news while your dad is putting on his uniform. Watch him leave the house wearing nothing but a vest and a gun, and that's his only form of physical protection. You want to talk about unfair? Read the posts of people who want revenge....who are saying ALL white cops are racists. And want ALL white cops DEAD. And the unfair part is....you know your dad is far from that. But at the end of the day, he's WHITE. So, he's mixed in with everyone! I watched him go to pieces when he tried to save the life of a black child and adult! I see him tired, worn out, scared, stressed....all for that thin blue line that he proudly wears. You want to know my greatest fear? That MY dad. will lose his life because he's a white cop. People are saying that cops don't serve and protect....MINE does. And he would, without fear or hesitation sacrifice his OWN life for someone else....black, white, purple or blue! That's the kind of man he is. That's the kind of heart he has. So, please...when you make your assumption, consider the percentage of cops that AREN'T bad. Pray for them. Their wives. Their children. It's not easy being a good guy in a bad world. The blood of JESUS and the prayers of your kids covers you. Continue to walk in integrity, and wear your badge with pride. You daughter has your back!

Thank You for being you.. Your mind goes places and you create things that are changing our world. We all can experience both negative and positive situations through Facebook😄I applaud you keep it up! It is touching to read this 😢

Why so much violence? And if the black woman at the Trump rally would have been WHITE and surrounded by a group of BLACK men pushing her around on camera the way the white jerks did, ALL of the BLACK men would have been put in JAIL. WHY is it OK for white men to harass a black woman? I hope that somewhere along the road of life, those men meet KARMA, cause it IS a bitch.

THE TEXT OF ROBERT KENNEDY'S IMPROMPTU SPEECH THAT PREVENTED A NIGHT OF VIOLENCE

"I have some very sad news ... and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and killed tonight.
Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between his fellow human beings, and he died in the cause of that effort.
"In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in.
"For those of you who are black—considering the evidence there evidently is that there were white people who were responsible--you can be filled with bitterness, with hatred, and a desire for revenge. We can move in that direction as a country, in great polarization--black people amongst black, white people amongst white, filled with hatred toward one another.
"Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to understand and to comprehend, and to replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand compassion and love.
"For those of you who are black and are tempted to be filled with hatred and distrust at the injustice of such an act, against all white people, I can only say that I can also feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. I had a member of my family killed, but he was killed by a white man.
"But we have to make an effort in the United States, we have to make an effort to understand, to go beyond these rather difficult times.
"My favorite poet was Aeschylus. He wrote: "In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God."
"What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness; but love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.
"So I shall ask you tonight to return home, to say a prayer for the family of Martin Luther King, that's true, but more importantly to say a prayer for our own country, which all of us love--a prayer for understanding and that compassion of which I spoke.
"We can do well in this country. We will have difficult times; we've had difficult times in the past; we will have difficult times in the future. It is not the end of violence; it is not the end of lawlessness; it is not the end of disorder.
But the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life, and want justice for all human beings who abide in our land.
"Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
Let us dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our country and for our people."

As much as we are all fond of facebook and all of this connection, it may be the vehicle that pushes our country into civil war too. This type of power comes with great responsibility.

I am a proud black South African,and yeah I'm writing this comment in SA. You know everytime i hear or read about something of this nature my blood boils up,i can not just ignore because it occurred in a country very far away from me, but as a black kid,i feel the need to voice out my thought. People when are we going to come to term with the fact that all life matters, whether black or white, we all human, really it breaks my heart to see such a tragic event occur in this generation. And it baffles me to see some racist comments on this post on too, this is to prove to us that we are going backwards as a society, yet we sing "forward we go". May God be with this family and all affected by this tragedy, i pray for healing and forgiveness. We are all human and equal, therefore let us treat each other equally so.#RacismMustFall #RIPPhilandoCastile

Altho this was a tragic event lets remember that their are other children that use facebook and they should not see this kind of things for it to give them nightmeres. This is not the place for this to be viewed.

You have given a voice and a picture to many who had never had it. You have given us a way to immediately show the world of what our reality really is like. It's not picture perfect it's colorful but not always in the lines. It's gotten messy. We used to wish we had a way to show the world the truth immediately. You have made it possible. Thank you!

In the face of truth and video and sound people MUST acknowledge what has been going on for years in the dark. Thank you!

We should have a eye in the sky at all times. This would help lady justice herself I a swift and precise way!

Thank you for your acknowledgement of what we see! Thank you for connecting me to Mr. Sterling and Mr Castile's families!

Continue to be strong! We stand as one with you!

Your words should be heard by everyone. I love your sincere thoughts and concerns. I feel the same way. May your forum of Facebook be used for kindness and bring these issues to the forefront to bring solitude and forgiveness to everyone.

I really admire your humanitarian way of being ... In a world where "important people" forget about "real life" of the 99% rest of the world ... Amazes me !

As I am amazed as how this facebook plataform has showed of the huge anger we collectively carry on... Its tough ! this NEW way of expressing our thoughts, its difficult to see that the 99% have no clue what to do with a mind/emotion behind a screen as well

.... Intercessory pray comes to me early in the morning, about 3am. I get up and pray for those I know and for those I don't know. The Lord has shown me many things. Things I didn't understand. Last night, He walked me through the Old Testament. Each book one by one and at each moment when it was ordered for young male children to be murdered. He said, "Pray".....Today, Every black male that crossed my path, I prayed for. I prayed for every male friend they have and those they come across. I sat down and wrote every Senator and Congressman in my District and the State and scheduled an appointment to actually meet with them. I don't care if it's only 2 minutes, in 2 minutes my voice gets to be heard. Some will say that won't do anything but I have to do what's in my heart.... Let your heart lead you...A Few days ago, I visited a home that use to house slaves that came and hid during the Underground Railroad. I sat in that room and could here the cries. When I go to the beach, I look out upon the water and also pray for the souls of those who choose freedom in death on slave ships. We have a legacy of honor that is slipping away if we don't take a stand. To my mother Dr Johnnie Stallings with whom the Lord told 35 years ago to pray for black men. Today, I carry that burden with her. Only God can change the evil in men's hearts.

Within minutes of posting my following post on facebook regarding the Philando Castile shooting, which I said, "What could be the result of this (racism comments), more innocent people and even innocent officers getting shot?" - multiple officers were just shot during a protest in Dallas, so far the report is two suspected snipers shot 12 police officers, 5 of the officers dead, some shot in back, also 2 civilians wounded, 1 African American women was shot in calf. One officer was shot and fell, then the suspect went back and stood over him and shot him in the head or back multiple times execution style. I unfortunately saw it happen live as the news camera was facing that direction.

While watching the Philandro shooting video with my 76 year old mother, she began to cry. The hardest part, besides seeing him die on video, and knowing his four year old will be scarred with that awful memory for life, was hearing the little girl tell her mother, "It's ok, I'm right here with you", while she was in the back of the police car. It was impossible for me to not have my own tears at that point.

No matter what color you are, this incident is heart breaking. I am mixed blood white and Native American, disabled and a veteran police officer. There are four other major things that disturbed me about this incident. First, I felt like the victim should have been pulled out of the car and an attempt made to save his life. Two, perhaps the woman in the car could have called 911 instead of facebook first, perhaps she did initially. I never heard the ambulance in the entire video arrive. If I was her, I would have been most concerned with getting him immediate help, but in her defense it's hard to say what you would do in this situation. Other than that she handled it very well. Third, I would like to know why the officer felt justified to react by shooting the driver, especially multiple times. It is incomprehensible to me. Fourth, the most important thing is to be thankful the baby, or the woman was not shot as well, as 5 bullets were fired in the angle of their direction, the four year old child just behind the victim. I see some people making this a racial issue against whites, however, I heard the victim's fiance mention the officer is asian, but what does it matter his color?

As far as racist comments people make, who of us chose what race we would be before we were born? Maybe we need to work on who we have become since then. Condemning an entire race over a percentage of groups we don't like, leaves us with the same capacity of thinking as Hitler.

I often say, "How boring would life be, if everyone were like me". There are good people of all races, and all races have their "less desirable" people but all races have something beautiful to offer. Perhaps one reason we are here on this earth, is to actually make a conscious effort to learn from our mistakes, as none of us are perfect, and make the changes necessary to better ourselves so we don't get caught in that same vicious circle of life, in which we keep making the same mistakes over and over. Then again, to a degree, some bad things keep happening to us in life because we bring it upon ourselves, much like a person living in an abusive relationship does by choosing to stay in that relationship.

I tell myself, "This life is not all about me, it is about us". Perhaps we are also because we are suppose to see through our differences and learn something more important, such as love. We should be growing as a people, and apply what we learn to make the changes necessary so we can create a better world for us all. I know it's very difficult to do, with overwhelming greed, crime and corruption. Many are suffering in this world because of it. Faced with the fact that it may seem like everything around us is getting out of control, the one thing we have the ability to have control over, is ourselves. Our greed, our behaviour, our attitude towards others. But do each of us really have control over ourselves? Not when we let "words" have so much control over us. Most the time people say something racist or hateful, is because they are fishing for a response out of you, so that they feel justified when you react, to attack you. Why give them a response? Whatever triggers our anger, be it road rage, for example, or someone calling someone the "N" word. Why do we let words have so much control over us? We all have the power to choose not to, by not letting our minds run on automatic, our tongue's run loose to fuel the fire.

Don't we feel better when we do right by others? No matter how right we may be, if we react in anger, the automatic response from who we are angry with, is anger in return. Sometimes, nothing said, is the best reaction. As an officer, I learned the real challenge is taking a negative situation and turning it into a positive one. That will not happen, with anger. We need to rise above the lowliness of those that we "feel" disrespect us or treat us less than we deserve by how we react. Or shall we not ever evolve or grow up?

With the exception of this incident, the media often tries to divide us with race dividing story's. Our government is divided, shall we be as well? The result of us reacting with racist comments can only cause it to spread. What could be the result of that? More innocent people and even innocent officers getting shot. We must remember, we have a terrible enemy out to destroy us, if we don't do in ourselves first. At this point in time, many of our fathers fought for this country. We should honor them, by only seeing the following colors; Red, White and Blue.

condolences to the Castile and Reynolds families .. this fast paced world needs Facebook .. so we know and see the truth T.Y. Mark and staff ,, being there for Diamond must have made a difference for her .. she was not alone in such a difficult circumstance ...!!! ;-Oh_mY

What a cruel world ... I have this mix emotion inside me. Sad hate worries I really don't know why they forget that God is watching us.
However thank you to the social media and Facebook for informing us what's happening around so that we can be watchful in our everyday living. Praying ...

We (The Syrian) are trying to be live when we're going to dye because of the criminal regime which is using all weapons against us, destroyed all the community and life ways, may Facebook stand more with the Syrian ppl to give them the soul of life

I am not trying to start a big fight on here just wanted to say that we only saw the aftermath of what happen we did not see the whole beginning... So the media puts it out there then it becomes a racist issue ..lets get all the facts first before listening and watching the aftermath of the story...i feel for the person that died and really feel fpr the family..but police officer's risk their life every minute they walk out the door if you don't comply with the law there is consequences js...

This is all so sad!! I just don't get it!! There's so much violence going on in the world it scares me so much! It feels like you can't trust anyone or anything any more! That poor baby sitting in that car just breaks my heart!! I pray she doesn't remember what she saw! I hope Diamond will heal from this tragedy! Thank you Mark Zuckerberg! Facebook is a great platform for coming together! God's speed to all involved!

Did anyone hear the audio with this video? If so you hear one of the oficers shout, "He has a gfun! He has a gun." Then two shots, then a number of shots. As soon as the shots have ended you see one officer rolling away and saying, "Why did you do that Man?" Then he checks the injured mans pulse, and falls back again gasping for breath. If you have not been in a life and death struggle with others, then you cannot know how much stress is brought to bear on a human, and that either extreme agitation or high levels of exhaustion are NOT uncommon, and even can be said to be almost always. It is always tragic to lose a life, any life no matter the color of the person, but when this man had been ordered to get on the ground, at that point he has to follow the officers commands. Any other action can jeopardize your safety, and the officer is under an obligation, by law, at that point to not waver from completing the action of making the arrest. Compliance would have led to a non-shooting. Non-compliance brings about an altercation, and when the sound of "He's got a gun!" rings out all bets are off to anyone's safety. This is justified in my eyes and in the eyes of law. Unfortunately we have become a nation of MEN, instead of a nation of LAWS. Our founders stated that when that happens the nation is lost. All the things that made us great and to have to ability to assist those in need will soon fly out of the window because we have sacrificed law for the security and safety of all, for the opinion of individuals. Ask yourselves protestors, if this man would have simply complied and then fought the charge in court he would still be alive to defend himself legally. If he did not comply because he knew he was going to be arrested for having a gun, then again the fault lies within his having broken the law. Think my fellow Americans. Help reduce all forms of crime by helping to get your society, just as I will try to get my society to obey the laws, and then these shootings will come way down. Perhaps even end. Otherwise the danger is increased by your choice. Choices have consequences. Make a good choice and have a chance at a much better outcome than the lose of life. Thanks...

When Sept 2001 twin towers attack took place the day of and aftermath was devastating. My 17 year old daughter was glued to the tv for a week. The shock for me as a mother was how I could instantly help her through these tragedies. No one was prepared. Today tragedy is in front of us constantly by mobile.
Please Mark. Help those to help others during times of extreme stress. Human capacity is amazing when we have hope and see a way out of the darkness.
You are doing a fantastic job with the FB teams Worldwide.

Thanks good lord,Australia is still a peaceful Country.What we see in USA,again and again,cops shooting people in the street.I do not know the solution.We just had a Federal election in Australia,It was so peaceful,you have to see to believe it.Peace to you all in Facebook world.That's all I am asking. Good Morning.