Police officer charged in fatal shooting of Philando Castile

The reports I've seen say the gun was not in his lap, that he was asked to produce ID and that he stated up front that he had a weapon.

Just backing off the court case for a moment, I'm really at a loss as to what this guy was supposed to do in order to not be shot in the head by police after a tail light stop.

I mean, just from an objective point of view, that is crazy unacceptable.

It shows a total failure of procedure.

Somehow we have to get the crazy out of police stops. And, we have to develop confidence that being stopped by police is for good reason and isn't likely to end in death.

 

Man, Trump is living rent free inside some folk's noggins. This case has nothing to do with Trump.

 

Fair enough, brother.

 

I've seen reports of both in lap/not in lap. I don't know.

I can see how some sensitive/nervous cop pulls over some guy he thinks is a bank robbery suspect, sees gun, sees guy reaching for what he thinks is the gun....

I can see how that might happen. Doesn't excuse it, but I can see how it could have gone down like that.

What I'm suggesting is that it may have been manslaughter, but I don't think the cop set out to murder the guy for no reason.

 

I don't accept the idea that being nervous is a justification for shooting a guy.

My suspicion is that the procedures used by the department need to be reconsidered.

That department ended up shooting a fully cooperative and innocent civilian in the head.

If that isn't seen as requiring serious action, then leadership change is required.

 

The version the police support in court is that the police found his gun in his pocket without a round in the chamber.

 

I don't think a lot of people want to be cops now. This is what happens when they take anyone they can get.

 

Ok I haven't heard that one, but if true doesn't look good for the cop.

 

I can't know what's in the prosecutors mind, but it would appear to be a response to people who believe that cops are always right, and that civilians who carry guns are always wrong.

 

Police forces can be rebuilt to be highly respected even when they have elements within them that must be removed.

Let's remember that everyone wants police.

They're just averse to being shot and harassed by police.

 

Yes. I just think the action on this case has to go beyond whatever what happens in this one tragic instance.

Surely all those gun yahoos out there would like there to be safe procedures for being stopped by police.

And, one would assume police could use those procedures with minorities, too.

 

Thug cops always want to shoot someone. Heck, they'll even shoot each other, their sleeping wives, or even themselves if no one else is available to get the bullets.

 

Here's more:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-justice-america-black-people-223252720.html

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There Is No Justice In America For Black People Killed By Cops
Julia Craven,HuffPost 2 hours 21 minutes ago

Valerie Castile looks at a photo button of her son Philando during a press conference on the state Capitol grounds in Saint Paul, Minnesota, July 12, 2016. (Eric Miller / Reuters)
It’s happening again.

I have to write about Philando Castile, the 32-year-old black man who was shot and killed by a Minnesota police officer last July. I have to compose myself, sit at this laptop and write something profound about another black life taken by a police officer, another officer found not guilty for killing a black person.

And, you know, I have nothing much to say.

On Friday, St. Anthony police Officer Jeronimo Yanez was found not guilty in Castile’s death. In audio recording from just before the encounter, Yanez can be heard saying: “I’m going to stop a car. I’m going to check IDs. I have reason to pull it over. The two occupants just look like people that were involved in a robbery.”

“The driver looks more like one of our suspects, just ’cause of the wide-set nose,” Yanez continues. He later confirmed that he believed Castile matched the description of a suspect, something cops often say about black men.

Yanez pulled the car over. Things escalated. Yanez shot seven times into the vehicle. He thought Castile was reaching for his weapon, a gun that Castile was licensed to carry and that he had informed the officer about moments before. Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, says he was reaching for his wallet. She began filming on her phone. The resulting video, with Castile bleeding to death on camera as Reynolds calmly complies with the officer’s screamed instructions, is impossible to forget.

The officer was placed on leave. The officer was charged. And now, nearly a year later, the officer is acquitted and goes home to his family, unlike his victim.

It’s almost textbook.



http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/r...r-of-acquitting-the-cop-in-the-philando-case/
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Demonstrators protesting the shooting death of Philando Castile gather in front of the police department in St Anthony, Minnesota, U.S., July 10, 2016. REUTERS/Adam Bettcher
Report: The Only Two Black Jurors Were In Favor Of Acquitting The Cop In The Philando Case
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The only two black jurors in the Philando Castile case were in favor of acquitting the cop responsible for his death, a juror explained Friday.

Dennis Ploussard, one of the twelve jurors, said that the jury was broken down 10-2 for acquitting Officer Jeronimo Yanez of his manslaughter charges — 10 jurors were in favor of clearing Officer Yanez and the other two were unconvinced.

The two holdouts were not the only black members on the jury, Ploussard told the Associated Press. The jury discussed the “culpable negligence” for the manslaughter requirement, he said. Eventually, the two unconvinced came to agree to acquit Yanez.

Yanez shot Castile seven times after he pulled him over for a broken tail light. Yanez claimed that Castile was reaching for his gun, although prosecution argued that Yanez acted too hastily in the exchange.(RELATED: Cop Found Not Guilty In Death Of Philando Castile)

Yanez’s defense lawyers pointed to Castile’s previous drug use when arguing their case.

“None of this would have happened but for Philando Castile,” defense attorney Earl Gray said. “[Yanez] sees the gun and [Castile] doesn’t follow orders. That’s enough to pull your gun out and end the threat.”

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Tags: Black Lives Matter, Jeronimo Yanez, Philando Castile

 

lmao@huffpo.

 

Castile stated that he had a gun and subsequently moved to supply the ID the officer demanded. That's when the policeman murdered him.

The idea that the officer's "defense" included using Castile's history is just more of the same kind of attitude. History that the officer didn't know about could not possibly be of merit in judging the behavior of this policeman.

The message of this case is that NO person of color is safe anywhere near a policeman in America, because policemen hold black lives as worthless and WILL get acquitted should anyone even bother to charge them when they commit murder.

 

Hispanic supremacy........I'll bet the cop is a member of that racist group La Raza......

 

Almost as stupid as greenlighting degenerate behavior like you do.

 

There are examples of unwarranted lethal behavior by policemen of various ethnicity.

I'm not so sure you can support the generalization you're striving for.

 

Nah man...though it is fair for you to say that.

 

You need to alert the press when it comes to generalizations about White cops and their reporting.......

 

Hwhites.

 

Responding to a post from November 2016 to talk about your gay fixations. lol

 

Well so much for this trial.

I think the cop was guilty of a manslaughter.

But looks like he was acquitted of everything under the sun.

Too bad his fellow cops don't feel the same way -- they fired him off the police force.

 

At the end of the day reasonable or unreasonable doubt has saved the cop in court.

But the jury of his real peers in the police department have fired him from his former job.

Not sure anyone would want him for armed security either anywhere.

Unarmed might be the cops new forte though.

 

I have no idea what you are suggesting here.