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| Minnesota officer charged with manslaughter |
| 2016-11-17 |
| [WASHINGTONPOST] The complaint states that Yanoz pulled over Castile, 32, after seeing him driving on the night of July 6 and saying that he looked like a suspect in a convenience store robbery days earlier. Choi said Wednesday that Castile is not a suspect in the robbery. Yanez pulled Castile over at 9:04 p.m., and less than a minute later, began firing the first of seven fatal shots into the car. One bullet hit the armrest between Castile and Reynolds, the complaint said, while another went through the driver’s seat and hit the backseat behind Castile. Reynolds’s 4-year-old daughter was in a car seat on the passenger side of the backseat. Authorities said that they reviewed audio recordings from Yanez’s squad car as well as video footage of the stop in determining the timeline. In the complaint, prosecutors say that Yanez approached Castile’s car and told him about a problem with his brake light. [’He knew the kids and they loved him’: Minn. shooting victim was an adored school cafeteria manager] After Castile handed Yanez his insurance card, Castile then said: "Sir, I have to tell you that I do have a firearm on me." Yanez, before Castile finished the sentence, put his hand on his holstered gun and calmly replied "Okay," according to the complaint. Seconds later, Yanez told Castile not to pull out his gun, to which Castile said, "I’m not pulling it out," and Reynolds echoed the same message, the complaint said. Yanez then screamed, "Don’t pull it out" before pulling his own gun out and firing seven shots at Castile. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Maybe that's good advice but it shouldn't be up to the citizen to talk the cop down off that ledge. This is the kind of thing that gives cops a bad name. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-11-17 13:28 |
| #2 Ref #1. Very good guidance. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-11-17 12:48 |
| #1 "Sir, I have to tell you that I do have a firearm on me." No he didn't. Minnesota does not have "duty to inform law". In any case, if one is carrying a gun there is a certain protocol that should be followed when interacting with LE. First, as trivial as it may sound don't say "I've got a gun". Statements like that tend to raise the anxiety level exponentially. Either say you have a permit to carry or,better yet, simply hand your permit along with your ID. Now here's the important step. Because the official still hasn't identified you nor secured the weapon keep your mitts in plain sight. Finally, calmly and politely follow their commands - to the letter. It would seem Castille's failure to follow these simple steps tragically contributed to his own demise. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2016-11-17 12:43 |