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Ramsey County Attorney John Choi has charged St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez with second-degree manslaughter in the July 6 shooting death of Philando Castile. Choi concluded the use of deadly force was not justified.
“Based upon our thorough and exhaustive review of the facts, I have come to the conclusion that there simply was no justification for the use of deadly force by Officer Yanez in this case," said Ramsey County Attorney John Choi. "No reasonable officer who knew, saw, and heard what Officer Yanez did at the time would have used deadly force under these circumstances.”
Why Yanez stopped Castile
According to the criminal complaint: “Yanez communicated his intent to pull over Castile’s vehicle by radio to St. Anthony Police Officer Joseph Kauser who was on patrol nearby. Yanez told Kauser that he had reason to pull the vehicle over and that the occupants ‘just look like the people that were involved in a robbery.’ Yanez further stated that ‘the driver looks more like one of our suspects just because of the wide set nose.’ Yanez noted that he also had reason to stop the vehicle because it had a non-working brake light. Yanez followed Castile’s vehicle, waiting until Kauser arrived as backup.”
The robbery of the Super USA in Lauderdale that Officer Yanez referred to remains unsolved, but the investigation into that case has ruled out Castile as a suspect. Video of a robbery, committed in Blaine after the time of Castile’s death shows a suspect whose physical features resemble the suspect from the Lauderdale robbery, and displaying gun that appears to be the same gun used in the Lauderdale robbery, which appears different from Castile’s gun.
Originally posted by sc281
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Originally posted by SS Junk View Posthis gun was in his lap. charge is horse shit.
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Originally posted by Craizie View PostI keep my pistol directly under my steering wheel. I used to keep it in the console, but I had a ninja sneak up on me in a gas station parking lot and realized that if he was actually trying to do me harm there was no way I could have gotten it out of my console in time.
**EDIT** the set up I use is perfect for a 2011-2014 mustang FYI
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Originally posted by LS1Goat View PostYeah. I don't necessarily agree with the decision to charge him with a crime based on how Castile conducted himself during the stop. They probably don't want to watch their city burn if he was to be completely exonerated. He'll be tried and convicted in the court of public opinion. However, I think what did him in was firing 7 shots into the car with a toddler in the back seat. Justified or not, I think that will be his undoing in court.
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Sounds like the Zimmerman case all over again. Charging him simply to appease the peasants with pitchforks."When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
"A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser Tytler
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Originally posted by LS1Goat View PostYeah. I don't necessarily agree with the decision to charge him with a crime based on how Castile conducted himself during the stop. They probably don't want to watch their city burn if he was to be completely exonerated. He'll be tried and convicted in the court of public opinion. However, I think what did him in was firing 7 shots into the car with a toddler in the back seat. Justified or not, I think that will be his undoing in court.
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Originally posted by akfodysvn View PostEver watch the dashcam vid? I wondered the same thing. Audio appears that he conducted himself very well and then the officer shoots. Many LEOs I know have watched it and all cringed at how he responded to castille talking to him
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