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Cebu_4_2
16th November 2016, 12:00 PM
Police officer charged with manslaughter in Philando Castile shooting
http://youtu.be/NrjngYGolO8
https://youtu.be/NrjngYGolO8

Posted:Nov 16 2016 09:09AM CST
Updated:Nov 16 2016 01:23PM CST

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) - 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.”
“I ask for the public’s continued patience, trust and respect for the integrity of the process as we prosecute this case and seek justice for Philando Castile, his family and friends, including Diamond Reynolds and her daughter, and our broader community.” Choi said.
The shooting
Philando Castile, 32, was shot and killed by St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights on July 6. The aftermath of the fatal shooting was broadcast on Facebook Live by his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, who was a passenger in Castile’s vehicle. In the video stream, Reynolds says they were pulled over for a broken tail light.
She says Castile let Officer Yanez know he had a permit to carry a firearm, and that he was reaching for his ID and wallet when he was shot. According to the criminal complaint, a valid driver's license and valid permit to carry a firearm (http://www.fox9.com/news/173548963-story) was recovered from Castile by investigators at the scene.
7 shots fired
Prosecutors emphasized that 7 shots fired into the vehicle, in close proximity of Reynolds and her child. Jeffery Noble, an expert on police procedure consulted by the prosecutor, said the use of deadly force was “objectively unreasonable and was inconsistent with generally accepted police practices.”
Friday court appearance
Officer Yanez will make his first court appearance Friday. Yanez was charged with second-degree manslaughter because it’s the highest level charge prosecutors feel they can convict on. Choi asked for public's continued trust, adding that Officer Yanez is innocent until proven guilty.
In Minnesota, second-degree manslaughter carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years.
The charges
Second-degree manslaughter - culpable negligence creating unreasonable risk, for the shooting of Philando Castile.
Dangerous weapons - Intentional discharge of firearm that endangers safety, for the firing of his gun near Diamond Reynolds.
Dangerous weapons - Intentional discharge of firearm that endangers safety, for the firing of his gun near Reynolds’ 4-year-old daughter.
Prosecutor: Don't blame Castile
To those who blame Philando Castile for the deadly outcome, Choi said, “don't," emphasizing that no other reasonable police officer in a similar situation would have used deadly force.
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.

Down1
16th November 2016, 05:03 PM
No Grand Jury was used for this "charge".

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/11/16/here-we-go-again-activist-minnesota-prosecutor-charges-officer-without-grand-jury/

Cebu_4_2
16th November 2016, 05:14 PM
No Grand Jury was used for this "charge".

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/11/16/here-we-go-again-activist-minnesota-prosecutor-charges-officer-without-grand-jury/


Pretty scetchy on both sides.

Glass
17th November 2016, 12:44 AM
I don't think this event actually happened. I think it's just being used to re-stoke some embers to add to the tantrums underway over Trump.

Joshua01
17th November 2016, 05:09 AM
More fake journalism from the MSM. I can't understand why anyone actually takes serious anything they say. How many time do we have to be lied to before we walk away from the people pumping out those lies?

Down1
16th June 2017, 04:28 PM
A lame political case.

Yanez declared not guilty.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/06/16/not-guilty-officer-yanez-cleared-on-all-counts-in-philando-castile-shooting/

Down1
17th June 2017, 03:57 AM
Boo- Hoo.

Subdued and somber but unsparing, Ramsey County John Choi held firm to his conviction Friday that officer Jeronimo Yanez had made fatal mistakes in his traffic stop last summer of Philando Castile. Nevertheless, Choi urged Minnesotans to accept the not-guilty verdict in Yanez’s manslaughter trial.

“As hard as this is for some members of our community, we have to accept this verdict. It was the product of a fair and impartial investigation, thorough prosecution review and a trial by a jury of Ramsey County residents,” said Choi, who spoke solemnly and haltingly. “Their decision must be respected, because it is the fundamental premise of the rule of law.”

Members of his team put their “heart and soul” into the unsuccessful prosecution of Yanez in the shooting death of Philando Castile, he said.
http://www.startribune.com/ramsey-county-attorney-asks-the-public-to-accept-a-disappointing-verdict/429004563/


http://www.startribune.com/ramsey-county-attorney-asks-the-public-to-accept-a-disappointing-verdict/429004563/


They like to block the highway in SomaliSota.

Hours later, at the tail end of a protest march through the streets of St. Paul, hundreds of people headed out on Interstate 94 at Dale, shutting down the freeway. Over the course of about an hour, the crowd thinned out and was moved to a ramp near Marion before State Patrol officers moved in after 12:30 a.m. Saturday and began making 18 arrests. Among those arrested was Susan Du, a reporter for City Pages who was covering the protest.

http://www.startribune.com/fifth-day-of-jury-deliberations-underway-in-yanez-trial/428862473/#1


http://www.startribune.com/fifth-day-of-jury-deliberations-underway-in-yanez-trial/428862473/#1

Joshua01
17th June 2017, 06:11 AM
Boo- Hoo.

http://www.startribune.com/ramsey-county-attorney-asks-the-public-to-accept-a-disappointing-verdict/429004563/


http://www.startribune.com/ramsey-county-attorney-asks-the-public-to-accept-a-disappointing-verdict/429004563/


They like to block the highway in SomaliSota.


http://www.startribune.com/fifth-day-of-jury-deliberations-underway-in-yanez-trial/428862473/#1


http://www.startribune.com/fifth-day-of-jury-deliberations-underway-in-yanez-trial/428862473/#1“I am so disappointed in the state of Minnesota,” Castile’s mother, Valerie Castile, said at a news conference shortly after the verdict was read in court about 2:45 p.m. “My son loved this state. He had one tattoo on his body and it was of the Twin Cities — the state of Minnesota with TC on it. My son loved this city and this city killed my son. And the murderer gets away.”

Perhaps you and your primate cousins could try a different country...like Kenya or Somalia! I hear the UK is nice this time of year and they're taking in nigg....I mean refugees.