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Philando Castile's girlfriend reaches $800G settlement over police shooting
Topic Started: Nov 29 2017, 01:40 PM (247 Views)
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Philando Castile was stopped by St. Anthony Officer Jeronimo Yanez because Officer Yanez had suspected Castile of being involved in a convenience store robbery that had occurred several days earlier. We have now discovered that Officer Yanez was one of the officers who had responded to that robbery. On the day of the shooting, Officer Yanez' reason for stopping Castile was because Officer Yanez had known specific facts and circumstances that led him to believe that Castile may be the robber; Philando Castile was shot by Officer Yanez on that traffic stop. This new information explains how Officer Yanez knew enough about the case to suspect Castile of being the robber.

The media has suggested that their copy of the robber's photo is not clear enough for Officer Yanez to reasonably believe that Castile was the suspect. However, because Officer Yanez was on scene, he knew a lot more than the media does about the circumstances of the robbery. It is likely that Officer Yanez saw the full security footage himself. Whether or not Castile actually was the robber, Officer Yanez had reason to suspect that Castile was the individual who committed the robbery.

We've also learned that when Officer Jeronimo Yanez shot Philando Castile, it wasn't Officer Yanez' first contact with Castile. Police records show that Castile had been arrested for an outstanding warrant and driving on a revoked license in 2011; Officer Yanez was the officer who had booked him into jail.

Castile's criminal history is now being discussed much like Alton Sterling's criminal history. Alton Sterling was shot in Baton Rouge when he tried to pull out his illegally possessed gun to kill police officers. Alton Sterling's criminal history showed the he had a history of violently attacking law enforcement, and his history painted a clear picture of the type of person who would try to murder two cops. Castile had a long criminal history, with no less than 22 individual arrests on his record.

The criminal arrest history of Philando Castile's does not appear to be directly relevant to the shooting, but it does show that the media and his family have been spreading lies and misinformation. Law enforcement had reportedly stopped Castile 52 times in the past few years. The media narrative has been that racial profiling is the only factor that could account for so many stops. We now know that officers were actually stopping Castile for repeatedly committing traffic-related crimes. Those aren't minor violations like having a light out, they are crimes. I have personally never seen any other individual who has such an extensive history of criminal traffic offenses.

Castile had a long criminal history, with no less than 22 individual arrests on his record.

https://www.themaven.net/bluelivesmatter/news/new-info-supports-officer-in-shooting-of-philando-castile-ZOXqmE5DPUK7EcLE6IXC6w
Edited by Robertr2000, Dec 1 2017, 11:04 AM.
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The man had a concealed carry permit.

http://www.fox9.com/news/philando-castiles-family-confirms-he-had-a-permit-to-carry

Comparing someone who can legally buy firearms and legally carry them concealed with a felon who is breaking the law simply by possessing a firearm is laughable. Then again, your source is garbage.

Seriously, his entire record is driving infractions. Honestly, what your source basically shows is that it is possible that this cop had a history with Castile and wanted to kill him for some reason. So maybe, rather than just being incompetent police work this is actually first degree murder.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3679678/Man-shooting-death-hand-cop-streamed-live-pulled-31-times-charged-63-times-officers-near-home.html

Seriously, 63 times. There is no way that they had cause to pull him over 63 times even if he did have a litany of driving infractions. Again, he worked for the schools and had a concealed weapon permit. There was nothing in his record to prevent him from working at a school (where they do background checks) or from getting a concealed carry permit (which you can't get if you are someone like Alton Sterling, a felon).

Look, I was 100% behind the police in their takedown of Stirling. They followed protocol and did it right. Stirling forced their hand. That is not what happened here. What happened here is a police officer executed an innocent man and got away with it.
Edited by Demagogue, Dec 6 2017, 11:19 AM.
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