Bad boys, bad boys...watcha gonna do?

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(06-08-2017, 12:56 PM)Rotobeast Wrote: I think this issue is due to the deteriorating relations between police and blacks. Whether the chain of events started with less respect for one or the other, we've gotten to the point where blacks do not trust cops, are already on edge in a traffic stop, and the officers take a more dominant/authoritative tone, thinking it necessary to control the event.

We do need training to de-escalate the tension.

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Or they get "nervous" when the victim is doing everything he tells them to do?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/us/police-shooting-castile-trial-video.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share

Quote:Video of Police Killing of Philando Castile Is Publicly Released


Days after a police officer was acquitted of all charges in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile, a black motorist in Minnesota, video of the shooting was publicly released on Tuesday for the first time.

Millions of people have seen the immediate aftermath of the shooting because Mr. Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, had livestreamed it on Facebook. But few have seen video of the moments before that, when the shooting actually took place along a suburban street last year.


This video, from a dashboard camera on Officer Jeronimo Yanez’s patrol car, parked right behind Mr. Castile’s car, was played several times this month to jurors during Officer Yanez’s manslaughter trial but had not been shown outside the courtroom.


The video reveals how a mundane conversation about a broken taillight devolved within seconds into gunfire. The newly released footage provides the fullest account yet of an episode that led to a national debate over police conduct toward black people, but it also leaves unanswered critical questions about what happened that day.


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Before they meet

The video opens at dusk on July 6, 2016, on a busy street near the Minnesota state fairgrounds. Officer Yanez is following a white Oldsmobile driven by Mr. Castile in Falcon Heights, a St. Paul suburb. When Officer Yanez turns on his flashing lights, Mr. Castile, a longtime school cafeteria worker, quickly pulls to the side and stops his car. Ms. Reynolds is in the front passenger seat, and her young daughter is in the back.


Though it is not heard on the video, Officer Yanez radioed to a colleague that he thought Mr. Castile matched the description of a robbery suspect from a few days earlier. He tells a fellow officer that Mr. Castile’s “wide-set nose” looked like the robber’s. Officer Yanez waits for the second officer to arrive before pulling Mr. Castile over, but he never mentions his robbery suspicions to Mr. Castile.


What the video shows


Most revealing, perhaps, about the newly released video are the voices that can be clearly heard on it — a calm, polite discussion at first, and then, in seconds, a sudden burst of tension and shots.

At first, Officer Yanez walks up to Mr. Castile’s window and tells him that his brake light is broken. The officer asks for proof of insurance and a driver’s license. Mr. Castile responds politely and hands his insurance card through the window.


Mr. Castile, who had a permit to carry a gun, then says, “Sir, I have to tell you I do have a firearm on me.”


Officer Yanez then reaches toward his holster and says, “O.K., don’t reach for it, then.”

Mr. Castile starts to answer, but is cut off by Officer Yanez, whose voice is now raised. “Don’t pull it out!” the officer yells.


“I’m not pulling it out,” Mr. Castile says, and Ms. Reynolds also tries to assure Officer Yanez that her boyfriend is not grabbing the gun.


Officer Yanez again yells, “Don’t pull it out!” Then he fires seven shots, fatally wounding Mr. Castile. “I wasn’t reaching,” Mr. Castile says softly just after the gunfire stops.


In the minutes after the shooting, Officer Yanez keeps his gun pointed into the car as he calls for backup and an ambulance. He grows emotional and repeatedly yells an expletive.


What the video doesn’t show


The video does not show images that might have been essential for jurors to consider: a full view of the front seat of Mr. Castile’s car, which would have showed his hands — and what he was reaching for — just before the shooting.

Officer Yanez has said that Mr. Castile was reaching for his gun, and his lawyers made that a central point in his defense. Officer Yanez, who was charged with three felonies, including second-degree manslaughter, told jurors he feared for his life. But Ms. Reynolds has said that Mr. Castile was simply reaching for his driver’s license, as the officer had asked him to do.


From where the dashcam was perched, though, behind the car, the video cannot resolve this.


Reacting to new images


The footage quickly spread Tuesday afternoon after it was released by state investigators. The images drew anger, prompting responses on social media from rights activists and others.

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#PhilandoCastile You were wronged. You were murdered. The government failed you. You were a target because of your skin color.
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This is the dashcam video of Jeronimo Yanez killing #PhilandoCastile. There is no way in hell he should be free.... http://fb.me/9d8ynAslY 
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Protesters have marched in the St. Paul area since the acquittal on Friday, calling the shooting unreasonable and evidence of racism in the justice system.

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Heartbreaking #PhilandoCastile dashcam footage released. Irrational fear of black men is not cause for police shooting. #BlackLivesMatter
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-dashcam-footage-shows-philando-castile-warning-officer-of-his-firearm_us_59498027e4b0177d0b8a1c97

Quote:Later in the video, when Yanez is interviewed by another officer, he admits that he didn’t actually see Castile grab for a gun. He notes, however, that he was nervous after he asked to see Castile’s license, and Castile “had his grip a lot wider than a wallet.”

Yanez says:


“I didn’t know where the gun was, he didn’t tell me where the ******’ gun was, and then it was just gettin’ hanky. He was just staring straight ahead, and I was gettin’ ******’ nervous and then … I told him to get his ******’ hand off his gun … F**k.”


Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, and her 4-year-old daughter were in the car at the time. Reynolds live-streamed the aftermath of the shooting, which brought worldwide attention to the case.


Yanez was interviewed by two agents of the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension a day after the shooting. At one point, he told investigators that he thought he was “going to die,” and seemed to correlate his jitters with the fact that he smelled “burned marijuana” coming from Castile’s car.




“As he was pulling out his hand I thought I was gonna die, and I thought if he has the guts and the audacity to smoke marijuana in front of the five-year-old girl, and risk her lungs and risk her life by giving her secondhand smoke ... then what care does he give about me?”

And found not guilty due to...fear?


What a great cop.


Disgusting.