Cop’s lawyer blames driver’s gun, not his race

A suburban Minnesota police officer who killed a black driver reacted to the man’s gun, not his race, his attorney said Saturday, as demonstrations over police shootings resumed in Minnesota and Louisiana.

Kelly wouldn’t elaborate on what led up to the shooting, citing a pending investigation.

In the video she streamed on Facebook Live, Reynolds describes being pulled over for what the officer told her was a “busted tail light”.

Johnson, before being killed by police after a prolonged standoff, told a hostage negotiator he was upset about the shootings of Sterling and Castile and he “wanted to kill white people, especially white officers”. “This had nothing to do with race”. “It had everything to do with the presence of a gun”.

Saturday marked a third straight day of protests over Castile’s killing, with demonstrators encamped outside the governor’s mansion in St. Paul. They formed a circle in the street in front of the governor’s residence as an organizer prayed for peace and togetherness.

“Police understand the concerns about choices made about who gets stopped and what happens when they get stopped”, said Darrel Stephens, executive director of the Major Cities Chiefs Association.

Advocate reporter Bryn Stole was on the scene and captured footage of the tense scenes emerging as protesters faced off with Baton Rouge police and state officers.

“Historically, African-Americans have viewed guns kind of like the boogeyman – ‘The master told you not to look at the gun and we shouldn’t touch a gun, ‘” Smith said. Why would someone tell a police officer he had a gun if he meant to use it? Authorities identified the Dallas shooter as an Army veteran, who was later killed by police.

A boy stands at a make-shift memorial at the site of the police shooting of Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, July 7, 2016.

“After the Dallas murder of five officers at a protest the night before officers are very cautious and on the lookout for any threat, ” Dunnam’s statement said.

But regardless of the percentages, the numbers are far too high, on both sides of the ledger. “But in the end cooler heads prevailed”.

Reuters said the protests were peaceful but tension was evident after the shooting of Philando Castile, 32, by police near St Paul on July 6.

Yanez is now on administrative leave with pay from the St. Anthony Police Department.

Two Dallas officers were assigned to the marked patrol auto, but officials didn’t immediately say whether the officers were in the vehicle.

The friends graduated top in their law enforcement class at Minnesota State University in 2010.

“One of the most sensitive situations involves people sharing violent or graphic images of events taking place in the real world”, Mark Zuckerberg’s company said.

In 2014, the department selected Yanez to be part of a special crime prevention unit, whose members were hand-picked based on “their initiative, creativeness and varied backgrounds in law enforcement”, according to the department’s annual report.

“This had nothing to do with race and everything to do with the presence of the gun that Mr. Castile had”, Minneapolis attorney Thomas Kelly told Time magazine, adding that Yanez is “deeply saddened” for Castile’s family.

Lozoya recalled him as an active, passionate and approachable member.

Black Lives Matter supporters said they plan to continue a sit-in in Denver in response to the police shootings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana through Tuesday for a total of 135 hours.

Yanez is cooperating with state investigators, who interviewed him within 15 hours of the shooting, Kelly said.