Minnesota cop who killed Castile says he reacted to ‘display’ gun

As previously reported, on Thursday, July 7, a gunman opened fire during what police described as a peaceful protest organized in the wake of the deaths of Sterling and Minnesota man Philando Castile.

KARE has not been able to independently verify the audio with the St. Anthony Village Police Department.

After making their way to the governor’s mansion, Atlanta Police Chief George Turner showed up to talk with the city’s protester leaders.

St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez shot Philando Castile on Wednesday during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb of Falcon Heights.

Yanez “was reacting to the actions of the driver”, Kelly said. “This had nothing to do with race. This had everything to do with the presence of a gun”.

Reynolds appeared with her lawyer, Larry Rogers.

“We don’t want to be profiled as African-Americans, we also can’t profile law enforcement because the supermajority of them are trying to do the right thing”, he said.

Reynolds told KARE 11 that she and Castile did not fit the descriptions on the clip and in her Facebook said they were pulled over for a broken-tail light.

“They’re not getting any kind of the benefit of the doubt”, Smith said.

“I guess I wasn’t moving fast enough for him”, said Martin, who estimated the officer was six feet away and sprayed without warning. The permit holder must carry that permit and a driver’s license with him or her at all times when they’re carrying that firearm – and according to statute, “must display the permit and identification document upon the lawful demand of a peace officer”. He and Kauser were classmates.

“We are here to fully support those conversations – and my door has always been open”, Strickland said Sunday night in a statement after Interstate 40 for had been closed for a few hours by protestors. They were named best in their graduating class, and Dobratz said they seemed cut out for the challenges of police work.

“They were very intelligent”, Dobratz said. “Never once did I see behavior that would ever cause me to question their ethics”.

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In the wake of protests in Ferguson, Missouri, where authorities were criticized for what some called heavy-handed tactics against demonstrators, many departments took a more restrained approach.

Craig Lally, president of the union representing Los Angeles police officers, said he suspects changes will be made at departments across the country when it comes to staffing protests and similar events.

Police also have refused to say what led up to the shooting, why Castile was pulled over or why the officer drew his gun.

Castile had a goatee, which is visible in the video his girlfriend streamed, and dreadlocks. As she exits the vehicle, the video shows several officers with their guns drawn and an officer holding her daughter.

“You shot four bullets into him, sir”.

He was reportedly struck multiple times as reached for his wallet. Paul area generate from traffic violations. He had been given citations for minor offenses including speeding, driving without a muffler and not wearing a seat belt.

At least 198 people were arrested in NY and Chicago and in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where two black men were shot to death by police.

Sterling’s and Castile’s families denounced the attack on the Dallas officers.

On Friday, July 8, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings revealed that three suspects in the shooting were in custody and a fourth, identified as war veteran Micah Xavier Johnson, had been killed in a shootout with police. “I don’t think it’s going to stop the officer from interacting with the men and women who are out there at a peaceful protest”, said Sean Gormley, executive director of Law Enforcement Labor Services, Minnesota’s largest police union.