From [HERE] Last Friday, the Minnesota race soldier cop who killed Philando Castile last year during a traffic stop was acquitted by a mostly white jury (13 of 15 were white) of all charges he faced over the gruesome death of Philandro Castille. [MORE]
Jeronimo Yanez shot Mr Castile after the black motorist calmly informed him that he had a gun in his car. Mr Castile was licenced to have the weapon, and had been told to calmly inform officers of the firearm in those situations for his safety.
The black man's final dying words were 'I wasn't reaching for it.' It can be heard on the dash cam video released today for the first time to the public. Apparently, the mostly white jury did not find Castille or his girlfriend credible. Rather, the jury believed the race soldier cop, who cried and told them he was sacred of a black man. If you are able to listen and see for a moment without the mind then the video speaks for itself.
The Cop's Two Versions of What Happened Cannot Both Be True [Means he is a liar for those who have ears to hear.] The day after the incident occurred Yanez explained to police officials that he was not sure whether Castile was reaching for a gun. He told the police investigators he never actually saw a gun [MORE] and [complaint PDF]. Yanez also inconsistently told a fellow St. Anthony police officer minutes after the shooting, "And I don't know where the gun was, he didn't tell me where the [expletive] gun was and then it was just getting hinky, he gave, he was just staring ahead, and the I was getting [expletive] nervous, and then I told him, I know I [expletive] told him to get his [expletive] hand off his gun." [MORE]
However, at the trial he said that he actually saw the gun and Castile had pulled it out. Something that Castile's girlfriend Diamond Reynolds denied. Castile also denied it; as his last dying words were, 'I'm not pulling it out,' on a video released by proscecutors during trial. On the video Reynolds also responded by saying, 'he's not pulling it out."
Specifically, last Friday Yanez, testified he fired his weapon because Castile had his hand on a gun, not his wallet and identification papers.
"I had no other choice. I didn't want to shoot Mr. Castile. That wasn't my intention," CNN affiliate WCCO reported. "I thought I was going to die."
Mr Yanez testified that he feared for his life when Mr Castile grabbed for his firearm, even though he was told not to.
"It's your testimony today that you saw Mr. Castile pull out an object?" prosecutor Rick Dusterhoft said Friday.
"It was a gun," Yanez said.
"You said he pulled it out?"
"Correct," Yanez said.
"And he said he wasn't (pulling it out)?"
"Correct, but it doesn't always mean that's what he was doing," Yanez said.
Previously, Yanez said
"When Roseville police officers arrived you never warned them there was a gun did you?" Dusterhoft said.
"No," Yanez said.
Previously Yanez also inconsistently stated to police investigators, "Castille put his hand around something." He said Castile's hand took a C-shape, "like putting my hand up to the butt of the gun." Yanez said he then lost view of Castile's hand. "I know he had an object and it was dark," he said. "And he was pulling it out with his right hand. [MORE]
Previously, Yanez said he thought or believed Castile had the gun in his right hand and he had "no option" but to shoot. [MORE] But he never said that he saw the gun and knew it was a gun [no need for belief when you can see]. On the video Yanez is yelling, “Don’t pull it out!” However, a year later on the witness stand he said he saw a gun.
Prosecutors said Yanez is not credible.
“Based upon the evidence, we believe that Castile never removed, nor tried to remove, his handgun from his front right pocket, which was a foot deep,” said Ramsey County Attorney John Choi. Yanez’s partner also didn’t see a gun. [MORE] On cross examination the race soldier cop was asked,
"When Roseville police officers arrived you never warned them there was a gun did you?"
"No," Yanez said.
Prosecutors say Yanez acted negligently in using deadly force and had not given clear instructions.
According to prosecutors, Officer Yanez asked Castile to produce his driver's license and proof of insurance. Castile first provided him with his insurance card.
Castile then, calmly, and in a non-threatening manner, informed Officer Yanez, 'sir, I have to tell you that I do have a firearm on me.'
Before Castile completed the sentence, Officer Yanez interrupted and calmly replied, 'okay' and placed his right hand on the holster of his own, holstered, gun.
Officer Yanez then said, 'okay, don't reach for it, then.'
Castile tried to respond but was interrupted by Officer Yanez, who said, 'don't pull it out.'
Castile responded, 'I'm not pulling it out,' and Reynolds also responded by saying, 'he's not pulling it out.'
Then Officer Yanez screamed, 'don't pull it out!' and quickly pulled his own gun with his right hand while he reached inside the driver's side window with his left hand.
Officer Yanez pulled his left arm out of the car, and then fired seven shots in rapid succession into the vehicle.
The seventh and final shot was fired at 9:06 and two seconds p.m. After the final shot, Reynolds frantically yelled, 'you just killed my boyfriend!'
Philando Castile moaned and uttered his final words: 'I wasn't reaching for it.'
To which Reynolds loudly said, 'he wasn't reaching for it.'
Before Reynolds completed her sentence, Officer Yanez again screamed, 'don't pull it out!' [he testifed that it was already out]