I've thought about this...
iLOL
What does that even mean?
How is it even relevant when you show what you have been thinking is irrelevant?
Mr. Castile did hand Officer Yanez a document of some sort. To me, it looked like a white piece of paper. Of course, that could be just the reflection from the all the (flashing) lights. Still, if you recall, Officer Yanez asked Mr. Castile for his license and insurance, not his license and registration. Regardless, without reading the court transcript, I can't say for sure exactly what Castile presented, but it certainly wasn't two forms of identification. So, what was it?
If it was only his insurance card, it's very possible Castile was reaching in his back pocket for his wallet. But if he had already presented his driver's license to Officer Yanez, I think the question I asked in post #343 is very reasonable:
Why was he [Mr. Castile] reaching for his wallet after previously presenting Officer Yanez with his ID?
You can see the moment unfold for yourself in the video below at the 1:30-1:35 mark.
This is irrelevant. The only thing in question is the point where Officer Yanez saw his hand on the gun, which was in his front pocket, not his waistband.
Some will continue to contend that Castile reached for his firearm in his waistband, but until I can read the transcript for myself I'm not taking anyone's word for it especially considering there are conflicting accounts of what Officer Yanez saw or thought he saw. You can listen to his explanation of events w/the on-scene investigator beginning at 8:30 mark. First, he claimed Mr. Castile had a gun, then he says, "He was starring straight ahead and he reached down and his grip was wider than a wallet". Then he said, "I don't know where the gun was. He didn't tell me where the gun was"...an admission that he never saw the gun.
Again, front pocket, not waistband.
And no, there is no conflicting accounts of what the Officer saw.
There was one account where he was not asked to clarify what he said which he later did.
The fact that Mr. Castile made "a threatening motion" to some is justification enough for Officer Yanez firing on Mr. Castile. And assuming that Officer Yanez likely believed he had stopped an armed robbery suspect lends itself to giving him the benefit of the doubt.
It is a threatening motion that reasonable and rational folks understand would be a threatening gesture to the Officer, which then, under the law, allows the Officer to respond to protect himself.
But I still contend that Officer Yanez acted too hastily here. His rash decision cost a man his life, a daughter her father and a mother the benefit of having her child's father in her life to help raise their child.
Good thing you were not on the jury then.
1. Stop baiting.
This topic, nor that one, is about me, but about the arguments made.
When you have an argument, give me a call.
Hilarious nonsense.
1. When you have a relevant argument to make post it, as thus far you haven't made any.
2. You are deflecting as an argument was made in reply.
But Officer Wilson's situation was different.
No, not really.
The only difference is in the the extent of the public outcry but the outcry was still there.
Besides Castile's mother publicly wishing for the Officer's death, we had four or five ambush attacks on the police within 48 hours, the Dallas shooting being the next day.
He was receiving death threats and chose to resign of his own accord.
Own accord?
Based on what you already argued in regards to Yanez, the following would not be Wilson's his own accord.
It would be demanding a resignation, or in the way you view it, firing the person.
But the reality of it is that
it is a voluntary separation.
From the previously linked article.
... and the city has now “severed ties” with him.
Wilson's attorney, Neil Bruntrager, told NBC News that Wilson submitted his resignation "two minutes after" Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson told him of the threats.
"The chief thought that if he resigned it would alleviate those threats," Bruntrager said, and "that was all [Wilson] needed to hear."
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