Liberal Forum

crimsongulf » 03 Feb 2020 5:37 pm » wrote:

If she were a young black man instead of a old white lady, she'd probably have been shot and killed by the cop.

Just sayin'.

On July 6, 2016, Philando Castile, a 32-year-old African-American, was pulled over while driving in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, and killed by Jeronimo Yanez, a 29-year-old Latino St. Anthony, Minnesota police officer.

Castile had been driving a car at 9:00 pm with his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, and her four-year-old daughter when he was pulled over by Yanez and another officer in a suburb of Saint Paul, MN.

After being asked for his license and registration, Castile had told Officer Yanez that he had a firearm, to which Yanez replied, "Don't reach for it then", and Castile said "I'm, I, I was reaching for..."

Yanez said "Don't pull it out", Castile replied "I'm not pulling it out", and Reynolds said "He's not..."

Yanez repeated "Don't pull it out" and then shot Castile seven times.