10 Jul 2016 8:28 pm
I find it rather curious that Officer Yanez said that he reacted to the 'presence' and the 'display' of Philando Castile's gun.
He didn't say that Castile brandished the gun or threatened him in any way with it.
He didn't say that Castile brandished the gun or threatened him in any way with it.
Jeronimo Yanez, the police officer who killed a black driver during a suburban Minnesota traffic stop this week, reacted to the man's gun — not his race — his attorney said Saturday.
St. Anthony Police Officer Yanez was reacting to "the presence of that gun and the display of that gun" when he opened fire on and killed Philando Castile, Minneapolis attorney Thomas Kelly told the Associated Press in an interview Saturday.
Kelly declined to further elaborate to the AP how Castile, 32, displayed the weapon or the events that led up to the deadly Wednesday traffic stop.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati ... /86894752/