Here We F-cking Go Again! Officer Who Shot Philando Castile Found Not Guilty
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Jeronimo Yanez, the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop last year, was found not guilty of second-degree manslaughter Friday.
He also was acquitted of two counts of intentional discharge of firearm that endangers safety.
A Minnesota jury has reached a verdict in the manslaughter trial of Jeronimo Yanez, the officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop last year.
Yanez is on trial for one count of second-degree manslaughter and two counts of intentional discharge of firearm that endangers safety because Castile's girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter were also in the car.
Castile's death garnered widespread attention after his girlfriend broadcast the shooting's aftermath on Facebook Live.
The jury deliberated about 29 hours.
During the two-week trial, prosecutors portrayed Yanez as a nervous officer who lost control of his traffic stop. He was too quick to pull the trigger after learning Castile had a gun based on an unreasonable suspicion that he was a robbery suspect, prosecutors said.
Yanez testified he feared for his life because Castile reached for his firearm, despite being instructed not to do.
Developing story - more to come
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/us/philando-castile-trial-verdict/index.html
He also was acquitted of two counts of intentional discharge of firearm that endangers safety.
A Minnesota jury has reached a verdict in the manslaughter trial of Jeronimo Yanez, the officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop last year.
Yanez is on trial for one count of second-degree manslaughter and two counts of intentional discharge of firearm that endangers safety because Castile's girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter were also in the car.
Castile's death garnered widespread attention after his girlfriend broadcast the shooting's aftermath on Facebook Live.
The jury deliberated about 29 hours.
During the two-week trial, prosecutors portrayed Yanez as a nervous officer who lost control of his traffic stop. He was too quick to pull the trigger after learning Castile had a gun based on an unreasonable suspicion that he was a robbery suspect, prosecutors said.
Yanez testified he feared for his life because Castile reached for his firearm, despite being instructed not to do.
Developing story - more to come
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/us/philando-castile-trial-verdict/index.html
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Another day in America.
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i've ran out of words a long time ago
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Yeah but why keep acting Shocked
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For real I just want to know how many black folks were on the jury and how tf they gonna sleep tonight
Every ? time these dudes get the ? off -
? the system
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This is America.
What do you really expect? Justice?.........Nah, this is about preserving the order. -
All these NRA pro-gun white folk that are ultra paranoid about the government whenever a Democrat in office ain't gonna hear this until its too late and a full blown Police State taking their guns and freedom away
not nearly enough @janklow types in this country -
Damn, so the cop just didn't do anything wrong huh?
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Swiffness! wrote: »
Some of the realist ? I've seen in response to things like this. -
The Lonious Monk wrote: »Damn, so the cop just didn't do anything wrong huh?
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I mean are y'all surprised really? ? is just normal now. Racist cop kills black man and he'll get off no matter what
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Already Home_17 wrote: »i've ran out of words a long time ago
This. I don't even know what to say anymore. -
BigBallsNoWorries wrote: »? the system
Its like they knew what was done and how they felt about it from the jump so why the ? would you go through that long trial any got damn way just to do the wrong thing?
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It's like I said in that thread that these ? ass muthafuckad shut down, we as a people neef to take a page out the Muslims book.
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Gossip is worth more than your life to black people the peanut butter and jelly thread about him getting the 15 year old girl pregnant got 2 thousand views and came out after this thread if I'm not mistaken, male a valid point and watch someone tell u to shut up