11-16-2016, 05:05 PM
Statement from Ramsey County (Minnesota) Attorney John Choi:
“Based upon our thorough and exhaustive review of the facts of this case, it is my conclusion that the use of deadly force by Officer Yanez was not justified,” Choi told reporters. “No reasonable officer ― knowing, seeing and hearing what Officer Yanez did at the time ― would have used deadly force under these circumstances.”
“Philando Castile was not resisting or fleeing. He was respectful and compliant. He volunteered, in good faith, that he had a (legal/permitted) firearm ― beyond what the law requires,” Choi said. “His dying words were in protest that he wasn’t reaching for his gun.”
Choi noted that Yanez’s statements to police immediately after the shooting conflicted with statements he later made to investigators with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/phil...ce7aa86e4e
“Based upon our thorough and exhaustive review of the facts of this case, it is my conclusion that the use of deadly force by Officer Yanez was not justified,” Choi told reporters. “No reasonable officer ― knowing, seeing and hearing what Officer Yanez did at the time ― would have used deadly force under these circumstances.”
“Philando Castile was not resisting or fleeing. He was respectful and compliant. He volunteered, in good faith, that he had a (legal/permitted) firearm ― beyond what the law requires,” Choi said. “His dying words were in protest that he wasn’t reaching for his gun.”
Choi noted that Yanez’s statements to police immediately after the shooting conflicted with statements he later made to investigators with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/phil...ce7aa86e4e