It looked like a bad shoot, but I will have to side with the jury on this one, and every other one. That is the American way. Judged by a jury of your peers. They said he was not guilty.
The charge was not guilty on the officer's charge correct? I'm sure in a civil case the city will pay for this incident.
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Would they pay your family enough?
Good call.
As far as the NRA being involved. Should they? This is a murder case. Not a 2A right infringement right?
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If nothing else, there should be some emphasis on how to interact with LEO..... at minimum.
Link to video and audio from cruiser:
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Was this the shooting that the guy was ordered to put his hands up but kept reaching for something instead?
Strange that nobody in the thread has mentioned ol' Phil was smoking pot and CCW'ing. Pretty sure the two are mutually exclusive legally.
He doesn't ever say 'put your hands up'. That probably would have helped.
Seems like the officer asked for license and insurance, he got insurance from his console and then as he was trying to retrieve his wallet from his pocket, tells Yanez about the firearm. Yanez says 'Ok don't reach for it though, don't pull it out'. Philando tells him, 'I'm not tryna pull it out.', but keeps trying to pull out (presumably) his wallet.
Seems like he never made the connection between 'Don't pull it out' and his hand on his wallet. He might have been thinking 'Of course I'm not going to pull it out, I'm not stupid'. But from the officers point of view,he knows there's a gun and immediately jumps to 'the gun is in his hand' and says 'don't pull it out' one more time. According to the jury, that assumption was a reasonable one for a reasonable person to make.
The whole thing is very sad for everyone involved. And it's all due to really bad timing. If those events happened in any other order, it would have been avoided. I got instruction on how to deal with police, and Philando probably did too, just forgotten.