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LooksLikeDarko
06/22/17 8:04:48 AM
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http://www.twincities.com/2017/06/21/philando-castile-yanez-smell-of-marijuana-made-him-fear-for-his-life-jeronimo/

The officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop last year told investigators that the smell of “burnt marijuana” in Castile’s car made him believe his life was in danger.

“I thought, I was gonna die,” Officer Jeronimo Yanez told investigators from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension fifteen hours after the shooting. “And I thought if he’s, if he has the, the guts and the audacity to smoke marijuana in front of the five-year-old girl and risk her lungs and risk her life by giving her secondhand smoke and the front seat passenger doing the same thing then what, what care does he give about me. And, I let off the rounds and then after the rounds were off, the little girls was screaming.”
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Anarchy_Juiblex
06/22/17 8:07:23 AM
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I have no comment that wont result in a warning and it's not Friday so I'm not quite ready for my weekend break.
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cjsdowg
06/22/17 8:07:46 AM
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That bastard, he has the "audacity" to fire into a car with a little girl. Then you handcuff her mother and has the little girl wait with her mother begging her mother to to cry out or so the police will not shoot to.
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Iodine
06/22/17 8:08:05 AM
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Oh man what a terrible POS.
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pinky0926
06/22/17 8:09:34 AM
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I can appreciate that someone will say literally anything if it might help get them out of a murder charge, but this is just sickening.
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ThePieReborn
06/22/17 8:12:50 AM
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I'll, uh... just echo the sentiments of post #5.
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Solid Sonic
06/22/17 8:12:55 AM
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That is legit the worst defense I have heard for an officer resorting to lethal force.
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hortanz
06/22/17 8:14:01 AM
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I had to double check that this wasn't the onion
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KiwiTerraRizing
06/22/17 8:14:45 AM
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So in Minnesota is legal to murder people if they expose others to second hand smoke as I can infer their disregard for human life would extend to me?

The jury verdict says yes, this is now true.
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Melonfarms
06/22/17 8:15:30 AM
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Shows bias. What an unfortunate case.
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Kineth
06/22/17 8:18:52 AM
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The guy's fucking dead and they're still trying to beat up his corpse.
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KiwiTerraRizing
06/22/17 8:19:14 AM
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But don't forget the real problem is cops not being respected.
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Solid Sonic
06/22/17 8:20:02 AM
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hortanz posted...
I had to double check that this wasn't the onion

This is definitely an example of truth being stranger than fiction. Not even The Onion would satirize someone's death by shooting as cold-heartedly as that. That can only come from the jacked-up mind of twisted sincerity.
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_OujiDoza_
06/22/17 8:21:51 AM
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Sympathizers are losing ground by the fucking minute with this fucking pig...

But CE will fight on, I have zero doubt.
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Coolppl Owns
06/22/17 8:23:40 AM
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he said that

this is real

the fuck
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clearaflagrantj
06/22/17 8:34:21 AM
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Fuck the police
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Freddie_Mercury
06/22/17 8:40:36 AM
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>cop lied about the reason castile was pulled over
>cop escalated the situation by walking to the car instead of waiting for backup
>other cop claimed he couldn't see the gun
>cop asks to see license and information then gets scared when he starts reaching for it
>claims to have been worried about the child which is why he fired seven shots with her and a passenger still in the car
>cop claimed in the year of our lord 2k17 that he thought marijuana would make castile aggressive and hostile


It's too bad #AllLivesMatter is already busy at the #BlueLivesMatter rally :(
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lilORANG
06/22/17 8:44:37 AM
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Wait, why wouldn't he say "the gun in the car made me fear for my life"

at least that would be somewhat believable.
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Steelix500
06/22/17 8:45:08 AM
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He needs to stop talking lmao
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tremain07
06/22/17 8:45:42 AM
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ARRRUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!

This is like a bad joke, the only way it could get even dumber is for the Police department to charge the girlfriend with a crime and convict her, then have child services take away her daughter to spite her for casting even a little doubt on the infallible blue shield.
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thelovefist
06/22/17 8:50:24 AM
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Jeronimo Yanez was fired. Why do you people seem to ignore this fact?
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Kineth
06/22/17 8:51:38 AM
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thelovefist posted...
Jeronimo Yanez was fired. Why do you people seem to ignore this fact?


Wasn't he fired for something unrelated to the shooting?
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pinky0926
06/22/17 8:51:56 AM
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thelovefist posted...
Jeronimo Yanez was fired. Why do you people seem to ignore this fact?


Maybe because not everyone agrees that being dismissed from your place of employment is a suitable enough conclusion to shooting an unarmed man dead in front of their child.
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Solid Sonic
06/22/17 8:52:49 AM
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thelovefist posted...
Jeronimo Yanez was fired. Why do you people seem to ignore this fact?

Because losing your job for such a severe lack of good judgement that it could very well have been deliberate is justice.
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cuttin_in_farm
06/22/17 8:55:14 AM
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Steelix500 posted...
He needs to stop talking lmao

lilORANG posted...
Wait, why wouldn't he say "the gun in the car made me fear for my life"

at least that would be somewhat believable.

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thelovefist
06/22/17 8:59:20 AM
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Kineth posted...
thelovefist posted...
Jeronimo Yanez was fired. Why do you people seem to ignore this fact?


Wasn't he fired for something unrelated to the shooting?

It doesn't appear so: http://abcnews.go.com/US/minnesota-officer-found-guilty-fatal-shooting-philando-castile/story?id=48003144

Solid Sonic posted...
thelovefist posted...
Jeronimo Yanez was fired. Why do you people seem to ignore this fact?

Because losing your job for such a severe lack of good judgement that it could very well have been deliberate is justice.

He was found not guilty by a jury.
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Solid Sonic
06/22/17 9:00:06 AM
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Oh, I thought this was ongoing.

Well, if he's been acquitted not much can be done. He looks stupid, though. Probably won't be able to get a decent job for the rest of his life.
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DezCaughtIt
06/22/17 9:03:23 AM
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More proof this dude was a fucking coward and should have never been given a badge and a gun
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thelovefist
06/22/17 9:05:02 AM
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Solid Sonic posted...
Oh, I thought this was ongoing.

Well, if he's been acquitted not much can be done. He looks stupid, though. Probably won't be able to get a decent job for the rest of his life.


I will agree that he should never be a cop again.
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Anarchy_Juiblex
06/22/17 9:06:59 AM
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He's still got a civil case coming right? Better be in the poor house for the rest of his fucking life.
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trappedunderice
06/22/17 9:07:13 AM
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He's exposed now, I'm sure street justice will happen at some point.
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Rexdragon125
06/22/17 9:08:39 AM
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There are plenty of professions where lives are on the line from a slight lapse in judgement, but police are the only ones who turn into panicky cowards at the slightest threat.
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thelovefist
06/22/17 9:10:50 AM
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Rexdragon125 posted...
police are the only ones who turn into panicky cowards at the slightest threat.


Too much edge for me.
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Anarchy_Juiblex
06/22/17 9:14:36 AM
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thelovefist posted...
Rexdragon125 posted...
police are the only ones who turn into panicky cowards at the slightest threat.


Too much edge for me.


When is the last time a fireman swung an axe on someone?
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Twinmold
06/22/17 9:35:52 AM
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hortanz posted...
I had to double check that this wasn't the onion

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Giant_Aspirin
06/22/17 9:39:40 AM
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someone that ignorant shouldn't be allowed to be LEO
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thelovefist
06/22/17 9:43:09 AM
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Giant_Aspirin posted...
someone that ignorant shouldn't be allowed to be LEO

He isn't allowed. He was fired.
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Delirious_Beard
06/23/17 12:12:47 AM
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thelovefist posted...
Jeronimo Yanez was fired. Why do you people seem to ignore this fact?


i dunno about you but i'd want a stricter punishment than that for murdering someone
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Kaname_Madoka
06/23/17 12:14:13 AM
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lilORANG posted...
Wait, why wouldn't he say "the gun in the car made me fear for my life"

at least that would be somewhat believable.

yeah this wtf
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Turbam
06/23/17 12:15:48 AM
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LooksLikeDarko posted...
risk her lungs and risk her life....And, I let off the rounds

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TheVipaGTS
06/23/17 12:16:08 AM
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LooksLikeDarko posted...
“And I thought if he’s, if he has the, the guts and the audacity to smoke marijuana in front of the five-year-old girl and risk her lungs and risk her life by giving her secondhand smoke and the front seat passenger doing the same thing then what, what care does he give about me.

yea man, smoking weed in front of her is SO MUCH WORSE than killing him in front of her...Good job man! You saved the world from WEED. so proud of you...Fuckin idiot...
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sylverlolol
06/23/17 12:18:02 AM
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pinky0926 posted...
thelovefist posted...
Jeronimo Yanez was fired. Why do you people seem to ignore this fact?


Maybe because not everyone agrees that being dismissed from your place of employment is a suitable enough conclusion to shooting an unarmed man dead in front of their child.

This. That fucking piece of scum deserves to be behind bars.
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OctilIery
06/23/17 12:18:25 AM
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The cop is a piece of shit, but the fact remains Castile was reaching for something out of sight, and didn't stop after warnings. By all means fire the cop, but you can't really convict him given those facts.
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cjsdowg
06/23/17 12:20:24 AM
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OctilIery posted...
he cop is a piece of s***, but the fact remains Castile was reaching for something out of sight, and didn't stop after warnings. By all means fire the cop, but you can't really convict him given those facts.


The cop didn't say stop moving. If he wanted him to stop reaching then he could have said that. But he didn't say that. Then he lied about what happen. Harassed the family didn't follow protocol. But the black guy who was murdered he is at fault for not following a direction that wasn't given.
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iPhone_7
06/23/17 12:20:29 AM
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Freddie_Mercury posted...
>cop escalated the situation by walking to the car instead of waiting for backup

May as well say the cop escalated the situation by stopping the car to begin with.
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ultimate reaver
06/23/17 12:22:13 AM
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jesus christ what a fucking idiot. he's completely indefensible
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cjsdowg
06/23/17 12:22:40 AM
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iPhone_7 posted...

May as well say the cop escalated the situation by stopping the car to begin with.


He claimed this was stopping being because he assumed BOTH people in the car was robbers. This would be a felony stop. He didn't treat the situation like a felony stop, unless cop just threw that line in there to excuse his harassment .
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yemmy
06/23/17 12:29:12 AM
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OctilIery posted...
The cop is a piece of shit, but the fact remains Castile was reaching for something out of sight, and didn't stop after warnings. By all means fire the cop, but you can't really convict him given those facts.


you feeling ok?

usually anytime someone fires a gun at someone, justified or not, you're attacking the shooter.
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TheVipaGTS
06/23/17 12:36:35 AM
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Wait, so let me get this straight...the smell of weed is what FIRST caused him to have concern for his life...a smell he would have sensed LONG before even knowing about the gun. so what he's saying is from the VERY START he was on the defensive and fearing for his life....because of weed....and people are defending that?
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