If he was white, he wouldn't have been shot for that. He'd have to be pointing the gun at someone for several minutes before officers would shoot him.
Oh look, a cop shot a white kid for having a joint. Damn racist cops. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wa...-police-his-family-asks-where-is-the-outrage/ Just so you know, there's a bunch of these... Cops are dumb fucks towards all people.
Cops Sent Warrant To Facebook To Dig Up Dirt On Woman Whose Boyfriend They Had Just Killed Documents obtained by Tony Webster show Special Agent Bill O'Donnell issued a warrant to Facebook for "all information retained" by the company on Diamond Reynolds, Castile's girlfriend. This was to include all email sent or received by that account, as well as "chat logs," which presumably means the content of private messages. The warrant also demands any communications that may have been deleted by Reynolds, as well as metadata on photos or videos uploaded to Facebook. It came accompanied with an indefinite gag order. Why would law enforcement want (much less need) information from the victim's girlfriend's Facebook account? It appears officers were looking to justify the killing after the fact. The following sworn statement was contained in the affidavit: Your affiant is aware through training and expertise that individuals frequently call and/or text messages to each other regarding criminal activity during and/or after and [sic] event has occurred. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/2...an-whose-boyfriend-they-had-just-killed.shtml
The only upside -- and it's incredibly small given the surrounding circumstances -- is Facebook refused to hand over the information on the grounds that the indefinite gag order was unconstitutional. Faced with this pushback, Minnesota police withdrew the warrant. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/2...an-whose-boyfriend-they-had-just-killed.shtml
Was the prosecution allowed to look at Yanez's private facebook and social media posts? That's what needed to be looked at.
They get away with it because they are scared. Why anyone so fearful is a police officer I'll never know.
Philando Castile family reaches $3M settlement in death MINNEAPOLIS -- The mother of Philando Castile, a black motorist killed by a Minnesota police officer last year, has reached a nearly $3 million settlement in his death, according to an announcement Monday by her attorneys and the Minneapolis suburb that employed the officer. http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2017/06/philando_castile_family_reache.html
