The police asked for his ID. Like most men he kept it in his pocket. What was he suppose to do?
“The police asked for his ID. Like most men he kept it in his pocket. What was he suppose to do?”
The details are a bit sketchy (from what I’ve seen), but before he fired, the officer is reported to have told Castile to “stop moving”.
For his part, Castile didn’t help his situation by “carrying while stoned” - which appeared to inhibit his ability to focus & follow orders.
Unfortunately, it appears that mistakes were made all around - and Castile paid for it. Bottom line: the jury (with 2 blacks) gave the officer the benefit of the doubt.
He should not announce the gun while reaching in his pocket. Announcing a gun should only be done when both hands are clearly visible and not moving. Once you announce the gun nothing the officer said before matters, so forget about the ID now and when the officer says “don’t reach for **IT** assume that means don’t reach for ANYTHING.
When you conceal carry you get trained and need to know how to reveal your piece to LE in a way that will cause them no fear that it could be used against them, so announcing that while reaching in your pants pocket, and then apparently not complying with an order to stop is a textbook case on how NOT to announce your gun.