It will give officers enough pause to give you the benefit of the doubt in a tense situation.
People have criticizer her for keeping the video going. Best thing she could do to show what was actually happening vs the cops version.
This is one of the craziest ones yet. Asks the guy to get out his license. Shoots him dead as he does so, for the crime of not having his hands up. How can he have his hands up while he’s getting his license out?
If it weren’t all on film I would not believe it, also.
Already saw it elsewhere. Horrible. If true that the man was only reaching for ID and was shot, the policeman needs to be charged with murder. This one is REALLY bad. Need more facts ASAP.
The same holds true for the shooting in Baton Rouge yesterday. Both make it worse for the good honest cops.
That’s a bad video. It is probably still on liveleak. He had no record, good guy, worked for the school district, and had a CCW. He told the cop he had a CCW. Cop told him to get his ID. He reached for his wallet and the cop lit him up.
This one doesn’t look good. Baton Rouge looks fine to me.
Everyone who has a CCW knows the first thing you do is put both hands on the steering wheel or the dashboard and inform the police officer you have a CCW. It’s the law folks!
Minnesota will settle out of court and she will get rich and a new boyfriend.
cop flat out murdered the guy.
Based on my initial read and watching the video, in my opinion, this cop needs to be charged with murder. This guy even had CCW, was legally carrying his gun, and by all accounts was acting in a non-threatening manner. Nothing whatsoever justifies his murder.
I always tell the cop where the license is, then wait for him to tell me to go ahead before I reach there.
And why was he reaching for his license, anyway. The pictures show him being in the passenger seat - look at the shoulder harness. Passenger tells the cop he has a gun and reached for something?
Very bad. Absolutely horrible. The cop was absolutely in the wrong on this.
This guy had CCW. He told the cop that. The police had not given the OK to move his hands. Stopped driver moved his hands
It was reasonable for officer to believe he was going for his gun
In the video, she says while her boyfriend was taking out his wallet, the officer told him “Don’t move” and then, when the boyfriend started to put his hands back up, that’s when the officer shot him.
I guess “Don’t move” means don’t move.
Such a tragedy.
(The news report I heard this morning said he’d informed the officer he had a gun and a carry permit.)
This is bad, real bad.
5.56mm
Cop sounds like he knows he f'd up to me.
I’m amazed at how quickly some people think to pull out their cell phone and start a video recording when they see something like this. This woman did more than that. She started a FB live stream. That takes some practice.
Cop: Your taillight is out. License, please. Driver: Okay, but my wallet is next to my licensed pistol. Cop: BLAM. BLAM BLAM BLAM
It will give officers enough pause to give you the benefit of the doubt in a tense situation.
MN is carry. Not CC.
Not making a difference here, just FYI for everyone.
“In the video, Reynolds tells viewers that she and Castile were pulled over for a busted tail light by a ‘Chinese police officer’. “
I SO HOPE he turns out to be Korean or Japanese.