Posted on 07/23/2016 12:44:29 AM PDT by IChing
The St. Anthony police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile earlier this month helped book Castile into jail after a 2011 traffic stop that started with a defective brake light, newly released records show.
Officer Jeronimo Yanez was also one of the two officers assigned to work the July 2 armed robbery of a Lauderdale convenience store — scanner audio and Yanez’s attorney said he pulled over Castile’s white Oldsmobile the night he was killed because he matched the description of a suspect from a previous robbery.
The new details are contained in records that the city of St. Anthony released late Thursday in response to media requests.
The 2011 traffic stop, in which Castile was arrested and cited for driving with a revoked license, was the only previous incident the city of St. Anthony had recorded with Castile before he was killed July 6, according to City Attorney Jay Lindgren.
Castile was driving a Chevrolet south on Hamline Avenue near Larpenteur Avenue in Falcon Heights on Nov. 23, 2011, when officer Mark Dokken pulled him over for a defective brake light, according to the incident report. Dokken then discovered Castile had a revoked license and an outstanding misdemeanor warrant in Hennepin County for driving after revocation.
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They arrest based on statute and law. Also, these people are often a menace to their communities - one hanging in front of small businesses and taking away their business; the other driving recklessly without a license and insurance puts the community in danger. Seems like common sense to me!
Personally, living in a NYC neighborhood, I hate to see these guys peddling loosies. They attract drunks and homeless.
Exactly. I spent about 30 minutes yesterday trying to find out where the gun was found. Zip, nada...
I have the link you have (I think).
Thanks!
Some insist Garner was also doubling as a lookout and/or doorman for a drug operation.
The police pull over anyone they think suspicious. They only need probable cause. Because there are so many traffic laws, it’s easy to find a reason to pull over ANYONE!
Do they really care that your license plate light is out? Of course not, but it is a legitimate reason to pull you over. It opens the door for further investigation. Upon further investigation they find intoxicated drivers, GUNS, DOPE, escaped felons, people with outstanding warrants, stolen cars, stolen property, hookers, johns, unlicensed drivers and on and on.
It’s called police work.
Educate yourselves. Watch a “COPS” marathon on TV (yes I’m totally serious). You will see patterns emerge and get a real understanding of what patrol officers go through on a daily basis. No actors, no scripts, no filters, see it as it happens.
I’m not surprised about any of this. When you live in an urban area, you get totally cynical.
Especially the broken taillight scoffaws.
This Eric Garner story has always reminded me of the infamous Eleanor Bumpers - another obese character who resisted arrest and ended up dead. It turned NYC upside down for a long time!
Definitely. In fact, often within a few days and even a few hours after making bail. It happens!
In any neighborhood, or area of a large city, there’s only a few bad actors causing 90% of the trouble. Naturally, the LEO’s working that area are going to know most of them.
In north Minneapolis, there have been about 7 families, from Chicago and Gary, Indiana, causing most of the trouble for generations. (I could name them, but not here). MPD knows them well, and good police work would direct one’s attention in their direction 90% of the time. See how that works?
Castile was thus a serial scofflaw
You’re quite right that the Garner cops were sent out there. They were not just patrolling around. The way the cops went about arresting Garner is where the problem started. Four cops and ONE of them leaps on his neck like something out of Wild Kingdom provoking all sorts of mainly ineffectual struggle. Not very long ago each cop would have grabbed and immobilized a limb, hoisted him, lay him face down cuffed him and put him into the wagon. It is better than just remotely possible that the asthma attack that killed him would at this point become still have presented itself but Garner could then have been treated and possibly saved. I heard, years ago from cops themselves, that this cop on a limb up and in you go whether you like it or not technique was SOP.
I agree the facial hair seems different...but the robbery photos aren’t very clear.
Also, I think thete is something long and thin in the background that makes the gun look longer than it really is.
Conservative Treehouse shows a screen shot of something in his lap that may be a gun. And a crime scene photo with it lying on the ground by the car .
There are pics of him without the jawline shade whiskers and he looks EXACTLY like the robber.
I know...its just a timing issue - could he grow that much hair in four days or not.
Fantastic post..!!
Thank! I saw that but doesn’t seen clear enough to me to conclude that the object is a gun.
The Sons of Liberty did the same thing back in the day. They supplied untaxed prodcuts for commerce. The ‘State’ didn’t like that as well.
First I will say that I do not know what happened in this incident but will wait for the investigation to be complete but from the sound of it, this guy was not a habitual offender. It sounds like 1 arrest for driving on suspended license (does not show why it was suspended but states have made up so many ways to suspend license to enforce revenue generation). If reports are accurate, he had a concealed weapons permit so if true, this guy was not a habitual offender.
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