[2016]Minnesota police officer...says Castile was high on marijuana

N Y Daily News ^ | Thursday, December 15, 2016, 3:12 PM | Jason Silverstein

[BenLurkin]

Castile was a regular marijuana user who died with high levels of THC, the drug’s chemical component, in his system.

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...Castile was open about his marijuana use, and posted pictures of it on his Instagram account in 2012.

It says he lied on his application for a firearm permit by denying he was “unlawful user of any controlled substance.”

...Yanez smelled marijuana in Castile’s car after pulling him over, and Castile appeared unable to focus or follow commands. Castile ignored the officer’s repeated demands not to reach for the .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun in his pocket.

[thoughtomator]

There’s another term for it: “infringement of the right to bear arms”.

Watch the video. The immediate reaction to being informed that he had a firearm was to panic. But it’s beyond ridiculous to think that Castille would have informed the officer of that fact had he any intent to use it. The immediacy of the reaction to the statement makes it clear that it was the very presence of a firearm - the right to bear arms - that triggered the reaction, not anything he saw.

Watch the video. It’s immediate - no pause. The exercise of his right to bear arms was the proximate cause of Castille’s execution.

[Fireone]

If a known drug dealer, in possession of a firearm, was reaching for it, would you hesitate? You’d be dead.
Yanez clearly stated “don’t reach for it” more than once, before taking the next step to mitigate.
The right to bear arms carries with it an implied assumption of good behavior, when you violate that, you lose that right.

[RedWulf]

Conservitive tree house has a write up on this including a picture taken by his girl friend showing the gun half out of his pocket under his left arm. It wasn’t holstered or secure which is why the cop freaked out.