officer jonno (may i call you officer jonno?)!
just a few more questions, if i may...:
1. you still have not provided citation that the jury felt that the commands issued by officer yanez were consistent and not contradictory. you agree? because quite clearly, yanez did not tell castile “don’t move” until after he finished shooting 6-7 shots into castile’s body. —so castile was *not* under any police order not to move when yanez fired at castile. do we both agree at least on that?
2. if the commands issued by the officer yanez were contradictory, does that give officer yanez the right to kill civilians when civilians misinterpret officer yanez’ commands? —in your opinion, officer.
3. your citation about the marijuana is contradicted by opposing expert testimony favoring the plaintiff:
“Toxicology expert hired by state to testify about the level of THC — the active ingredient in marijuana — in Castile’s body after his death. She testified that THC found in postmortem blood samples can’t be used to accurately ascertain when a person last ingested marijuana because of the way the body starts decomposing at death. Unlike alcohol, which is stored in a person’s blood, she said THC is stored in a person’s fat tissue. Once those tissues start decomposing, the chemical leaches into the bloodstream and gives unreliable readings.”
officer, just because someone smokes some marijuana does not mean that he is high or his judgment is impaired by marijuana. nor does it imply that he is violent or prone to violence. the best that you have is that marijuana is present in the bloodstream, not that any violence was imminent. do you feel threatened, and so justified to shoot every marijuana user on sight, officer? do you feel other officers should be allowed to shoot marijuana users on sight?
are you an expert in marijuana toxicology, officer?
(otherwise, i think we should factor the marijuana out.)
4. are you in the habit of selectively quoting evidence so that it favors your point of view, officer?
Steve, believe it or not, there is a forest over there.
You can’t see it you say? Look again, it’s just past those trees.
You can’t see the trees you say? Well, sorry, I can’t help you if you won’t open your eyes.
Good day to you Steve.