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.
regarding the defense testimony of St. Anthony Police Chief Jon Mangseth:
Said during cross examination that he also trains officers to ask drivers who disclose they have a firearm and a permit to carry to keep their hands visible, preferably on the steering wheel, and then asks them the location of the gun in the vehicle.
officer jonno, did officer yanez violate police procedure and training when officer yanez failed to “ask (castile) to keep (his) hands visible?
officer jonno, should officers always be required to follow police procedure and training when matters of civilian life and death are at stake? if your answer is no, then why bother with police procedure and training at all? Is it OK, for example, if a very controlled jury greenlights ignoring procedure and training?
Why didn’t the police officers at the scene even bother to search the vehicle and body to find out where castile’s gun was? Could it be, officer jonno, that the police officers were afraid to find the gun in a location that would contradict yanez’ debriefing? what is the point of confiscating evidence if evidence is not preserved for later reference by the jury, especially evidence at the scene of the incident? If it would be my job to preserve evidence at the scene of a shooting, should i not at least record the locations of all guns present at the scene of the shooting? If I did not, what does that sound like to you, officer jonno? How about “negligence in the performance of duties,” “evidence tampering” and “accomplice to manslaughter,” officer jonno?
Please forgive me for seeing all these pesky trees, officer jonno!