Ever thing you’d see the day I’d agree with John Choi’s office about…well, much of anything?<\/p>\n
Mazel tov. \u00a0Here we go.<\/p>\n
Choi’s office responded to Saint Anthony PD officer Geronimo Yanez’s attorneys’ motions to dismiss the charges stemming from the shooting of Philando Castile last summer. \u00a0 The motion cites the claims that Castile – a carry permittee – wasn’t complying with Yanez’ commands during the traffic stop, and that as traces of THC were found in his bloodstream at autopsy, he simply must have lied on his carry permit application.<\/p>\n
The response:<\/p>\n
The memo from prosecutors asks Ramsey County District Judge William Leary to deny the defense’s motion to dismiss.<\/p>\n
“Probable cause adequately supports the charges (in this case). \u00a0Any potential negligence by Castile is a question of fact for the jury,” according to the memo.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors further stated that Minnesota courts have “repeatedly affirmed” criminal convictions where negligence on the part of the victim was in play. They also said the defense couldn’t prove Castile was using illegal drugs when he applied for his permit to carry his gun because that application was submitted more than a year before the shooting.<\/p>\n
Additionally, even if Castile didn’t have a permit to carry, Yanez’s decision to shoot him seven times still would have been reckless, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n
“A police officer does not have the right to kill someone just because they possess a firearm they may or may not be entitled to have”\u009d prosecutors said in the memo.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The memo also questions the defense attorney’s clairvoyance in deducing that Castile was using marijuana when he applied for his permit – certainly a difficult claim to prove without use of Dionne Warwick’s friends.<\/p>\n
Kudos to Choi’s office for refraining from gratuitously putting carry permittees at grave risk for no good reason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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