Last July, there was an incident in MN where a person with a carry permit was shot and killed by a cop during a traffic stop. The officer thought he resembled a suspect in a recent armed robbery and subsequently stopped him for a broken taillight and things went downhill from there.
Rather than trying to summarize what happened during the stop, a good description can be found here: http://www.twincities.com/2017/06/0...ile-at-all-yanez-says-in-emotional-testimony/
We had a thread on it here: https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/should-you-ever-admit-you-are-carrying.806969/
The officer was charged with second degree manslaughter and two counts of dangerous discharge of a firearm.
The trial went to jury on Monday of this week. After two days of deliberation, the jury reported they were deadlocked, but the judge sent them back to continue trying to reach a verdict. Today – two days later – they did reach a verdict and have found the officer Not Guilty on all three counts.
I'm sure there will be much analysis in the news on this verdict and subsequent updates can be found using this search string: http://www.twincities.com/?s=Castile&orderby=date&order=desc
Rather than trying to summarize what happened during the stop, a good description can be found here: http://www.twincities.com/2017/06/0...ile-at-all-yanez-says-in-emotional-testimony/
We had a thread on it here: https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/should-you-ever-admit-you-are-carrying.806969/
The officer was charged with second degree manslaughter and two counts of dangerous discharge of a firearm.
The trial went to jury on Monday of this week. After two days of deliberation, the jury reported they were deadlocked, but the judge sent them back to continue trying to reach a verdict. Today – two days later – they did reach a verdict and have found the officer Not Guilty on all three counts.
I'm sure there will be much analysis in the news on this verdict and subsequent updates can be found using this search string: http://www.twincities.com/?s=Castile&orderby=date&order=desc