The Philando Castile case is the Concealed Carry example of everything going wrong and then some. Nervous Rookie Cop mixed with CWP doing the wrong movements lead to a death.
I am going with this CNN article for some info on the evidence and testimony presented in court:
An audio recording captured Castile telling Yanez he had a gun in the car, and the officer telling Castile not to reach for it. Seconds later, Yanez opened fire.
and
Yanez’s lawyers alleged Castile had been smoking marijuana the day of the shooting, which they said affected his judgment.
When you take the responsibility of carrying a weapon, you also take on the responsibility to be stone cold sober or accept whatever may come to you otherwise.
How many times have we seen in shows like COPS people reaching for their pockets when asked if they have drugs, needled or weapons? I am going to say that this is what happened in this case and the fact Castile was under the influence, helped reduce critical thinking and maybe figuring that staying standing still would have been the better option.
And then we have the question of why was a rookie cop allowed to be involved in what was supposed to be a potentially dangerous stop? Notice that the article says that officer Yanez told Castile not to reach for the gun and then opened fired. I know I am Monday Morning QBing some, but repeating the same message several times and louder seems to be what most veteran cops do.
Again, there is mayor responsibility on both men, bit I really do not see culpability on either. The best we can do is learn from it and make sure we don’t end up bleeding in our cars.
Of course, the Opposition is using it against Guns and for Cop Bashing. And if some deluded asshole shoots a cop n payback, much the better for Moms! they can say we are a threat to Law Enforcement and that something must be done to protect officers. The more bodies, the more they collect and I figure Shannon is due a hot tub upgrade for her “little” home in the Rockies .
Oh, By The Way,
The mostly peaceful protesters blocked I 94 between Minneapolis and Saint Paul last night from about 10pm to 1am.
Saw a bit streaming from a TV station… no cray stuff which is good.
As I recall, there were a lot of oddities about the Philando Castile case. The last I heard, it had never been proven he actually had a concealed carry permit.
The Ramsey County Ramsey, MN, sheriff said they had no record of issuing Castile a CCW.
The people at a website called GotNews chased down the social media profiles of Philando Castille and his girlfriend Diamond (who’s cellphone video was all over the news), and unfortunately a familiar set of social behaviors surfaces.
Philando Castile was a gang member (crips), frequently picturing himself with firearms, cash, drugs and gang signs; and Ms. Diamond also has a colorfully broadcasted social presence. Being a gang member makes me wonder if he could have had a permit at all. He had an arrest record, but arrested obviously doesn’t mean convicted.
I did a post on it, here. Hate to pimp my blog, but you can delete this if you like.
Be da pimp. 😀
Last I heard was that Mr. Castile had a carry permit from Hennepin County when he lived in Minneapolis. He moved to St. Paul in Ramsey County, but did not get a new permit in his new county. Minnesota issues permits through the County Sheriff.
I do the same damned thing, I don’t get a new drivers license right away when I move, I wait until there is a reason to go to the courthouse and get a new DL, plates, and clean up any real estate paperwork.
In MN you are supposed to update your DL within 30 days of an address change. If I remember correctly (i should probably look it up but I’m feeling lazy) Permit to carry address change is supposed to be done in 2 weeks.