“One juror told the media afterwards that because they didn’t have indisputable visual evidence that Philando Castile had not “pulled out” his gun as the officer claimed on the witness stand, they couldn’t convict because they still had “reasonable doubt” on that point.”
This is so troubling to me. Officer Yanez changed his story. At first he said he didn’t know where the gun was, then he claimed he saw the gun.
Philando’s last words were " I wasn’t reaching for it", Diamond says he wasn’t reaching for it.
The other officer didn’t see it, and the EMT says it was deep in his pocket. I also thought I read it wasn’t loaded.
Why is it an officer can completely lie and change his story, yet he is still believed?
I also read that "Jurors asked the court Friday to reread the officer’s testimony in its entirety, their second request … for statements he made regarding the fatal shooting of Philando Castile.
But Ramsey County District Court Judge William H. Leary III denied the request without elaborating, saying the reasons aren’t “important to share right now.”