Posted on 11/16/2016 8:56:27 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
The use of deadly force by a St. Anthony police officer was determined to be unjustified in the shooting death of Philando Castile.
Ramsey County Attorney John Choi made the announcement during a news conference Wednesday morning.
Choi began his announcement by saying that after spending 19 weeks "immersed in the facts and law and thinking about what justice requires in the case," he said he decided it would be wrong to ask a grand jury to make a decision regarding the case.
He said although he knows some members of the community may not be pleased with such a decision, he said "in order to achieve justice, we must be willing to do the right thing no matter how hard it may seem."
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He told the cop that he had a permit and that he was armed. The cop told him not to move, and he moved.
Not saying it was a good shoot.
Just sayin’...
Possible. Almost everything we know is from claims made by the wife.
A trial may be needed to enter into the record matters of fact.
Most of us knew Zimmerman was being railroaded but the trial proved beyond any doubt that it was a railroad.
He should totally be found guilty. This was truly criminal. Castile told him he had a permit and was armed and the cop blasted him several times as he reached for his id in front of his girlfriend’s 4 year old who was in the back seat. That cop should never be in possession of a gun again for any reason, major hair-trigger. It’s all on video. The victim Castile was loved by all the students at the school he worked at and a role model for young men in that community. Just a senseless tragedy. The true shame is that if it weren’t for the video he may have never been charged. This was egregious.
You have a right to a jury trial, not a grand jury...
As the saying goes, any prosecutor worth his salt can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.
“No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger...”
I will let you guess where that comes from.
Now go Google the Baltimore Police Officers in which the grand jury refused to indite.
See post 25
The grand jury clause of the Fifth Amendment has not been extended to the states. It only applies to federal felonies (”infamous crime”), where the accused does not waive their right.
States have their own rules about this, and I don’t know what the state law says in this case. But since their was no grand jury I would assume it’s not required and that there will be an arraignment.
He’s not charged with a capital crime. Words mean things, most especially the ones in the constitution.
Yes all we know is that.
But unfortunately for the foul-mouthed trigger-happy cop, the DA has the police webcam footage as well.
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