Posted on 11/17/2016 9:52:35 PM PST by Olog-hai
When Philando Castile was shot by a Minnesota police officer, his girlfriend broadcast his final moments live on Facebook. But experts say the footage from a squad car camera was probably a bigger factor in prosecutors’ decision to charge the officer with manslaughter.
And that footage, which has not been made public, is still no guarantee that Jeronimo Yanez will be convicted, as other police shootings have shown.
“There have been cases that had video that resulted in either an acquittal or a hung jury, so sometimes the video may raise more questions,” said Philip Stinson, a criminologist at Bowling Green State University who tracks fatal police shootings. “It’s very hard to convict in these cases.” …
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There was something wrong with this story since it was first reported. Let’s see the dash cam video.
Same can be said of eyewitnesses. Is this numnuts saying additional objective evidence is bad?
WTH do they get these 'experts'?
The cop won’t be convicted. Cops aren’t convicted, ever. The evidence doesn’t matter, people are wasting their time with that. Just wait and see.
Finally an unbiased report on a police involved shooting.
Do I really need to put a sarc on it?
But it IS evidence. Right?
Lisr! Liar! Pants on fire.
They do get convicted even when they are innocent. Read the news.
Yeah I do read the news. What are you, in third grade? Stay out of adult issues.
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