Prosecutors in Minnesota have filed charges against the police officer who shot Philando Castile to death during a traffic stop earlier this year.  Some of the far left, and anti-police mainstream media, are not only reporting with glee on the new charges, but they've also started to put the officer on trial in the court of public opinoin:

Minnesota officer charged with manslaughter for shooting Philando Castile during incident streamed on Facebook

 

(Washington Post) – Prosecutors in Minnesota said Wednesday that they had charged the police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop outside St. Paul, Minn., with second-degree manslaughter for the shooting.

The shooting’s aftermath was broadcast on Facebook Live by Diamond Reynolds, Castile’s girlfriend, footage that quickly spread across social media and cable news, making it one of the most high-profile fatal police shootings during the protests that have occurred across the country in recent years.

Castile is one of at least 839 people fatally shot by police this year, according to a Washington Post database. While officers are rarely charged, that number has ticked up in recent years amid intense national scrutiny on how police use force, and video footage has increasingly emerged in deadly shootings.

Opening statements are in full swing!

But Castile’s death in suburban Falcon Heights, Minn., drew particular attention because of Reynolds’s role calmly documenting the aftermath and outlining what happened.

Right.  It also will go to absolving the officer of guilt.

“Stay with me,” she said at one point in the video, even as Castile continued bleeding in the front seat.

Tugging at those heartstrings, seeking to get that emotional response instead of looking at the facts (see below).

John Choi, the Ramsey County attorney, said at a news conference in St. Paul, Minn., on Wednesday morning that Jeronimo Yanez, the officer who shot Castile, would also be charged with endangering the lives of Reynolds and her 4-year-old daughter, who was also in the car.

After Castile handed Yanez his insurance card, Castile then said: “Sir, I have to tell you that I do have a firearm on me.” Yanez, before Castile finished the sentence, put his hand on his holstered gun and calmly replied “Okay,” according to the complaint.

Seconds later, Yanez told Castile not to pull out his gun, to which Castile said, “I’m not pulling it out,” and Reynolds echoed the same message, the complaint said. Yanez then screamed, “Don’t pull it out” before pulling his own gun out and firing seven shots at Castile.

Yet Castile continued with the furtive movements.  And he got himself shot.

The complaint then quotes Reynolds saying what was heard in the Facebook live stream that went viral after the shooting: “He killed my boyfriend.”

Your boyfriend got himself killed.

Choi said that Yanez’s use of deadly force was unjustified, noting that while Castile was armed at the time he was pulled over, he “never removed or tried to remove” the gun he had in his pocket. Castile had a permit to carry his gun, something that sparked internal divisions among members of the National Rifle Association at the time.

Since the Washington Post won't present the rest of the story, we'll re-share what we learned earlier this year.  Philando Castile was not a good man.  He died in a hail of gunfire with his handgun resting on his thigh, partially obscured by his shirt, after the officer repeatedly ordered him not to go for his gun.  Castile chose to ignore those warnings and got himself shot dead. 

Castile shot while reaching for his CCW license?  Hardly.

Mr. Castile’s case has a lot of gun owners across America concerned because the woman in the video says he had a concealed carry license and how he was merely reaching for his wallet when shot four times.  She also claimed the car was stopped for a broken tail light.

Let’s look at the facts that have since emerged.  The Conservative Treehouse has done an outstanding job investigating.

On July 2, a convenience store located not even four blocks from where Mr. Castile got shot by police was robbed.  Two black males were caught on video.  Mr. Castile looks remarkably similar to one of the robbers.

Police are on a recording saying they were going to do a traffic stop on Mr. Castile’s car because he matched the description of one of the armed robbers.

In the post-shooting video, as Mr. Castile is bleeding out, his girlfriend claims that her “husband” was reaching for his CCW, however he’s listed as single in social media.  She claimed they were stopped for a broken tail light, however the stop was conducted during the afternoon (daylight for those in Rio Linda) and both tail lights work just fine.  The sheriff said Mr. Castile has never applied for, much less received a CCW license. 

Here's a tweet from the Sheriff's office:

@cameron_dehart Mr. Castile never applied for a permit to carry with our office. Therefore we did not issue his permit.

— Ramsey Sheriff (MN) (@RamseySheriff) July 7, 2016

Castile is a Crip gang member with a criminal history.

One and the same man?  The bottom two are positively the same person.

Photos courtesy The Conservative Treehouse.

Another news account said that Castile had been stopped 52 times by police.  52 times.  You would have thought that after 52 stops, he would be a pro at how to interact with the police on a stop.

MINNEAPOLIS — When Philando Castile saw the flashing lights in his rearview mirror the night he got shot, it wasn’t unusual. He had been pulled over at least 52 times in recent years in and around the Twin Cities and given citations for minor offenses including speeding, driving without a muffler and not wearing a seat belt.

He was assessed at least $6,588 in fines and fees, although more than half of the total 86 violations were dismissed, court records show.

Even if half the tickets were dismissed, why is this guy attracting the attention of cops so much?  Is he driving like a complete idiot, disregarding the rules of the road on a regular basis?  It would seem so.