Another good cop, Geronimo Yanez, is losing his job (and maybe career), just because of the ignorance and unfounded anger of street protestors, including Castile’s mother.
They blame the cop for the killing of Castile, a decent guy, but who made a terrible mistake. When the officer was standing next to Castile’s car, with his gun drawn, Castile did the worst thing he could have done. He reached his hand into his jacket. This is a n absolute NO-NO.
When you’re stopped by a cop, always remember the important fundamental rule. You must ALWAYS keep your hands visible to the cop (or someone pointing a gun at you – ex. CCW license). Never do anything that prevents the cop from seeing your hands.
This huge mistake is what has caused the deaths of other people too, who didn’t need to be shot (if they just would have kept their hands visible). Another example is Terence Crutcher, shot by Betty Shelby, who was recently acquitted in the shooting. Of course she was, because Crutcher, like Castile, made his hands not visible to the cop, by reaching into his car’s window.
If you do what threatens the cop’s life (when he/she has only a split second to react), you’re going to be shot.
After a number of these cases have occurred, it’s puzzling how so many people still don’t get it. Are they abnormally stupid, or maybe just caught up in the anti-police hysteria, fomented and promoted by Obama, Al Sharpton, Eric Holder, et al.
