Dashcam recording of Castile's shooting released.

[Leonhard]

(Warning - Swearing (by officer Yanez), and violence.)

[Leonhard]

Its interesting to compare this to his witness testimony at the trial.

[Starlight]

Those marijuana smokers, so dangerous, if they'll smoke weed, they'll do anything.

[Leonhard]

I found a full transcript. I've removed all explitives to comply with tweb regulation.


JY: Officer Jeronimo Yanez
PC: Philando Castiie
DR: Diamond Reynolds
JK: Officer Joseph Kauser
JT: Officer Juan Toran
BA: Officer Bryan Anderson
JA: Sergeant Joe Adams
GD: Officer Grant Datilio
TS; Officer Tressa Sunde
UM: Unknown Male

JY Hello sir.

PC (inaudible), how are you?

JY Good. Uh reason I pulled you over do you, your brake lights are out. So you only have one activated, active brake light and that's gonna be your passenger side one. Your third brake light which is up here on top and then this one back here is gonna be out.

PC (inaudible)

JY You have your license and insurance?

(pause/background noise)

PC Sir, I have to tell you I do have a...

JY Okay.

PC ...firearm on me.

JY Okay.

PC I (inaudible)

JY Don't reach for it then.

PC I'm, I, I was reaching for...

JY Don't pull it out.

PC I'm not pulling it out.

DR He's not...

JY Don't pull it out.

(gunshots)

DR You just killed my boyfriend

PC I wasn't reaching ...

DR He wasn't reaching. ..

JY Don't pull it out!

DR He wasn't.

JY Don't move! <explitive>.

DR Oh man, I can't believe you just did that.

JY <explitives>

DR Oh my God.

JY Don't move!

DR Oh my God.

JY Don't move!

DR Oh my God I'm shaking

JY Don't move!

DR Don't move baby.

JY Code 3. Get the baby giri outta here. <explitive>

DR Don't, don't (inaudible) sir.

JY Don't move!

DR Don't move baby, please

JY <explitive>

DR Whatever you do...

JY 6921 get a, medic here code 3. Shots fired. Oh [expletive]! (heavy breathing)

DR Stay with me.

JY Medics code 3!

DR We got pulled over for a busted tail light in the back.

JY <explitive>

DR ...he, he (inaudible)

JY (deep breath) <explitive>

DR ...my boyfriend. He's licensed. He's carries cuz he's licensed to carry. He was trying to get out his ID in his wallet out his um, pocket and he let the officer know, that he was...

JY (heavy breathing)

DR ...(inaudible) he had a firearm...

JY (heavy breathing)

DR ...and he was reaching for his wallet. And the officer just shot him in his arm.

JY Ma'am just keep your hands where they are.

DR I will sir. I will sir.

JY (heavy breathing) <explitive>

DR He shot his arm off.

JY (heavy breathing)...

DR ...we got pulled over on Larpenteur and (inaudible)

JY I told him not to reach for it. I told him to get his hand off it.

DR He had... You told him to get his ID sir, and his driver's license. Oh my God please don't tell me he's dead.

JY (heavy breathing) <explitive>

DR Please don't tell me my boyfriend just went like that.

JY Just keep your hands where they are please.

DR Yes, I will sir 111 keep my hands where they are.

JY (heavy breathing)

DR Please don't tell me this Lord. Please Jesus don't tell me that he's gone. (inaudible).

DR You shot four bullets into him sir.

DR He was just getting his license and his registration sir.

JY Get the female passenger out.

JK Ma'am exit the car right now with your hands up. Let me see your hands. Exit now.

JK Keep 'em up. Keep 'em up.

DR Where is my daughter? You got my daughter?

JK Face away from me and walk backwards.

JK Wa!k backwards towards me. Keep walking. Keep walking. Keep walking. Keep walking.

JT Get on your knees. Get on your knees.

JY 6910, one adult (sigh) 6921 !'m sorry. One adult female getting taken into custody. Driver, (heavy breathing) at gunpoint. (sigh) Juvenile female, child is with 6920. May... .couple other squads block off intersections (sirens) get supervisors here. Uh, page them out

BA What do you need Mo?

(Police sirens)

DR (Inaudible) Please Jesus no.

(Police sirens)

(Radio traffic)

DR Please noo.

(Radio traffic)

DR Please no.

JY Keep his hands where ...

JY You see both his hands.

JY i need someone with gloves on.

(Radio traffic)

JA Mo, are all officers up?

JY Ok.

JA Are all officers good?

(Radio traffic)

JA Are all officers good?

JY All officers are good.

JY We need it pulled it into park.

GD I'm gonna take your spot. i'm gonna take your spot (inaudible). Listen, I'm gonna take your spot (inaudible).

GD I got your spot. Okay, I got em, I got 'em. (inaudible).

(Radio traffic)

GD I got 'em here.

JY You got him?

GD I got em, buddy.

(Radio Traffic)

GD I got him here.

(Radio Traffic)

JY Yeah.

UM Oh, you al! right?

JY [expletive].

UM You a!l right? You're not hit any are you?

JY No I'm not. [expletive] A.

UM Walk back here.

JY (Heavy breathing) <explitive>

(Radio Traffic)

(inaudible Voices)

(Police sirens)

UM Yeah ! know, I got it.

JY (Heavy breathing)

(Radio Traffic)

JY (Heavy breathing) <explitives>

UM Hey.

JY I told him to [expletive] stop, he had his hand on it. (heavy breathing) [expletive].

(Radio Traffic)

JY (Heavy Breathing) <explitive>

(Radio Traffic)

JY <explitive> Oh my gosh.

(Radio Traffic)

BA It's okay bud we got this.

JY [expletive]. Oh my gosh dude. (heavy breathing).

JY (Heavy breathing) <explitive>

JY Let's get some more squads here so we can [expletive] block off everybody, over there.

(Police sirens)

JY Awwww.

UM We got that blocked off down there, we go it blocked off here.

UM (Beep) Someone move a squad up along side over there...

JY (Heavy breathing)

UM ... move a squad up and block that

(Police sirens)

UM (Beep) anybody able to move a squad up to block (inaudible) across the street?

(Radio traffic)

UM (Beep) (inaudible) 85, traffic blocked off on (inaudible) can we get ah...

(Radio traffic)

(Police sirens)

UM Are you able to move a squad up?

TS You okay?

JY I'm <explitive> right now.

TS I need you to breathe. Breathe. Which direction did you fire your weapon?

JY Right at the driver, I had it right out. Had it pointed down. I don't know how many rounds I let out and I...

TS Okay. But you were, I just need to know, which one is your car, right here?

JY Mine's the one that pulled him over.

TS Okay. Did you point it directly at him?

JY Just directly and, I had it at my waist.

TS Was he sitting in the car, was it...

JY He was sitting in the car seat belted.

JY I told him (sigh) "can I see your license?" And then he told me he had a firearm. I told him not to reach for it. And when he went down to grab, I told him not to reach for it. (coughs). And then he kept it right there, and I told him to take his hand off of it. And then he, he had his grip a lot wider than a wallet.

TS Okay.

JY (sigh) And I don't know where the gun was, he didn't tell me where the [expletive] gun was.

TS Okay.

JY And then it was just, getting hinky, he gave, he was just staring straight ahead and I was getting [expletive] nervous and then, I told him, i know, I know, <explitive> i told him to get his <explitive> hand off his gun.

TS Okay. Okay.

JY (Heavy breathing)

TS Is everybody, is everybody in...

JY <explitive>

TS ...is everybody En custody, do we have everybody?

JY (Heavy breathing)

TS Were there two people in the car?

JY Yeah.

JY ...three people in the car...

TS Three people in the car?

JY ...(inaudible) female, front passenger, the ah, little giri in the back.

TS Breathe.

JY And the dude.

TS Okay.

JY (heavy breathing)

JA From having been through this before...

JY (Heavy breathing)

JA .. .with this scenario (inaudible)...

TS (Inaudible) Okay.

JY (Heavy breathing)

TS Breathe.

JA ...So I-I know...

TS Breathe.

JA ...you wanna talk about it...

JY (heavy breathing)

JA ... But there's just things we need to know.

TS Yup.

JA If there's any other suspects...

JY (Heavy breathing).

JA ...you said no.

TS Yup.

JA What direction did you fire your weapon?

JY i had it down at hip, I had it pointed down, at diagonal.

JA (inaudible) so were just-just bringing (inaudible)

JY (inaudible) into the car. All the rounds are in the car.

(inaudible multiple voices)

JA And then there's no outstanding suspect and nobody else injured that you know of.

JY Nobody else is injured that I know of, (sigh).

(Inaudible voices)

JA Okay. Let's get cha outta here buddy.

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[seer]

(Warning - Swearing (by officer Yanez), and violence.)

Terrible...All the way around. The cop was scared, and was obviously very upset that he killed him...

[Starlight]

JY (sigh) And I don't know where the gun was, he didn't tell me where the... gun was.

IMO, that line alone is enough to convict the cop for murder. Even after killing the guy, he doesn't know where the gun is, because he never saw the guy he murdered holding a gun.

The NRA should be all over this. A legal gun owner murdered by teh gubberment for telling the cop he had a legal gun in the car. But, naturally, the NRA hasn't said peep about it. It kind of gives the lie to their "we love the 2nd amendment to defend ourselves from the government" rhetoric and reveals the truth that they have their guns to defend themselves from black people.

[Starlight]

Terrible...All the way around.

The part where the cop isn't in jail for murder is particularly terrible, since that part at least is something the justice system is in a position to do something about.

The cop was scared, and was obviously very upset that he killed him...

Feeling bad about it afterward isn't a mitigating factor for slaughtering a man in front of his partner and child for following your command to show you his ID. He can feel bad about it from the inside of jail cell.

[Teallaura]

IMO, that line alone is enough to convict the cop for murder. Even after killing the guy, he doesn't know where the gun is, because he never saw the guy he murdered holding a gun.

The NRA should be all over this. A legal gun owner murdered by teh gubberment for telling the cop he had a legal gun in the car. But, naturally, the NRA hasn't said peep about it. It kind of gives the lie to their "we love the 2nd amendment to defend ourselves from the government" rhetoric and reveals the truth that they have their guns to defend themselves from black people.

It's what exonerates him - at least, what makes conviction unlikely.

The law doesn't require that the officer see the weapon but that he have reasonable cause to believe himself endangered. Waiting for the gun to be in full view is also waiting for it to be in position to kill - and that isn't required.

There are problems - big ones - but that isn't one of them.

The NRA won't 'be all over this one' - no one should. It's not clear cut - it's murky. And the 'government' didn't shoot - the officer did. Even under color of authority, the government isn't the cause of a bad decision - no matter whose it was.

I get that you guys are upset - but you're out for blood where no malice appears to have existed. That really what you wanna do?

[Starlight]

The law doesn't require that the officer see the weapon but that he have reasonable cause to believe himself endangered. Waiting for the gun to be in full view is also waiting for it to be in position to kill - and that isn't required.

So "black people are dangerous" plus "this black guy legally owns a gun" = sufficient legal defense for murder? Your country is awful.

I get that you guys are upset - but you're out for blood where no malice appears to have existed. That really what you wanna do?

Wow. You're seriously going to defend this guy being murdered? Fine then, I'm "out for blood" from you too.

[Leonhard]

There are problems - big ones - but that isn't one of them.

What problems do you see?

I get that you guys are upset

Accussations of emotionalism is a nice way to delegitimize our objection. This can be done in any conversation where any kind of passion is shown. Try telling this to people protesting campus rapes.

I'm flabbergasted at how hard it is to get a police officer convicted of wrongful killing. This looks obviously like the officer wasn't justified in what he was doing. And yet there was no legal trouble for him at all. At best one can say that for the sake of burrying the hatchet, he was let go of his job (with the full admission that he could just go to another department and get hired there).

I have never heard of anything like this in my own country.

If anything this looks like a slam dunk for body cams. Short of that I don't see how any police officer could ever be convicted, unless they plea guilty.

[Teallaura]

So "black people are dangerous" plus "this black guy legally owns a gun" = sufficient legal defense for murder? Your country is awful.

Wow. You're seriously going to defend this guy being murdered? Fine then, I'm "out for blood" from you too.

No on both counts, and you're deliberately misstating me.

[seer]

The part where the cop isn't in jail for murder is particularly terrible, since that part at least is something the justice system is in a position to do something about.

The Jury, including two black persons, found differently. That is our system Star. And that Jury knows more about this case than you or I....

[Darth Executor]

The NRA should be all over this.

They shouldn't, purely out of spite.

[Darth Executor]

Accussations of emotionalism is a nice way to delegitimize our objection.

It is bizarre to be this upset about a killing you had nothing to do with while demanding more third world headchoppers into western countries (just not his, in Starlight's case). Worry more about the blood on your hands instead.

[Teallaura]

What problems do you see?

The officer's commands were not clear enough. But likewise, your transcript demonstrates a failure to comply - had the victim stopped reaching for whatever he was reaching for, the officer likely wouldn't have fired.

Accussations of emotionalism is a nice way to delegitimize our objection. This can be done in any conversation where any kind of passion is shown. Try telling this to people protesting campus rapes.

I'm flabbergasted at how hard it is to get a police officer convicted of wrongful killing. This looks obviously like the officer wasn't justified in what he was doing. And yet there was no legal trouble for him at all. At best one can say that for the sake of burrying the hatchet, he was let go of his job (with the full admission that he could just go to another department and get hired there).

I have never heard of anything like this in my own country.

If anything this looks like a slam dunk for body cams. Short of that I don't see how any police officer could ever be convicted, unless they plea guilty.

I didn't claim emotionalism - nor did I say you weren't right to be upset.

But this really isn't Denmark - our laws work a particular way. If it's 'easy' to get a conviction in Denmark then I think very little of your laws. It shouldn't be easy - it should be just. Innocent until proven guilty isn't a slogan - it's the basis of our jurisprudence.

I don't have an issue with body cams in some circumstances - but big issues with them in others. Here, based solely on the transcript you provided, I doubt it would have gotten the result you want. The officer repeated himself multiple times but the gentleman does not evidently comply. The orders weren't as clear as they should have been - but they were clear enough that a reasonable man would conclude the office was ordering him to stop reaching. This is probably where they lost the case.

The whole thing stinks - that the officer wasn't clearer, that the gentleman failed to comply, and mostly that a man died over a stupid traffic stop.