The police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile after a routine traffic stop in Minnesota has been acquitted on all charges. The shooting occurred in July 2016. Officer Jeronimo Yanez had been charged with second-degree manslaughter and endangering safety by discharging a firearm in the shooting. A dash cam video of the incident was released yesterday and frankly it's hard to watch. There are two excellent articles on the incident, one by David French of the conservative National Review … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Tackles Police Shooting Case
The US Supreme Court has waded into a controversial case that pits two Constitutional principles against each other, namely, the 2nd Amendment, the right to bear arms and the 4th Amendment, the right to be protected against unreasonable searches and seizures. The case concerns the police entering a dwelling without a warrant and shooting a California couple. The justices heard oral arguments in a 2010 case involving Los Angeles County deputies who shot a couple living in a shack in the … [Read more...]
