Cop: Castile Matched Robbery Suspect
A lawyer for the St. Anthony police officer who pulled over Philando Castile said he thought he looked like a suspect from a nearby armed robbery a few days before. But Castiles family contends the officer, Jeronimo Yanez, did not follow the appropriate procedure for a felony traffic stop, if he believed Castile was a suspect in that case. All he had to have was reasonable suspicion to pull him over, Yanezs attorney, Thomas Kelly, said of his client. Castiles cousin said: Even if they say he looked like someone in a robbery, it still doesnt give him a right to kill someone. Albert Goins, a lawyer for Castiles family, said, A felony stop does not usually involve officers walking up to your car and asking you to produce your drivers license. A felony stop involves bringing the suspect out at gunpoint while officers are in a position of cover and having them lie on the ground until they can identify who that individual is. He added, Either (Castile) was a robbery suspect and (Yanez) didnt follow the procedures for a felony stop, or (Castile) was not a robbery suspect and (Yanez) shot a man because he stood at his window getting his information, Goins said.
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