Water Filter Give Away Left Thousands Of Milwaukee Residents With Toxic Lead Laterals Empty Handed

The first batch of free water filters were distributed in the Southside, which left thousands of local residents empty handed to prevent toxic fresh water lateral poisoning.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 30, 2016

Milwaukee, WI – On Tuesday, the W.I.C. office at the Sixteen Street Community Health Center at the 1300 block of S. César E. Chavez Drive drew huge lines of local Southside residents trying to get a free water filter to prevent toxic lead lateral poisoning. According to a posting at the Southside W.I.C. office location, the water filters were being distributed at two Southside locations. On Tuesday, the filters were distributed at the W.I.C. office location on S. Chavez Drive for Southside residents and on Wednesday, the filters will be distributed at the Kosciusko Community Center at Kozy (Kosciusko) Park for Northside residents.
The only problem with the water filters is that they don’t 100% stop any lead poisoning in fresh water and the other issue, the Freshwater for Life Action Coalition (FLAC) confirmed that no notice was placed or circulated in the Northside where most of the Afro-American community resides to let them know that they would have to travel to the Southside to get their filters on a first come, first serve basis.
Robert Miranda, a FLAC member stated, “Many poor people with transportation issues in the Northside will find it hard to get to Kozy.”
More than 70,000 homes still remain with toxic lead laterals connected to the City of Milwaukee fresh water main. FLAC and state public officials want for the City of Milwaukee to replace all the lead laterals, but Mayor Tom Barrett has yet to commit resources to get rid of all the toxic lead laterals.
According to Miranda, FLAC wants for the city to pay for the removal of all the toxic lead laterals, since the city government created the problem by approving installation of such laterals in prior years. City officials have known for decades that lead particles have been found in the drinking water and have kept quiet and stalled any action to remove lead laterals for years.
The water filters won’t prevent lead poisoning and FLAC considers that Mayor Barrett has refused to consider any reasonable plan to get funding for the immediate removal of all lead laterals within city limits.

Milwaukee surrounding suburbs with toxic lead laterals (Source: WISN):

• 90% of the homes in Shorewood

• 32% of homes in South Milwaukee

• 30% of homes in Cudahy

• 38% of homes (19K) in West Allis

• 65% of homes (15K) in Wauwatosa

Update: Milwaukee, WI – On Wednesday, hundreds of people from the Southside area showed up at the Kosciusko (Kozy) Community Center on S. 7th St. to get their free water filters that practically are worthless in preventing city victims from getting lead poisoning from drinking and cooking with fresh water flow from toxic lead laterals connected to the city’s water main.
A Milwaukee County worker who said, that he was a supervisor at the Kozy Community Center attempted to censor media outlets from video news recording of those residents seeking a free filter. According to him, media would have to get permission to only video news record the legs and feet of those residents in line to get a water filter. (Source: HNNUSA/Hispanic News Network U.S.A.)
Video of incident: http://goo.gl/E8CUAt

Tony Baez Announced Bid For Milwaukee Public School Board District 6th

Baez, retired CEO from the Council for the Spanish Speaking unofficially announced his candidacy to run for the Milwaukee School Board.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 29, 2016

Milwaukee, WI – On Tuesday, Tony Baez, Consultant on Education and Latino Issues and former President and CEO for the Council for the Spanish Speaking (Centro Hispano) unofficially announced his intent to seek a Milwaukee Public School Board (MPS) seat in District 6 during a gathering at the Citizen Action of Wisconsin (CAW) meeting at El Gran Teocali Hall in Milwaukee’s Southside. Baez says, it will be his first run as a candidate for the MPS Board.
According to members at the meeting, Tataina Joseph, the current MPS Board member representing the 6th District won’t seek re-election in 2017 and is expected to endorse Baez.
Luz Sosa, the organizer for CAW, a non-profit organiztion confirmed the cooperative has about 450 members (200 Latinos and 250 non-Latinos) from the Milwaukee area and 900 statewide members. Sosa says, one of many goals for the CAW is to organize members of the community to work together and to face issues affecting our community in Wisconsin.

Update: Tony Baez released his official announcement about his candidacy for the Milwaukee Public School Board District 6.

Oceti Sakowin Resistance Camp To Close, U.S. Army of Engineers Want To Evict #NoDAPL Protesters From Federal Land

N. Dakota Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe responded to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers eviction notice for the Oceti Sakowin Camp.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 27, 2016

Cannon Ball, N. Dakota – Both the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe say that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has no legal right to claim a free speech zone and have no legal right to evict Native Americans from unceded land to the U.S. under the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie. The Sioux tribes response comes after Colonel John W. Henderson, the District Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sent a notice of eviction a day after Thanksgiving to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
Colonel Henderson’s eviction notice says, that it has created a free speech zone and that Native Americans and allies at the Oceti Sakowin Camp would be evicted by December 5 from federal land. Some of the N. Dakota senators have also requested for the Native Americans to be evicted from the camp as well, which would actually favor the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). Henderson says, that he is closing portion of the “Corps-managed federal property north of the Cannon Ball River to all public use and access effective December 5, 2016.” The eviction would help prevent further violent confrontations between the water protectors/protesters and the Morton County Sheriff’s Office, according to Colonel Henderson. But Henderson has been part of such violent confrontations himself along with the Morton County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), N. Dakota State Patrol, the state national guard and assisting cops from 9 states. Henderson authorized the MCSO to keep Native Americans from going to peacefully pray at a site where two Native Americans were buried on federal land, the MCSO used mace and rubber bullets to keep Native Americans from the area along the Cannon Ball River, just across from the Oceti Sakowin Camp.
On November 20, Native Americans and allies attempted to clear burned vehicles from the Backwater Bridge near the Oceti Sakowin Camp in Cannon Ball, when the MCSO responded with water hoses and douse protesters for hours with cold water in freezing temperatures, maced (used chemical tear gas against them), shot multiple people in close range with rubber bullets and fired concussion grenades at Native Americans and allies. At least 300 Native Americans and allies were reported injured and water protector Sophia Wilansky, 21, was struck by a concussion granade that exploded by her left arm. Wilansky suffered a severe injury and has gone through multiple surgeries and could eventually lose her arm.
Hispanic News Network U.S.A. has included images of the Corps eviction notice letter and both respond letters by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.

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Concussion Grenade Severely Injured Woman’s Arm And 300 Injured From Brutal Assault By Morton County Sheriff Deputies

Morton County Sheriff’s deputies and assisting cops used three high water pressured cannons, tear gas chemicals, rubber bullets, concussion grenades and sonic equipment (LRAD) to disorient unarmed protesters at the Backwater Bridge near the Oceti Sakowin Camp.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 22, 2016
Updated

Cannon Ball, N. Dakota – On Monday, Sophia Wilansky, 21, from New York City went through several surgeries in an attempt to save her left arm from amputation after a concussion grenade blew part of her flesh in the left arm open exposing bones. Wilansky was part of more than 400 Native Americans and allies attempting to clear burned vehicles from the Backwater Bridge on Sunday near the Oceti Sakowin Camp. She was helping to provide water to Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protesters or water protectors when police threw a concussion grenade that exploded by her arm. Wilansky was flown to Minneapolis in Minnesota for treatment.
Photos of Wilansky’s injuries were circulated on social media and Facebook (FB).
Protesters at the Backwater Bridge were able to recover rubber bullets shot by police at water protectors, pieces of concussion grenades and other projectiles at the scene. The Morton County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) has denied that deputies and assisting cops from multiple states had used concussion grenades at crowds of water protectors. The MCSO on Monday during a press conference attempted to justify the brutal assault against unarmed water protectors. During Sunday’s assault on protesters, the MCSO released the following statement, “Law enforcement is currently involved in an ongoing riot on the Backwater Bridge, north of a protest camp in Morton County. Protesters in mass amounts, estimated to be around 400, are on the bridge and attempting to breach the bridge to go north on highway 1806. Protesters have started a dozen fires near the bridge.” According to live streaming videos posted on FB and Native American media drone videos, the MCSO used three water pressured cannons and dosed protesters with cold water in frigid weather conditions, mace/tear gas was used, rubber bullets fired at unarmed protesters and sonic sound equipment (LRAD) was deployed to disorientate those protesting DAPL at the front line on Backwater Bridge.
The Standing Rock Medic & Healer Council at the Standing Rock Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) Resistance Camps in a press released on Monday reported that approximately 300 injuries were identified, triaged, assessed and treated by their physicians, nurses, paramedics and integrative healers working in collaboration with local emergency response. These 300 injuries were the direct result of excessive force by the Morton County Sheriff’s deputies and assisting police over the course of 10 hours. At least 26 seriously injured people had to be evacuated by ambulance to 3 area hospitals.
Police continuously assaulted demonstrators with up to three water cannons for the first 7 hours of this incident in subfreezing temperatures dipping to 22F (C) causing hypothermia in the majority of patients treated. Chemical weapons in the form of pepper spray and tear gas were also used extensively, requiring chemical decontamination for nearly all patients treated and severe reactions in many. Projectiles in the form of tear gas canisters, rubber bullets, and concussion grenades led to numerous blunt force traumas including head wounds, lacerations, serious orthopedic injuries, eye trauma, and internal bleeding.
Every emergency medical unit from the Standing Rock Sioux reservation responded to the incident and additional ambulances were sent from Cheyenne River Sioux tribe (South Dakota), Kidder County, and Morton County. Three seriously injured patients were transported directly by ambulance from the scene and another 23 patients were transported by ambulance after initial assessment and treatment in camp. Injuries from the mass casualty incident include:

• An elder who lost consciousness and was revived on scene

• A young man with a grand mal seizure

• A woman shot in the face by a rubber bullet with subsequent eye injury and compromised vision

• A young man with internal bleeding who was vomiting blood after a rubber bullet injury to his abdomen

• A man shot in the back near his spine by a rubber bullet causing blunt force trauma and a severe head laceration

• Multiple fractures secondary to projectiles fired by police

The Standing Rock Medic & Healer Council condemns the excessive police violence and calls upon law enforcement to cease and desist these nearly lethal actions. Specifically, we demand the cessation of water cannons in subfreezing temperatures.
Our volunteers performed well under challenging circumstances on Sunday night, but we would not have been able to do this without the help of water protectors and local community members who transported patients to our clinic, organized warming spaces, and provided food and tea. We specifically want to thank the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe EMS services for their excellent response and highest quality care in an unprecedented situation. “They were phenomenal. They recognized the severity of what we were dealing with, it could have been a lot worse” said Jazmine, a volunteer physician from the Standing Rock Medic & Healer Council, according to the press release that was signed by:

• Linda Black Elk, PhD, Ethnobotanist, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
• Michael Knudsen, MPH candidate, Standing Rock Medic & Healer Council
• Noah Morris, EMT
• Amelia Massucco, RN
• John Andrews, RN
• Kristina Golden, EMT, herbalist
• Sebastian Rodriguez, RN
• Rosemary Fister, RN, MNPHN, DNP Candidate
• Rupa Marya, MD, DoNoHarm Coalition, University of California – San Francisco
• David Kingfisher, MD, JD, Wichita State University
• Jesse Lopez, MD, Heartland Surgical Care
• Kalama O Ka Aina Niheu, MD, Aha Aloha Aina
• Howard Ehrman, MD, MPH, University of Illinois – Chicago
• Geeta Maker-Clark, MD, University of Chicago
• Elizabeth Friedman, MD
• Vanessa Bolin, ALS Paramedic

Update: The Morton County Sheriff’s Department has stated that she was injured by a purported propane explosion that the Sheriff’s Department claimed the unarmed people created. These statements are refuted by Sophia’s testimony, by several eye-witnesses who watched police intentionally throw concussion grenades at unarmed people, by the lack of charring of flesh at the wound site and by the grenade pieces that have been removed from her arm in surgery and will be saved for legal proceedings.
Sophia was safely taken out of North Dakota for emergent surgery and is currently in stable condition. The following is Sophia’s statement as conveyed by her father, lawyer Wayne Wilansky.
“At around 4:30am after the police hit the bridge with water cannons and rubber bullets and pepper spray they lobbed a number of concussion grenades which are not supposed to be thrown at people directly at protesters or protectors as they want to be called. A grenade exploded right as it hit Sophia in the left forearm taking most of the undersurface of her left arm with it. Both her radial and ulnar artery were completely destroyed. Her radius was shattered and a large piece of it is missing. Her medial nerve is missing a large section as well.  All of the muscle and soft tissue between her elbow and wrist were blown away. The police did not do this by accident – it was an intentional act of throwing it directly at her. Additionally police were shooting people in face and groin intending to do the most possible damage. Sophia will have surgery again tomorrow as bit by bit they try to rebuild a somewhat functioning arm and hand. The first surgery took a vein from her leg which they have implanted in her arm to take the place of the missing arteries. She will need multiple surgeries to try to gain some functional use of the arm and hand. She will be, every day for the foreseeable future, fearful of losing her arm and hand. There are no words to describe the pain of watching my daughter cry and say she was sorry for the pain she caused me and my wife. I died a thousand deaths today and will continue to do so for quite some time. I am left without the right words to describe the anguish of watching her look at her now alien arm and hand.”

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Suspect Detained In Connection With The Homicide Of San Antonio Police Detective Benjamin Marconi

San Antonio Police Detective Marconi was fatally shot multiple times in the head.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 20, 2016

San Antonio, TX – On Sunday, San Antonio Police Detective Benjamin Marconi, 50, was killed by a lone gunman. Otis Tyrone McKane, 31, was arrested in connection with Marconi’s homicide, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Detective Marconi was writing a traffic citation in his vehicle outside the police headquarters when McKane parked behind Marconi’s vehicle, got out and then walked up to Marconi and fired several gunshots to his head, afterwards McKane fled. Detective Marconi, a 20 year veteran with the San Antonio Police Department was taken to the San Antonio Military Hospital where he later died.

Native Americans And Allies Attempt To Clear Bridge After MCSO Refused To Open Backwater Bridge

Hundreds of Native Americans and allies attempted to clear the Back Water Bridge to have access to N.D. Hwy 1806, but police resisted and began to repell them.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 20, 2016

Mandan, N. Dakota – On Sunday, hundreds of Native Americans and allies converged at the Backwater Bridge to clear burned vehicles from blocking access to N. Dakota Highway 1806. The Morton County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) and assisting cops repelled that clean up, since they have kept the burned vehicles and set up a road block to keep #NoDAPL protesters from exiting the Oceti Sakowin Camp for at least a month citing an unsafe bridge.
People at the camp decided to remove the burned vehicle and were faced with resistance from the MCSO. The MCSO used water cannons, concussion grenades, mace, rubber bullets and a sound tactical protest weapon to disorient the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protesters or water protectors.
Kevin Gilbertt has been live streaming to more than 2.2M viewers from the scene in his Facebook account for more than several hours of the MCSO assault on unarmed Native Americans and allies. It is about 26 degrees at the scene and water protectors are facing Hypothermia in cold weather and wet conditions.like caused by the water cannon.
The MCSO released the following statement, “Law enforcement is currently involved in an ongoing riot on the Backwater Bridge, north of a protest camp in Morton County. Protesters in mass amounts, estimated to be around 400, are on the bridge and attempting to breach the bridge to go north on highway 1806. Protesters have started a dozen fires near the bridge.”
It has cost Morton County and the State of N. Dakota more than six million in protecting the interests of DAPL, which they favor by repelling any protest against the pipeline construction. the MCSO has frivolous filed rioting charges against dozens of peaceful proetesters, since last August. More than 300 arrests have been made by the MCSO and the United Nations observers filed a report alleging blatant police abuse, excessive use of force, human rights violations committed and use of police militarized force on peaceful protesters.

Milwaukee Police Investigating Alleged Live Streaming Attempted Suicide On Social Media

A Facebook user who posted on a Facebook group account asking for 500 likes, so she could transmit a live streaming of a self-suicide has drawn a Milwaukee police investigation into the matter.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 20, 2016

Milwaukee, WI – On Sunday, a Milwaukee Facebook user got an unexpected visit by the Milwaukee Police Department after posting on a Facebook (FB) account “The Whole Milwaukee (they shut us again) the real page” that if the user would received 500 likes, the FB user would actually kill self on live FB. It didn’t take long for FB degenerates, morbid and death thrill seekers to click on the like option. The suicidal user got over 500 likes, but FB users who know the person notified local police of an intend to commit a live suicide and police went to the FB user residence to investigate.
The FB user suicide attempt was cancelled after a photo of an officer at the users residence was posted on FB. It is not clear, if the user was actually attempting to kill self, had medical mental issues, depression or was just seeking some attention as Thanksgiving Day approaches.
Police at the moment have not issued any statement regarding the FB suicide attempt in the Milwaukee area.

U.S. Deputy Marshal Commander Patrick Carothers Killed By Armed Suspect

U.S. Deputy Marshal Carothers fatally shot while serving a warrant in Georgia.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 18, 2016

Long County, Georgia – On Friday, U.S. Deputy Marshal Commander Patrick Carothers, 53, of Macon, 26-year veteran of the U.S. Marshals Service was fatally killed by a suspect while serving a fugitive warrant in Long County. The suspect, Dontrell Montese Carter, 25, while at the Spring Creek Mobile Home Park located in the 11800 Block of Tibit Drive near Ludowici shot Deputy Marshal Carothers twice with a rifle as he entered a mobile home and fellow law enforcement task force officers returned fire and wounded Carter. Carter later died at a local hospital from his injuries. Deputy Carothers was also taken to local hospital where he later died as well, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Carter was wanted for domestic violence and discharging a weapon in connection with the attempted murder of several police officers from Sumter, South Carolina.
Carothers is survived by a wife and five children.

Victim Shot By Local Security Guards At La Zacatecana Bar Likely To Be Paralyzed

A suspect who attempted to disarm several security guards at a Southside bar was shot multiple times after being subdue will most likely be paralyzed.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 16, 2016
Updated

Milwaukee, WI – On Tuesday, Rosario Moreno, 35, and Juan Diaz, 45, aka, “Carpoforo Benitez” are facing charges in connection with early Monday’s shooting outside of the La Zacatecana Bar, 2000 block of S. 13th St. Moreno operates the Security and Investigation Professionals, LLC, a security service agency, according to the business website.
A third security guard is being sought in connection with the case as well. A preliminary investigation indicated that an armed suspect approached several security guards and tried to disarm them, but the suspect was subdued and three shots were fired. The suspect suffered a head injury.
A gunshot spotter in the area alerted police and the injured suspect was found by police investigating the shots fired.
Apparently, police are investigating whether the injured suspect was actually shot inside the tavern. Those involved in the shooting incident then left the scene after abandoning the injured suspect outside of the tavern, according to sources.
Moreno, Diaz and the bar owner were taken into custody in connection with the shooting. Diaz and Moreno have charges pending, but the female bar owner was released on bail and is facing a misdemeanor obstruction charge.
La Zacatecana bar celebrated its Grand Opening on Saturday, according their Facebook account.
According to City of Milwaukee Licenses Committee, a Classic B Tavern and entertainment license was granted to Raquel Perez on May 2016.
The injured suspect allegedly attempted to rob the bar, but police haven’t confirmed it.
According to police, the initial investigation revealed an adult male was physically fighting with several other subjects around 1:50 a.m. During the fight one of the subjects retrieved a gun and shot the victim. Officers arrived on the scene to find the victim suffering from a very serious gunshot wound. The Milwaukee Fire Department conveyed the victim to a local hospital where he is being treated for his injuries. He is expected to survive.

St. Anthony Police Officer Jerónimo Yañez Charged For Philando Castile’s Murder

Ramsey County District Attorney announced that St. Anthony Police Office Yañez was not justified in killing 32-year-old victim during a traffic stop.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 16, 2016

St. Paul, Minnesota – On Wednesday, the Ramsey County District Attorney John J. Choi announced that St. Anthony Police Officer Jerónimo Yañez was not justified in fatally shooting Philando Castile, 32, in July 6 in Falcon Heights. Officer Yañez was charged with one felony count for 2nd-degree manslaughter and two felony counts for dangerous discharge of a weapon. If convicted, Yañez is facing up to 10 years in prison and $20K in fines for 2nd-degree manslaughter and 5 years in prison and up to $10K in fines for each count for discharging a weapon. Yañez first court appearance will be on November 18.
D.A. Choi released the following statement during a press conference, “Based upon our thorough and exhaustive review of the facts of this case, it is my conclusion that the use of deadly force by Officer Yanez was not justified and that sufficient facts exist to prove this to be true.
“Accordingly, we filed a criminal complaint this morning in Ramsey County District Court charging Officer Yanez with Second Degree Manslaughter in the death of Philando Castile and two felony counts of Dangerous Discharge of a Firearm that endangered the safety of Diamond Reynolds and her four-year-old daughter, the two passengers in the car.”Castile, an Afro-American male was shot multiple times by St. Anthony Police Officer Yañez, according to Lavish Reynolds who recorded the aftermath scene live on her Facebook account. Reynolds says, her boyfriend had told the officer that he was a carry concealed license holder and he was reaching for his identification when he was shot multiple times. Officer Yañez had asked for a license and registration from Castile who was driving.
Reynolds continued to record when other officers arrived to the scene. Her 4-year-old daughter witness the shooting.
Castile later died at the Hennepin County Medical Center. He worked as a supervisor at J.J. Montessori school in St. Paul, according to relatives.
Castile’s death was ruled a homicide by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Both Castile and Reynolds were pulled over for a broken taillight by several St. Anthony police officers.
According to D.A. Choi, Officer Yanez’s squad car video captured the entire incident, with audio, and subsequent conversations between Officer Yanez and other officers immediately after the shooting. The dashcam video reveals the sequence of events that transpired during this critical minute:

• Officer Yanez approached Castile’s vehicle on the driver’s side. Yanez later stated he was aware that Castile was buckled in his seatbelt and saw there was a young child in the back seat and a female passenger in the front seat.

• Officer Yanez described Castile as initially having “his left arm over the steering wheel” with “both hands in view.”

• Officer Yanez positioned himself facing the driver’s side window, leaned his head forward, exchanged greetings with Castile and informed him of his brake light problem.

• Officer Yanez also smelled burnt marijuana but said he did not mention anything to Castile so as not to “scare Castile or have him react in a defensive manner.”

• As this occurred, Officer Kauser walked toward the vehicle and positioned himself on the sidewalk on the passenger’s side of Castile’s car.

• Officer Yanez asked Castile to produce his driver’s license and proof of insurance. Castile first provided him with his insurance card.
Castile then, calmly, and in a non-threatening manner, informed Officer Yanez, “sir, I have to tell you that I do have a firearm on me.”

• Before Castile completed the sentence, Officer Yanez interrupted and calmly replied, “okay” and placed his right hand on the holster of his own, holstered, gun.

• Officer Yanez then said, “okay, don’t reach for it, then.”

• Castile tried to respond but was interrupted by Officer Yanez, who said, “don’t pull it out.”

• Castile responded, “I’m not pulling it out,” and Reynolds also responded by saying, “he’s not pulling it out.”

• Then Officer Yanez screamed, “don’t pull it out!,” and quickly pulled his own gun with
his right hand while he reached inside the driver’s side window with his left hand.

• Officer Yanez pulled his left arm out of the car, then fired seven shots in rapid succession into the vehicle.

• The seventh and final shot was fired at 9:06:02 pm

• After the final shot, Reynolds frantically yelled, “you just killed my boyfriend!”

• Philando Castile moaned and uttered his final words: “I wasn’t reaching for it.”

•To which Reynolds loudly said, “he wasn’t reaching for it.”

• Before Reynolds completed her sentence, Officer Yanez again screamed, “don’t pull it
out!”

• Reynolds responded by saying, “he wasn’t.”

• During this entire incident, Officer Kauser did not touch or remove his gun from its holster. By his actions and his own words, Officer Kauser did not see Castile make any sudden movements and he was surprised by the gunshots. In addition, Officer Yanez never informed Officer Kauser about the presence of a gun.

D.A. Choi confirmed that Castile was cooperative with the officer’s command and did not exhibit a threat to Yañez and his patrol partner, Officer Joseph Kauser testified that he didn’t see Castile as a threat either.

Criminal complaint filed against Jerónimo Yañez (PDF) http://goo.gl/ZD3PcR