Later, Yanez was found not guilty and cleared of all charges but fired from the force nonetheless.Ĭiting Castile's death as a reason, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey banned city funding of 'warrior-style' police training in April 2019. Officer Jeronimo Yanez, who had previously attended 'Bulletproof Warrior' training together with his colleague Jim Glennon, shot Castile in a traffic stop. The workshop featured in a short documentary called 'Conditioned Response' filmed by Field of Vision for The New Yorker magazine.Ī fiery debate first sparked over Grossman's fear-based 'warrior training' after the 2016 shooting death of Philando Castile, a 32-year old African-American, in Minnesota. Are you emotionally, spiritually, psychologically prepared to snuff out a human life in defence of innocent lives? If you can't make that decision, you need to find another job,' he stated flatly during a police training seminar in Ohio. 'Once you've made a decision to take a human life, you're a transformed creature. Nellis/Creech/NTTR National Prayer Luncheon/by Staff Sgt.

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