Narrative Essay On Traffic Violations

Almost one year ago today, while a family was returning home from the grocery store, they were pulled over for a traffic violations. In the cr was PHilando casile, his girlfriend Diamond REynolds, and their 4 year old daughter. What went from a simple traffic violation went to the tragic shooting of a man in front of his daughter. When Philando was pulled over, he was asked to provide license and registration. After handing this, he calmly told the officer “Sir, I have to tell you that I do have a firearm on me” ( Casile). In an effort to build a bridge of trust between the officer and him, it turned into hostility that the officer began to show when he put his hand on his on gun. When Castile went to get hi ID, Officer Yanez then, in a frantic state, yelled t him to “not pull it out”, then proceeded to shoot at him 7 times. In the live video recorded by Diamond Reynolds, she tells those watching, “He’s ;licensed to carry, my boyfriend was just trying to get his ID, and his wallet out his pocket. He let the officer know he had a pistol, but was reaching for an ID, and the officer just shot him in the arm” (Diamond). …show more content…
Officer Yanez clearly knows he has made a mistake when he yels, “I told him not to reach for it! I told him!” and throughout the video when he repeats “Fuck!” in anger and horror of what he has just done. Still, however, while the man is groaning and in pain, the officer keeps his gun trained on Philando and screams “Dont move!”. While praying that her boyfriend is not dead, Yanez again exclaims, “I told him not to reach for it! I told him to get his hand open!”(