Gunn Family Attorney Reaction To Prior Offenses
Details about what led Officer Smith to shoot and kill Greg Gunn are likely to come out in court tomorrow. We will hear some details of the state's case against Smith and the defense.
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Details about what led Officer Smith to shoot and kill Greg Gunn are likely to come out in court tomorrow. We will hear some details of the state’s case against Smith and the defense.
I spoke with Officer Smith’s attorney. He said he couldn’t discuss evidence until after the hearing, but that he’d use everything to protect his client. And that may include Gunn’s criminal past.
Tyrone Means now represents the family. He said, “Any past misdemeanors the penalty for that is not death by a firing squad.”
He’s talking about Gunn’s record, along with numerous traffic tickets in 2007- Gunn served five days in jail for resisting arrest. In 2005, he was charged with harassment, in 2004- possession of paraphernalia. And in 2003, two separate charges for criminal trespass and domestic violence third degree. Means says the charges do not have weight on Gunn’s death. He said, “I believe in Minnesota where they are saying the same incident may result in a black male being arrested and a white male being told not to do it anymore in that sense…when a police officer wants to ruin your day he can charge you with disorderly conduct and if you say why are you arresting me? That becomes resisting arrest”
Circumstances of Gunn’s resisting arrest charge are right now not known. Municipal court’s yet to turn over the warrants. And whether or not this will be used by Officer Aaron Smith’s defense, is yet to be seen.
Means said, “did the police officer know what his background was when he approached him?”
The hearing here tomorrow is set for 1 p.m. The district attorney needs to prove to the judge there’s probable cause to turn the case over to a grand jury and keep Officer Smith on bond.
If that doesn’t happen, Smith’s bond could be lifted and the DA could still send the case to a grand jury but, while Smith’s a free man.
