My early GUT feeling on this (unfortunately), are that the girlfriend may NOT be telling the truth. (But I could easily be WRONG).
She now seems to be telling at least one (possible lie ?) thing which CONTRADICTS some of the available evidence. She is saying her boyfriends GUN was never produced.
But the BLURRY video and police officers statement (via his lawyer) CONTRADICT this.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/philando-castile-showed-gun-traffic-stop-girlfriend-article-1.2706987
It is beginning to look like a FELONY stop to me. But the car occupants REFUSED to comply with it.
DISCLAIMER:
It is ONLY a partial gut feeling I have. At this early stage, and with rather limited/weak evidence available, I could easily be WRONG!
Something funny is going on with this case, and one of the sides, is probably at least partially misleading people, as it does NOT add up. (Smells fishy).
But I am by no means, anywhere close to being 100% certain as to which party is in the WRONG.
tl;dr
It could still go either way in my mind.
I guess we will eventually find out, the true story.
DISCLAIMER:
My LACK of USA experience (I DON'T live there, obviously), is seriously messing up my ability to interpret this case well. Sorry.
tl;dr2
Was the gun really on his lap and/or almost being used ?
Did the police officer ask the suspect(s) to put their hands out of the window ?
Why the heck did the police officer say "F*** ......... F***" many, many times. Was that because he MESSED up ?
Or was it because of the horrible experience that he just had to defend himself ?