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Line 2: {{Use mdy dates\|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox event \| title = Killing of Philando Castile \| image = Philando Castile - Falcon Heights Police Shooting (27864126610).jpg \| image_size = = \| image_alt = = \| caption = Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigators process the scene \| date = {{Start date and age\|2016\|07\|06\|mf=y}} \| location = Larpenteur Avenue and Fry Street, [[Falcon Heights, Minnesota]], U.S. \| coordinates = {{Coord\|44\|59\|30\|N\|93\|10\|17\|W\|format=dms\|type:event_scale:50000_region:US-MN\|display=inline,title}} \| type = [[Homicide]], ~~police~~by ~~[[Gun violence in the United States\|~~shooting]] \| filmed by = Diamond Reynolds \| reported deaths = Philando Castile \| arrests = Jeronimo Yanez \| charges = [[Manslaughter (United States law)\|Second-degree manslaughter]]<br />Two counts of dangerous discharge of a firearm \| verdict = [[Acquittal\|Not guilty]] \| litigation = Wrongful death lawsuit by Castile family settled for $2.995 million<ref name="nyt-settle">{{cite news \|last1=Smith \|first1=Mitch \|title=Philando Castile Family Reaches $3 Million Settlement \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/us/philando-castile-family-settlement.html \|access-date=29 June 2017 \|work=The New York Times \|date=26 June 2017 \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085346/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/us/philando-castile-family-settlement.html \|url-status=live }}</ref><br />Lawsuit by Castile's girlfriend settled for $800,000<ref>{{cite news \|last=Berman \|first=Mark \|date=29 November 2017 \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/11/29/diamond-reynolds-agrees-to-800000-settlement-stemming-from-philando-castiles-death/ \|title=Diamond Reynolds agrees to $800,000 settlement stemming from Philando Castile's death \|newspaper=Washington Post \|access-date=23 February 2018 \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085335/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/11/29/diamond-reynolds-agrees-to-800000-settlement-stemming-from-philando-castiles-death/ \|url-status=live }}</ref>}} \| outcome = Yanez fired in 2017 }} On July 6, 2016, '''Philando Castile''',{{efn\|Pronounced {{IPAc-en\|f\|ɪ\|ˈ\|l\|ɑː\|n\|d\|oʊ\|_\|k\|æ\|ˈ\|s\|t\|iː\|l}} {{Respell\|fi\|LAHN\|doh\|_\|ka\|STEEL}}.}} a 32-year-old [[African- American]] man, was fatally shot during a [[traffic stop]] by police officer Jeronimo Yanez of the [[St. Anthony, Minnesota\|St. Anthony]] police department in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. About 9 p.m., Castile was driving with his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, and her four-year-old daughter, when ~~at 9:00{{nbsp}}p.m.~~ he was pulled over by Yanez and another officer in [[Falcon Heights, Minnesota\|Falcon Heights]], a suburb of [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]].<ref name="PheiferPeck">{{cite news \|first1=Pat \|last1=Pheifer \|first2=Claude \|last2=Peck \|url=http://www.startribune.com/aftermath-of-officer-involved-shooting-captured-on-phone-video/385789251/ \|title=Aftermath of fatal Falcon Heights officer-involved shooting captured on video \|newspaper=Star Tribune \|date=July 7, 2016 \|access-date=July 7, 2016 \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085324/https://www.startribune.com/aftermath-of-officer-involved-shooting-captured-on-phone-video/385789251/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Chappell">{{cite news \|first= Bill \|last= Chappell \|url= https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/07/07/485066807/police-stop-ends-in-black-mans-death-aftermath-is-livestreamed-online-video \|title= Police Stop Ends in Black Man's Death; Aftermath Is Live-Streamed on Facebook \|publisher= NPR \|date= July 7, 2016 \|access-date= July 7, 2016 \|archive-date= February 10, 2021 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085406/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/07/07/485066807/police-stop-ends-in-black-mans-death-aftermath-is-livestreamed-online-video \|url-status= live }}</ref> ~~After~~Castile, ~~being~~who ~~asked~~was ~~for his~~[[Firearms license\|licensed ~~and~~to ~~registration~~carry]] a firearm, ~~Castile~~ told ~~Officer~~ Yanez that he had a firearm ~~(Castile was licensed to carry), to which~~. Yanez replied, "Don't reach for it then". Castile responded, "I'm, I, I was reaching for...", to which Yanez replied, "Don't pull it out". Castile ~~then~~ replied, "I'm not pulling it out", and Reynolds said, "He's not...". Yanez again ~~repeated~~said, "Don't pull it out".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/County%20Attorney/Exhibit%201a%20-%20Traffic%20Stop%20Transcript.pdf\|title=Traffic Stop Transcript\|website=Ramsey County\|access-date=June 24, 2017\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085241/https://www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/County%20Attorney/Exhibit%201a%20-%20Traffic%20Stop%20Transcript.pdf\|url-status=live}}</ref> ~~Yanez~~The ~~then~~police ~~proceeded~~officer tothen ~~fire~~fired seven close-range shots at Castile, hitting him five times.<ref name=Expert/> Castile died of his wounds at 9:37{{nbsp}}p.m. at [[Hennepin County Medical Center]], about 20 minutes after being shot.<ref name="HennCty">{{cite press release \|title= Press Release Report \|date= June 7, 2016 \|publisher= Hennepin County Medical Examiner \|url= https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MNHENNE/2016/07/07/file_attachments/582665/2016-3828%2BCastile%252C%2BPhilando.pdf \|access-date= June 9, 2016 \|archive-date= February 10, 2021 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085241/https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MNHENNE/2016/07/07/file_attachments/582665/2016-3828%2BCastile%252C%2BPhilando.pdf \|url-status= live }}</ref> InImmediately ~~the immediate aftermath of~~after the shooting, Reynolds posted a [[live streaming\|live stream video]] on [[Facebook]] from ~~her and Castile's~~the car. The incident quickly ~~gained~~drew international interest.<ref name=":3" /><ref name="MillerLoweryBever">{{cite news \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/07/minn-cop-fatally-shoots-man-during-traffic-stop-aftermath-broadcast-on-facebook \|title=Minn. cop fatally shoots black man during traffic stop, aftermath broadcast on Facebook \|date=June 7, 2016 \|newspaper=Washington Post \|last2=Lowery \|first2=Wesley \|last3=Bever \|first3=Lindsey \|first1=Michael E. \|last1=Miller \|access-date=July 7, 2016 \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085339/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/07/minn-cop-fatally-shoots-man-during-traffic-stop-aftermath-broadcast-on-facebook/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> Local and national protests formed, and five months after the incident, Yanez was charged with second-degree [[manslaughter]] and two counts of dangerous discharge of a firearm.<ref>{{cite web \|url= https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/16/philando-castile-shooting-manslaughter-police-jeronimo-yanez \|title= Philando Castile: police officer charged with manslaughter over shooting death \|last= McCarthy \|first= Ciara \|date= November 16, 2016 \|work= The Guardian \|access-date= 16 November 2016 \|archive-date= February 10, 2021 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085429/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/16/philando-castile-shooting-manslaughter-police-jeronimo-yanez \|url-status= live }}</ref> After five days of deliberation, he was acquitted of all charges in a jury trial on June 16, 2017.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/us/police-shooting-trial-philando-castile.html \|title= Minnesota Officer Acquitted in Killing of Philando Castile \|last= Smith \|first= Mitch \|date= 2017-06-16 \|work= The New York Times \|access-date= June 16, 2017 \|language= en-US \|issn= 0362-4331 \|archive-date= February 10, 2021 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085311/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/us/police-shooting-trial-philando-castile.html \|url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-verdict-minnesota-police-officer-20170613-story.html \|title=Minnesota police officer found not guilty in shooting death of Philando Castile \|last=Etehad \|first=Melissa \|date=June 16, 2017 \|newspaper=Los Angeles Times \|access-date=June 16, 2017 \|language=en-US \|issn=0458-3035 \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085319/https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-verdict-minnesota-police-officer-20170613-story.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> After the verdict, Yanez was immediately fired by the City of Saint Anthony.<ref>{{cite web \|last=Joles \|first=David \|title=City of St. Anthony fires officer Jeronimo Yanez \|url=https://www.startribune.com/city-of-st-anthony-fires-yanez/428935523/ \|work=[[Star Tribune]] \|publisher=[[Glen Taylor\|Star Tribune Media]] \|access-date=June 16, 2017 \|date=June 16, 2017 \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085313/https://www.startribune.com/city-of-st-anthony-fires-yanez/428935523/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> Wrongful death lawsuits against the City brought by Reynolds and Castile's family were settled for a total of ${{format price\|3795000}}. == Persons involved == === Philando Castile === Philando Divall Castile (July 16, 1983 – July 6, 2016) ~~was 32 years old at the time of his death.~~<ref name="WhatWeKnow">{{cite news \|url=https://www.startribune.com/what-we-know-about-philando-castile/385853331/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028204346/https://www.startribune.com/what-we-know-about-philando-castile/385853331/ \|title= What we know about Philando Castile \|work= Star Tribune \|date= July 7, 2016 \|access-date= July 7, 2016\|archive-date=October 28, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release \|last=Oliveira \|first=Jill \|date=July 7, 2016 \|title=Update: BCA Investigating Officer Involved Shooting in Falcon Heights \|url=https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/ooc/news-releases/Pages/Update-BCA-Investigating-Officer-Involved-Shooting-in-Falcon-Heights.aspx \|publisher=Minnesota Department of Public Safety \|access-date=July 11, 2016 \|archive-date=August 18, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818195814/https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/ooc/news-releases/Pages/Update-BCA-Investigating-Officer-Involved-Shooting-in-Falcon-Heights.aspx \|url-status=live }}</ref> He was born in [[St. Louis, Missouri]].,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.kmov.com/story/32397206/philando-castle-was-born-in-st-louis\|title=Philando Castile was born in St. Louis\|publisher=[[KMOV]]\|agency=Associated Press\|date=July 7, 2016\|access-date=July 13, 2016\|archive-date=July 12, 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712161034/http://www.kmov.com/story/32397206/philando-castle-was-born-in-st-louis\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Heand graduated from [[Saint Paul Central High School]] in 2001. ~~and~~He had worked for the [[Saint Paul Public Schools\|Saint Paul Public School District]] ~~from~~since 2002 ~~until his death~~. Castile began as a nutrition services assistant at Chelsea Heights Elementary School and [[Arlington Senior High School\|Arlington High School]] (now Washington Technology Magnet School). He was promoted to nutrition services supervisor at [[James J. Hill\|J. J. Hill]] [[Montessori school\|Montessori]] [[Magnet school\|Magnet School]], in August 2014.<ref name="MillerLoweryBever" /><ref name="WhatWeKnow" /> ~~Prior to~~ Before the shooting, Castile had been stopped by the police at least 49 times in 13 years for minor traffic and equipment violations, ~~the majority~~most of which were dismissed.<ref>{{Cite news \|last1=LaFraniere \|first1=Sharon \|last2=Smith \|first2=Mitch \|date=July 16, 2016 \|title=Philando Castile Was Pulled Over 49 Times in 13 Years, Often for Minor Infractions \|language=en-US \|work=The New York Times \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/us/before-philando-castiles-fatal-encounter-a-costly-trail-of-minor-traffic-stops.html \|access-date=2020-06-03 \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085409/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/us/before-philando-castiles-fatal-encounter-a-costly-trail-of-minor-traffic-stops.html \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NYDN">{{cite news\|last1=McShane\|first1=Larry\|title=Philando Castile stopped by cops 52 times in past 14 years\|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/philando-castile-stopped-cops-52-times-14-years-article-1.2705348\|access-date=July 24, 2016\|newspaper=New York Daily News\|date=July 9, 2016\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085351/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/philando-castile-stopped-cops-52-times-14-years-article-1.2705348\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WCCO4News">{{cite news \|title=Philando Castile Had Been Stopped 52 Times By Police \|url=https://apnews.com/article/81351f97c0be4caea5c91b5662848129 \|work=Associated Press \|date=July 9, 2016 \|access-date=July 24, 2016 \|first1=Carla K. \|last1=Johnson \|first2=Steve \|last2=Karnowski \|archive-date=April 26, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426151642/https://apnews.com/article/81351f97c0be4caea5c91b5662848129 \|url-status=live }}</ref>{{efn\|After a 2011 traffic stop when Castile was arrested for driving with a revoked license, he had in fact been transported to jail by Officer Yanez,<ref name="cbslocal" /> although it is unclear whether the two men recognized each other at the time of the fatal shooting.}} === Jeronimo Yanez === Line 37 ⟶ 41: == Incident == [[File:Philando Castile - Falcon Heights Police Shooting (27537803563).jpg\|thumb\|Shoes and a gun on the ground outside Philando Castile's car as Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) investigators take photographs of the scene]] {{External media\|float=right\|video1=[http://heavy.com/news/2016/07/falcon-heights-minnesota-police-shooting-lavish-reynolds-facebook-live-video-watch-uncensored-shooting-youtube-shot-by-police/ Diamond Reynolds' Facebook Live video immediately after the shooting (10:29)], Heavy.com \|video2=[https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000005181340/philando-castile-diamond-reynolds-and-a-nightmare-caught-on-video.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news Philando Castile, Diamond Reynolds and a Nightmare Caught on Video (composite of several videos, 4:49)], The New York Times }} Castile was pulled over as part of a [[traffic stop]]<ref name="DaytonShocked">{{cite news\|url=https://www.startribune.com/falcon-heights-police-shooting-reverberates-across-the-nation/385861101/\|title=Dayton 'shocked and horrified' by police shooting in Falcon Heights, caught on video\|work=Star Tribune\|date=July 7, 2016\|access-date=July 7, 2016\|author=''Star Tribune'' staff writers\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085315/https://www.startribune.com/falcon-heights-police-shooting-reverberates-across-the-nation/385861101/\|url-status=live}}</ref> by Yanez and Kauser in [[Falcon Heights, Minnesota]], a suburb of Saint Paul.<ref name="BBCCastileDeath">{{cite news\|title=Philando Castile death: Aftermath of police shooting streamed live\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36732908\|date=July 7, 2016\|work=BBC News\|access-date=July 7, 2016\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085320/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36732908\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MillerLoweryBever" /><ref name="Chanen" /> Castile and Reynolds were returning from shopping at a grocery store; earlier that evening, Castile had gone for a haircut, eaten dinner with his sister, and picked up his girlfriend from his apartment in St. Paul.<ref name="SmithLastNight">{{cite news\|first=Mitch\|last=Smith\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/us/philando-castile-minnesota-police-shooting.html?_r=0\|title=Philando Castile's Last Night: Tacos and Laughs, Then a Drive\|work=The New York Times\|date=July 12, 2016\|access-date=July 13, 2016\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085321/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/us/philando-castile-minnesota-police-shooting.html?_r=0\|url-status=live}}</ref> Line 44 ⟶ 48: The stop took place on [[Larpenteur Avenue]] at Fry Street,<ref name="PheiferPeck" /> just outside the [[Minnesota State Fair\|Minnesota state fairgrounds]],<ref name="Officer shoots">{{cite news\|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/07/07/reports-officer-involved-shooting-falcon-heights\|title=Officer shoots, kills man at Falcon Heights traffic stop\|publisher=[[Minnesota Public Radio]]\|date=July 7, 2016\|access-date=July 8, 2016\|author=MPR News staff writers\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085406/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/07/07/reports-officer-involved-shooting-falcon-heights\|url-status=live}}</ref> at about 9:05 p.m. CDT.<ref name="JohnsonIdentified">{{cite web\|first=Alex\|last=Johnson\|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/minnesota-officers-fatal-shooting-philando-castile-identified-n605701\|title=Minnesota Officers in Fatal Shooting of Philando Castile Identified\|work=NBC News\|date=July 7, 2016\|access-date=July 29, 2016\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085412/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/minnesota-officers-fatal-shooting-philando-castile-identified-n605701\|url-status=live}}</ref> Riding in a<ref name="MannixAudio" /> white 1997 [[Oldsmobile 88\|Oldsmobile Eighty Eight]] LS<ref name="DaytonShocked" /><ref>{{cite news\|first1=Robin\|last1=Washington\|url=https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/07/11/is-philando-castile-the-ultimate-casualty-of-driving-while-black\|title=Is Philando Castile the Ultimate Casualty of Driving While Black?\|work=[[The Marshall Project]]\|date=July 11, 2016\|access-date=July 11, 2016\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085353/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/07/11/is-philando-castile-the-ultimate-casualty-of-driving-while-black\|url-status=live}}</ref> with Castile were his girlfriend Diamond Reynolds and her four-year-old daughter.<ref name="PheiferPeck" /><ref name="Chappell" /> Castile was the driver, Reynolds was the front-seat passenger, and the child was in the back seat.<ref name="FurberPérez-Peña">{{cite news\|first1=Matt\|last1=Furber\|first2=Richard\|last2=Pérez-Peña\|author-link2=Richard Pérez-Peña\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/us/philando-castile-falcon-heights-shooting.html\|title=After Philando Castile's Killing, Obama Calls Police Shootings 'an American Issue'\|work=The New York Times\|date=July 7, 2016\|access-date=July 7, 2016\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085431/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/us/philando-castile-falcon-heights-shooting.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> "According to investigators, Yanez approached the car from the driver's side, while Kauser approached it from the passenger side."<ref name="JohnsonIdentified" /> The police dashcam video<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.startribune.com/case-file-in-philando-castile-shooting-to-be-made-public-today/429659263/\|title=Case file in Philando Castile shooting released, dashcam video shows shooting\|last1=Xiong\|first1=Chao\|date=June 21, 2017\|work=Star Tribune\|access-date=2017-06-21\|last2=Mannix\|first2=Andy\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085355/https://www.startribune.com/case-file-in-philando-castile-shooting-to-be-made-public-today/429659263/\|url-status=live}}</ref> shows that 40 seconds elapsed between when Yanez first started talking to Castile through the car window and when Yanez began shooting at him. According to the dashcam, after Yanez asked for Castile's driver's license and proof of insurance, Castile gave him his proof of insurance card, which Yanez appeared to glance at and tuck in his outer pocket. Castile then calmly informed Yanez, "Sir, I have to tell you that I do have a firearm on me."<ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.startribune.com/castile-shooting-timeline/429678313/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204183122/https://www.startribune.com/castile-shooting-timeline/429678313/ \|first1= Matt \|last1=DeLong \|first2=Dave \|last2=Braunger \|url-status=dead \|title=Breaking down the dashcam video: The Philando Castile shooting timeline\|date=June 21, 2017\|work=Star Tribune\|access-date=2017-06-21\|archive-date=December 4, 2020 }}</ref> Quoting the ''[[Star Tribune]]'' description of the next 13 seconds of the video: <blockquote>Before Castile completed the sentence, Yanez interrupted and calmly replied, "OK," and placed his right hand on the holster of his own holstered weapon. Yanez said, "Okay, don't reach for it, then ... don't pull it out." Castile responded, "I'm not pulling it out," and Reynolds also said, "He's not pulling it out." Yanez repeated, raising his voice, "Don't pull it out!" as he quickly pulled his own gun with his right hand and reached inside the driver's window with his left hand. Reynolds screamed, "No!" Yanez removed his left arm from the car and fired seven shots in the direction of Castile in rapid succession. Reynolds yelled, "You just killed my boyfriend!" Castile moaned and said, "I wasn't reaching for it." Reynolds loudly said, "He wasn't reaching for it." Before she completed her sentence, Yanez again screamed, "Don't pull it out!" Reynolds responded, "He wasn't." Yanez yelled, "Don't move! Fuck!"<ref name=":1" /></blockquote> Of the seven shots fired by Yanez at [[Point-blank range\|point blank range]], five hit Castile and two of those pierced his heart.<ref name="Expert">{{Cite news\|date=June 7, 2017\|title=The Latest: Expert: No reason to think motorist a threat\|work=Star Tribune\|agency=Associated Press\|url=http://www.startribune.com/the-latest-lab-supervisor-traces-bullets-in-castile-car/427038431/\|url-status=dead\|access-date=2017-06-21\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607174350/http://www.startribune.com/the-latest-lab-supervisor-traces-bullets-in-castile-car/427038431/\|archive-date=2017-06-07}}</ref> Events immediately after the shooting were [[Streaming media\|streamed]] live in a 10-minute video by Reynolds via [[Facebook]].<ref name="FurberPérez-Peña" /> The recording appears to begin seconds after Castile was shot, just after 9:00 p.m. CDT.<ref name="MillerLoweryBever" /> The video depicts Castile slumped over, moaning and moving slightly, with a bloodied left arm and side.<ref name="FurberPérez-Peña" /> In the video, Reynolds is speaking with Yanez and explaining what happened. Reynolds stated on the video that Yanez "asked him for license and registration. He told him that it was in his wallet, but he had a pistol on him because he's licensed to carry." Castile did have a license to carry a gun.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Williams \|first=Brandt \|date=July 13, 2016 \|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/07/13/castile-gun-permit \|title=Police shooting victim Castile was issued permit to carry gun in 2015 \|work=Minnesota Public Radio \|access-date=June 22, 2017 \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085320/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/07/13/castile-gun-permit \|url-status=live }}</ref> Reynolds further narrated that the officer said, "Don't move" and as Castile was putting his hands back up, the officer shot him in the arm four or five times. Reynolds told the officer, "You shot four bullets into him, sir. He was just getting his license and registration, sir."<ref name="PheiferPeck" /><ref name="BBCCastileDeath" /> Reynolds also said "Please don't tell me he's dead", while Yanez exclaimed: "I told him not to reach for it! I told him to get his hand open!"<ref name="MannixAudio" /> At one point in the video footage, an officer orders Reynolds to get on her knees and the sound of Reynolds being handcuffed can be heard. Reynolds' phone falls onto the ground but continues recording, and an officer periodically yells, "Fuck!"<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=http://time.com/4397189/minnesota-shooting-philando-castiles-facebook-live-transcript/\|title=Read the Transcript of the Video Taken During Philando Castile Shooting\|first=Emma\|last=Ockerman\|magazine=Time\|date=July 7, 2016\|access-date=July 8, 2016\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085321/https://time.com/4397189/minnesota-shooting-philando-castiles-facebook-live-transcript/\|url-status=live}}</ref> Video from the squad car of Joseph Kauser (where Reynolds and her daughter were put after Reynolds was handcuffed), shows Reynolds' daughter telling her, "Mom, please stop cussing and screaming 'cause I don't want you to get shooted".<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.startribune.com/video-i-don-t-want-you-to-get-shooted-daughter-pleads-to-mother-moments-after-castile-shooting/429948923/\|title=Video: 'I don't want you to get shooted,' daughter pleads to mother moments after Castile shooting\|last=Xiong\|first=Chao\|date=June 22, 2017\|work=Star Tribune\|access-date=2017-06-22\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085432/https://www.startribune.com/video-i-don-t-want-you-to-get-shooted-daughter-pleads-to-mother-moments-after-castile-shooting/429948923/\|url-status=live}}</ref> Reynolds was taken into custody, questioned at a police station, and released the following morning around 5:00 a.m.<ref>{{cite news\|first1=Julie\|last1=Bosman\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/us/after-poised-live-streaming-tears-and-fury-find-diamond-reynolds.html?_r=0\|title=After Poised Live-Streaming, Tears and Fury Find Diamond Reynolds\|work=The New York Times\|date=July 7, 2016\|access-date=July 8, 2016\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085402/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/us/after-poised-live-streaming-tears-and-fury-find-diamond-reynolds.html?_r=0\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|first1=Brandon Ellington \|last1=Patterson \|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/07/obama-police-shootings-philando-castile-alston-sterling \|title=President Obama Speaks Out About the Police Shooting Deaths of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling \|work=Mother Jones \|date=July 7, 2016 \|access-date=July 8, 2016 \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085435/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/07/obama-police-shootings-philando-castile-alston-sterling/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> Line 53 ⟶ 60: === Yanez statements === In the dashcam video of the incident, Yanez can be heard being questioned by St. Anthony Police Officer Tressa Sunde within minutes of the shooting, and telling her: In the dashcam video of the incident, Yanez can be heard being questioned by St. Anthony Police Officer Tressa Sunde within minutes of the shooting, and telling her:<blockquote> [Castile] was sitting in the car, seat belted. I told him, 'Can I see your license?' And then, he told me he had a firearm. I told him not to reach for it and (sigh) when he went down to grab, I told him not to reach for it (clears throat) and then he kept it right there, and I told him to take his hands off of it, and then he (sigh) he had his, his grip a lot wider than a wallet .... And I don't know where the gun was, he didn't tell me where the fucking gun was, and then it was just getting hinky, he gave, he was just staring ahead, and then I was getting fucking nervous, and then I told him, I know I fucking told him to get his fucking hand off his gun.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.citypages.com/news/interviews-contradict-jeronimo-yanez-trial-testimony-he-saw-philando-castiles-gun/429733013 \|title=Interviews contradict Jeronimo Yanez trial testimony he saw Philando Castile's gun {{!}} City Pages \|last=Du \|first=Susan \|date=June 20, 2017 \|website=City Pages \|access-date=2017-06-22 \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085324/http://www.citypages.com/news/interviews-contradict-jeronimo-yanez-trial-testimony-he-saw-philando-castiles-gun/429733013 \|url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote>According to the official [[Minnesota Department of Public Safety]]'s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) transcript of the interview of Yanez and his attorneys Tom Kelly and Robert Fowler, Yanez stated that his justification for the shooting was based on fear for his own life because he believed that Castile's behavior was abusive toward a young girl passenger (Reynolds' daughter) in the car.<ref name="InterviewTranscript">{{cite web \|url= https://www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/County%20Attorney/Yanez%20BCA%20Interview%20Transcript%207.7.16.pdf \|title= Minnesota Department of Public Safety's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension transcript of the interview of Yanez and his attorneys Tom Kelly and Robert Fowler \|date= July 7, 2016 \|access-date= June 20, 2017 \|archive-date= February 10, 2021 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085249/https://www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/County%20Attorney/Yanez%20BCA%20Interview%20Transcript%207.7.16.pdf \|url-status= live }}</ref> Yanez said: "I thought, I was gonna die, and I thought if he's, if he has the, the guts and the audacity to smoke [[marijuana]] in front of the five-year-old girl and risk her lungs and risk her life by giving her [[secondhand smoke]] and the front seat passenger doing the same thing, then what, what care does he give about me?"<ref name="InterviewTranscript" /> The victim's previous marijuana use later became a focus of the defense, with a [[mason jar]] containing a small amount having been found in the car.<ref name="mpr_day7">{{Cite web \|url= http://live.mprnews.org/Event/The_trial_of_officer_Jeronimo_Yanez/952422331 \|title= BCA releases dashcam video, other evidence from Yanez probe: Day 7: Prosecution's police expert rips Yanez for deadly force in confronting Castile \|date= June 7, 2017 \|website= MPR News \|access-date= 2017-07-02 \|archive-date= February 10, 2021 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085336/https://live.mprnews.org/Event/The_trial_of_officer_Jeronimo_Yanez/952422331 \|url-status= live }}</ref>▼ <blockquote>[Castile] was sitting in the car, seat belted. I told him, 'Can I see your license?' And then, he told me he had a firearm. I told him not to reach for it and (sigh) when he went down to grab, I told him not to reach for it (clears throat) and then he kept it right there, and I told him to take his hands off of it, and then he (sigh) he had his, his grip a lot wider than a wallet .... And I don't know where the gun was, he didn't tell me where the fucking gun was, and then it was just getting hinky, he gave, he was just staring ahead, and then I was getting fucking nervous, and then I told him, I know I fucking told him to get his fucking hand off his gun.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.citypages.com/news/interviews-contradict-jeronimo-yanez-trial-testimony-he-saw-philando-castiles-gun/429733013 \|title=Interviews contradict Jeronimo Yanez trial testimony he saw Philando Castile's gun {{!}} City Pages \|last=Du \|first=Susan \|date=June 20, 2017 \|website=City Pages \|access-date=2017-06-22 \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085324/http://www.citypages.com/news/interviews-contradict-jeronimo-yanez-trial-testimony-he-saw-philando-castiles-gun/429733013 \|url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote> ▲In the dashcam video of the incident, Yanez can be heard being questioned by St. Anthony Police Officer Tressa Sunde within minutes of the shooting, and telling her:<blockquote> [Castile] was sitting in the car, seat belted. I told him, 'Can I see your license?' And then, he told me he had a firearm. I told him not to reach for it and (sigh) when he went down to grab, I told him not to reach for it (clears throat) and then he kept it right there, and I told him to take his hands off of it, and then he (sigh) he had his, his grip a lot wider than a wallet .... And I don't know where the gun was, he didn't tell me where the fucking gun was, and then it was just getting hinky, he gave, he was just staring ahead, and then I was getting fucking nervous, and then I told him, I know I fucking told him to get his fucking hand off his gun.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.citypages.com/news/interviews-contradict-jeronimo-yanez-trial-testimony-he-saw-philando-castiles-gun/429733013 \|title=Interviews contradict Jeronimo Yanez trial testimony he saw Philando Castile's gun {{!}} City Pages \|last=Du \|first=Susan \|date=June 20, 2017 \|website=City Pages \|access-date=2017-06-22 \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085324/http://www.citypages.com/news/interviews-contradict-jeronimo-yanez-trial-testimony-he-saw-philando-castiles-gun/429733013 \|url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote>According to the official [[Minnesota Department of Public Safety]]'s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) transcript of the interview of Yanez and his attorneys Tom Kelly and Robert Fowler, Yanez stated that his justification for the shooting was based on fear for his own life because he believed that Castile's behavior was abusive toward a young girl passenger (Reynolds' daughter) in the car.<ref name="InterviewTranscript">{{cite web \|url= https://www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/County%20Attorney/Yanez%20BCA%20Interview%20Transcript%207.7.16.pdf \|title= Minnesota Department of Public Safety's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension transcript of the interview of Yanez and his attorneys Tom Kelly and Robert Fowler \|date= July 7, 2016 \|access-date= June 20, 2017 \|archive-date= February 10, 2021 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085249/https://www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/County%20Attorney/Yanez%20BCA%20Interview%20Transcript%207.7.16.pdf \|url-status= live }}</ref> Yanez said: "I thought, I was gonna die, and I thought if he's, if he has the, the guts and the audacity to smoke [[marijuana]] in front of the five-year-old girl and risk her lungs and risk her life by giving her [[secondhand smoke]] and the front seat passenger doing the same thing, then what, what care does he give about me?"<ref name="InterviewTranscript" /> The victim's previous marijuana use later became a focus of the defense, with a [[mason jar]] containing a small amount having been found in the car.<ref name="mpr_day7">{{Cite web \|url= http://live.mprnews.org/Event/The_trial_of_officer_Jeronimo_Yanez/952422331 \|title= BCA releases dashcam video, other evidence from Yanez probe: Day 7: Prosecution's police expert rips Yanez for deadly force in confronting Castile \|date= June 7, 2017 \|website= MPR News \|access-date= 2017-07-02 \|archive-date= February 10, 2021 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085336/https://live.mprnews.org/Event/The_trial_of_officer_Jeronimo_Yanez/952422331 \|url-status= live }}</ref> According to the local publication ''[[City Pages]]''' description of the BCA conversation, Yanez "could never state definitively ... that he saw a firearm that day". Yanez uses "various terms to suggest the presence of a firearm". Yanez states, "it appeared to me that he was wrapping something around his fingers and almost like if I were to put my hand around my gun. It was dark inside the vehicle ..." At another point "it seemed like he was pulling out a gun and the barrel just kept coming." "I know he had an object and it was dark. And he was pulling it out with his right hand." He added: "It was, to me, it just looked big and apparent that he's gonna shoot you, he's gonna kill you."<ref name=":4" /> Line 68 ⟶ 78: In the video recorded shortly after the shooting, Reynolds said that the car was pulled over for a broken taillight.<ref name="PheiferPeck" /> Yanez's attorney Kelly stated following the shooting that his client stopped Castile in part because he resembled a suspect in an armed robbery that had taken place nearby four days earlier, and in part because of a broken taillight. A Castile family attorney, Albert Goins, questioned this account, said that if Yanez actually thought Castile was a robbery suspect, the police would have made a "felony traffic stop" (involving "bringing the suspect out at gunpoint while officers are in a position of cover and having them lie on the ground until they can identify who that individual is") rather than an ordinary traffic stop (in which officers stop the car and ask the driver to produce documents). Goins said, "Either [Castile] was a robbery suspect and [Yanez] didn't follow the procedures for a felony stop, or [Castile] was not a robbery suspect and [Yanez] shot a man because he stood at his window getting his information."<ref name="StahlReasonforStop">{{cite news\|url=http://www.startribune.com/lawyer-castile-pulled-over-because-he-matched-robbery-suspect/386221031/\|date=July 11, 2016\|last1=Stahl\|first1=Brandon\|title=Lawyer: Castile pulled over because he matched robbery suspect\|work=Star Tribune\|access-date=July 11, 2016\|archive-date=July 11, 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711112743/http://www.startribune.com/lawyer-castile-pulled-over-because-he-matched-robbery-suspect/386221031/\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kelly confirmed the authenticity of the pre-stop police audio, in which one officer reports that the driver resembled a recent robbery suspect due to his "wide-set nose." Goins said, "I can't imagine that it's reasonable suspicion to make a stop because somebody had a broad nose."<ref name="MannixAudio" /> The particular robbery to which the officer referred was identified as a July 2 armed robbery at a local convenience store,<ref name="Song">{{cite news \|last1=Song \|first1=Kayla \|title=Philando Castile case: Officer found not guilty. A timeline. \|url=https://www.twincities.com/2017/05/29/philando-castile-case-a-timeline/ \|work=Twin Cities \|date=29 May 2017 \|access-date=August 11, 2019 \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085407/https://www.twincities.com/2017/05/29/philando-castile-case-a-timeline/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> in which the two suspects were "described as black men with shoulder-length or longer dreadlocks" with no information about estimated height, weight or ages.<ref name="MannixAudio" /> Yanez was one of the police officers who had responded to the robbery.<ref name="cbslocal">{{cite news \|title=Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Once Took Him To Jail \|url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/07/21/castile-yanez/ \|work=CBS Minnesota \|date=July 21, 2016 \|access-date=August 11, 2019 \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085343/https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/07/21/castile-yanez/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequent investigations ruled out Castile as being one of the armed robbers.<ref name="Pelissero">{{cite news \|last1=Pelissero \|first1=Sara \|title=Complaint details charges against St. Anthony officer \|url=https://www.kare11.com/article/news/complaint-details-charges-against-st-anthony-officer/352839142 \|work=[[KARE 11]] \|date=November 16, 2016 \|access-date=August 11, 2019 \|archive-date=June 10, 2020 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/~~2020.06.10-201136~~20200610201136/https://www.kare11.com/article/news/complaint-details-charges-against-st-anthony-officer/352839142 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Castile's mother Valerie Castile and her lawyer Glenda Hatchett called for the case to be referred to a [[special prosecutor]] and called for the U.S. Department of Justice to conduct a federal investigation.<ref name="SmithLastNight" /> Line 75 ⟶ 85: [[File:Diamond Reynolds speaking at a rally at the Governor's Mansion, St Paul (27875418580).jpg\|thumb\|Diamond Reynolds speaking at a rally in memory of her boyfriend on the day after his death]] [[File:Crowd at JJ Hill - Philando Castile (27547111053).jpg\|thumb\|Black Lives Matter protesting in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]] on July 7]] By 12:30 a.m. on July 7, about three hours after the shooting, protesters gathered at the scene, "peaceful but visibly angry".<ref name="PheiferPeck" /> More than 200 people were present.<ref name="Kare11">{{cite news\|title=Man shot by St. Anthony officer dies\|url=http://www.kare11.com/news/falcon-heights-officer-involved-shooting/265772810\|publisher=[[KARE (TV)\|KARE]]\|author=KARE 11 staff\|date=July 7, 2016\|access-date=July 7, 2016}}</ref> After news of Castile's death spread, crowds of protestors gathered outside the [[Minnesota Governor's Residence]] in St. Paul, chanting Castile's name and demanding that then-Governor [[Mark Dayton]] make a statement.<ref name="MillerLoweryBever" /><ref name="Kare11" /> That night, demonstrations in St. Paul continued, remaining "peaceful but forceful".<ref name="SmithFurberDetailsEmerge">{{cite news\|first1=Mitch\|last1=Smith\|first2=Matt\|last2=Furber\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/09/us/philando-castile-jeronimo-yanez.html\|title=Details Emerge of Philando Castile Shooting, and Minnesota Protests Carry Into Morning\|work=[[The New York Times]]\|date=July 8, 2016\|access-date=July 8, 2016\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085344/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/09/us/philando-castile-jeronimo-yanez.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Nekima Levy-Pounds]], president of the Minneapolis chapter of the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People\|NAACP]], said that her group would request a federal investigation. She also called for an independent body to investigate the shooting, expressing skepticism with the state agency that is leading the investigation of the incident, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, a division of the Department of Public Safety.<ref name="PheiferPeck" /><ref name="DaytonShocked" /> NAACP president [[Cornell William Brooks]] said, "I'm waiting to hear the human outcry from [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution\|Second Amendment]] defenders over [this incident]..."<ref>{{cite news\|last=Eversley\|first=Melanie\|newspaper=USA Today\|publisher=Gannett\|date=July 7, 2016\|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/07/07/minnesota-police-shooting-reignites-debate-over-second-amendment-race/86824314/\|title=Minn. police shooting reignites debate over Second Amendment, race\|access-date=July 9, 2016\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085404/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/07/07/minnesota-police-shooting-reignites-debate-over-second-amendment-race/86824314/\|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Black Lives Matter]] activist [[DeRay Mckesson]] said, "Philando Castile should be alive today".<ref name="MillerLoweryBever" /> On July 8, over 1,000 demonstrators shut down [[Interstate 880 (California)\|Interstate 880]] in [[Oakland, California\|Oakland]], California, for several hours to protest Castile's shooting death and that of [[Shooting of Alton Sterling\|Alton Sterling]] the day before.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Grad\|first1=Shelby\|last2=Hamilton\|first2=Matt\|title=Oakland freeway reopens after protesters shouting 'No racist police' shut it down for hours\|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-oakland-police-20160707-snap-htmlstory.html\|access-date=July 8, 2016\|work=Los Angeles Times\|date=July 8, 2016\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085353/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-oakland-police-20160707-snap-htmlstory.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> Line 87 ⟶ 97: === Government officials === [[File:Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton speaking outside his residence in St Paul (28053070712).jpg\|thumb\|Minnesota Governor [[Mark Dayton]] speaking outside his residence in Saint Paul]] Later in the morning of July 7, Governor Dayton appeared outside his residence and said:<ref name="PheiferPeck" /><ref name="DaytonShocked" /> Later in the morning of July 7, Governor Dayton appeared outside his residence and said:<ref name="PheiferPeck" /><ref name="DaytonShocked" />{{blockquote\| 1=My deepest condolences go out to the family and friends. On behalf of all decent-minded Minnesotans, we are shocked and horrified by what occurred last night. This kind of behavior is unacceptable. It is not the norm in Minnesota. I promise ... to see that this matter is brought to justice and all avenues are pursued and do a complete investigation. Justice will be served in Minnesota.}} Dayton said he had requested an independent [[U.S. Department of Justice]] investigation and had spoken to [[White House Chief of Staff]] [[Denis McDonough]] about the matter.<ref name="MillerLoweryBever" /> Dayton also commented, "Would this have happened if those passengers would have been white? I don't think it would have."<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=http://time.com/4397248/minnesota-gov-mark-dayton-philando-castile-shooting/ \|title=Minnesota Governor Doesn't Think Philando Castile Would Have Been Killed If He Were White \|last=Chan \|first=Melissa \|date=July 7, 2016 \|magazine=Time \|access-date=July 8, 2016 \|quote=The governor said he was 'forced to confront' the fact that 'this kind of racism exists,' before suggesting that a white passenger would have been treated differently by police. \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085410/https://time.com/4397248/minnesota-gov-mark-dayton-philando-castile-shooting/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> He promised to "do everything in my power to help protect the integrity" of the ongoing parallel state investigation "to ensure a proper and just outcome for all involved."<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.fox9.com/news/170944276-story \| title=Governor: 'Justice will be served in Minnesota' in shooting of Philando Castile \| work=Fox 9 News \| date=July 7, 2016 \| agency=KMSP \| access-date=July 10, 2016 \| author=<!-- No by-line; none specified --> \| archive-date=July 8, 2016 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708130840/http://www.fox9.com/news/170944276-story \| url-status=live }}</ref>▼ {{blockquote\| 1=My deepest condolences go out to the family and friends. On behalf of all decent-minded Minnesotans, we are shocked and horrified by what occurred last night. This kind of behavior is unacceptable. It is not the norm in Minnesota. I promise ... to see that this matter is brought to justice and all avenues are pursued and do a complete investigation. Justice will be served in Minnesota.}} U.S. Representative [[Betty McCollum]], Democrat of Minnesota, whose district includes the place where Castile was shot, also called for a Justice Department investigation,<ref>{{cite news\|first1=Frederick\|last1=Melo\|first2=Mara H.\|last2=Gottfried\|url=http://www.twincities.com/2016/07/06/officer-involved-shooting-investigated-in-falcon-heights/\|title=Woman live-streams aftermath of boyfriend's fatal shooting by police in Falcon Heights\|work=St. Paul Pioneer Press\|date=July 6, 2016\|access-date=July 7, 2016\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085353/https://www.twincities.com/2016/07/06/officer-involved-shooting-investigated-in-falcon-heights/\|url-status=live}}</ref> and U.S. Senator [[Al Franken]], Democrat of Minnesota, also called for a federal investigation, saying in a statement: "I am horrified that we are forced to confront yet another death of a young African-American man at the hands of law enforcement. And I am heartbroken for Philando's family and loved ones, whose son, brother, boyfriend, and nephew was taken from them last night."<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.startribune.com/dayton-calls-for-federal-investigation-into-fatal-shooting-of-philando-castile/385866831/ \| title=Dayton says race likely a factor in fatal shooting of Philando Castile \| work=Star Tribune \| date=July 7, 2016 \| access-date=July 10, 2016 \| last1=Lopez \| first1=Ricardo \| archive-date=February 10, 2021 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085409/https://www.startribune.com/dayton-calls-for-federal-investigation-into-fatal-shooting-of-philando-castile/385866831/ \| url-status=live }}</ref> Former U.S. Representative [[Keith Ellison]], current Attorney General of Minnesota, denounced the "systematic targeting of African Americans and a systematic lack of accountability."<ref name="MillerLoweryBever" />▼ ▲Later in the morning of July 7, Governor Dayton appeared outside his residence and said:<ref name="PheiferPeck" /><ref name="DaytonShocked" />{{blockquote\| 1=My deepest condolences go out to the family and friends. On behalf of all decent-minded Minnesotans, we are shocked and horrified by what occurred last night. This kind of behavior is unacceptable. It is not the norm in Minnesota. I promise ... to see that this matter is brought to justice and all avenues are pursued and do a complete investigation. Justice will be served in Minnesota.}} Dayton said he had requested an independent [[U.S. Department of Justice]] investigation and had spoken to [[White House Chief of Staff]] [[Denis McDonough]] about the matter.<ref name="MillerLoweryBever" /> Dayton also commented, "Would this have happened if those passengers would have been white? I don't think it would have."<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=http://time.com/4397248/minnesota-gov-mark-dayton-philando-castile-shooting/ \|title=Minnesota Governor Doesn't Think Philando Castile Would Have Been Killed If He Were White \|last=Chan \|first=Melissa \|date=July 7, 2016 \|magazine=Time \|access-date=July 8, 2016 \|quote=The governor said he was 'forced to confront' the fact that 'this kind of racism exists,' before suggesting that a white passenger would have been treated differently by police. \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085410/https://time.com/4397248/minnesota-gov-mark-dayton-philando-castile-shooting/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> He promised to "do everything in my power to help protect the integrity" of the ongoing parallel state investigation "to ensure a proper and just outcome for all involved."<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.fox9.com/news/170944276-story \| title=Governor: 'Justice will be served in Minnesota' in shooting of Philando Castile \| work=Fox 9 News \| date=July 7, 2016 \| agency=KMSP \| access-date=July 10, 2016 \| author=<!-- No by-line; none specified --> \| archive-date=July 8, 2016 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708130840/http://www.fox9.com/news/170944276-story \| url-status=live }}</ref> ▲U.S. Representative [[Betty McCollum]], Democrat of Minnesota, whose district includes the place where Castile was shot, ~~also~~ called for a Justice Department investigation,<ref>{{cite news\|first1=Frederick\|last1=Melo\|first2=Mara H.\|last2=Gottfried\|url=http://www.twincities.com/2016/07/06/officer-involved-shooting-investigated-in-falcon-heights/\|title=Woman live-streams aftermath of boyfriend's fatal shooting by police in Falcon Heights\|work=St. Paul Pioneer Press\|date=July 6, 2016\|access-date=July 7, 2016\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085353/https://www.twincities.com/2016/07/06/officer-involved-shooting-investigated-in-falcon-heights/\|url-status=live}}</ref> and U.S. Senator [[Al Franken]], Democrat of Minnesota, also called for a federal investigation, saying in a statement: "I am horrified that we are forced to confront yet another death of a young African-American man at the hands of law enforcement. And I am heartbroken for Philando's family and loved ones, whose son, brother, boyfriend, and nephew was taken from them last night."<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.startribune.com/dayton-calls-for-federal-investigation-into-fatal-shooting-of-philando-castile/385866831/ \| title=Dayton says race likely a factor in fatal shooting of Philando Castile \| work=Star Tribune \| date=July 7, 2016 \| access-date=July 10, 2016 \| last1=Lopez \| first1=Ricardo \| archive-date=February 10, 2021 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085409/https://www.startribune.com/dayton-calls-for-federal-investigation-into-fatal-shooting-of-philando-castile/385866831/ \| url-status=live }}</ref> Former U.S. Representative [[Keith Ellison]], current Attorney General of Minnesota, denounced the "systematic targeting of African Americans and a systematic lack of accountability."<ref name="MillerLoweryBever" /> Speaking shortly after the shootings of Castile and [[Shooting of Alton Sterling\|Alton Sterling]], President [[Barack Obama]] did not comment on the specific incidents, but called on the U.S. to "do better" and said that controversial incidents arising from the police use of force were "not isolated incidents" but rather were "symptomatic of a broader set of [[Race in the United States criminal justice system\|racial disparities that exist in our criminal justice system]]". Obama expressed "extraordinary appreciation and respect for the vast majority of police officers" and noted the difficult nature of the job.<ref name="ObamaStatement">{{cite news\|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/07/president-barack-obama-on-deaths-of-philando-castile-and-alton-sterling.html\|last1=Wang\|first1=Christine\|title=Obama: All Americans should be troubled by recent police shootings\|date=July 7, 2016\|publisher=CNN\|access-date=July 7, 2016\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085411/https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/07/president-barack-obama-on-deaths-of-philando-castile-and-alton-sterling.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> He stated, "When incidents like this occur, there's a big chunk of our citizenry that feels as if, because of the color of their skin, they are not being treated the same, and that hurts, and that should trouble all of us. This is not just a black issue, not just a Hispanic issue. This is an American issue that we all should care about."<ref name="FurberPérez-Peña" /> Obama telephoned Castile's mother to offer his condolences.<ref name="SmithLastNight" /> === International response === Following the shooting of Castile, Sterling, and [[2016 shooting of Dallas police officers\|police officers in Dallas]], the [[Government of the Bahamas\|Bahamian government]], a Caribbean island nation with an over 90% citizenry of [[Afro-Bahamian]] origin, issued a [[travel advisory]] to its citizens in the United States, stating "[i]n particular young [Bahamian] males are asked to exercise extreme caution in affected cities in their interactions with the police. Do not be confrontational and cooperate".<ref name="news.com.au">{{cite news\|url=http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/several-countries-issue-travel-alerts-for-united-states-amid-growing-racial-tensions/news-story/5aa076643aaa890e2c1dd12addc75ecb\|title=Several countries issue travel alerts for United States amid growing racial tensions\|date=July 11, 2016\|access-date=July 11, 2016\|last1=O'Neill\|first1=Marnie\|work=[[News.com.au]]\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085420/https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/several-countries-issue-travel-alerts-for-united-states-amid-growing-racial-tensions/news-story/5aa076643aaa890e2c1dd12addc75ecb\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=WaPoBahamas>{{cite news \| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/09/the-bahamas-travel-advisory-for-the-u-s-use-extreme-caution-around-the-police/ \| title=The Bahamas' new U.S. travel advisory: Use 'extreme caution' around police \| newspaper=Washington Post \| date=July 9, 2016 \| access-date=July 9, 2016 \| last1=Davis \| first1=Aaron C. \| archive-date=February 10, 2021 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085411/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/09/the-bahamas-travel-advisory-for-the-u-s-use-extreme-caution-around-the-police/ \| url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ABCBahamas">{{cite news \| url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/bahamas-issues-travel-advisory-us-shootings-40450484 \| title=Bahamas Issues Travel Advisory to the US Following Shootings\| date=July 9, 2016\| access-date=July 9, 2016 \| agency=Associated Press\| archive-date=July 10, 2016\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160710152417/http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/bahamas-issues-travel-advisory-us-shootings-40450484\| url-status=live}}</ref> Travel advisories were also issued by the [[United Arab Emirates]] and [[Bahrain]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/uae-bahrain-warn-citizens-headed-protests-160710115245331.html\|title=UAE, Bahrain warn citizens heading to US amid protests\|work=Al Jazeera\|date=July 10, 2016\|access-date=July 10, 2016\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085411/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/7/10/uae-bahrain-warn-citizens-heading-to-us-amid-protests\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-police-travel-idUSKCN0ZQ0RM\|title=Three countries urge caution traveling to U.S. amid protests, violence\|agency=Reuters\|date=July 10, 2016\|access-date=July 10, 2016\|first1=Jason\|last1=Lange\|first2=Lauren\|last2=Hirsch\|newspaper=Reuters\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085416/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-police-travel-idUSKCN0ZQ0RM\|url-status=live}}</ref> warning for caution in the United States due to ongoing violence and the U.S. "gun culture", and to avoid crowded areas, protests, and demonstrations as "civil disorder can result".<ref name="news.com.au" /> === National Rifle Association vs. Second Amendment Foundation=== Line 110 ⟶ 124: === Charges and prosecution === Choi reviewed the evidence with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Attorney's office,<ref>{{cite news \|last3=Vezner \|first3=Tad \|first1=Mara H. \|last1=Gottfried \|first2=Sarah \|last2=Horner \|first4=Tory \|last4=Cooney \|url=https://www.twincities.com/2016/11/16/philando-castile-shooting-officer-jeronimo-yanez-will-be-charged-ramsey-county/ \|title=Charges in Philando Castile shooting death stun experts, activist \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085523/https://www.twincities.com/2016/11/16/philando-castile-shooting-officer-jeronimo-yanez-will-be-charged-ramsey-county/ \|archivedate=February 10, 2021\|url-status=live \|work=Pioneer Press \|date=November 17, 2016 }}</ref> a retired deputy chief of police in [[Irvine, California]],<ref>{{cite news \|last=Melo \|first=Frederick \|url=https://www.twincities.com/2016/11/16/legal-experts-no-easy-road-ahead-in-yanez-prosecution/ \|url-status=live \|title=How hard is a guilty verdict in Philando Castile shooting? We ask experts \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085426/https://www.twincities.com/2016/11/16/legal-experts-no-easy-road-ahead-in-yanez-prosecution/ \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|work=Pioneer Press \|date=November 17, 2016 }}</ref> and a former federal prosecutor.<ref name=":2">{{cite news \|last=Choi \|first=John J. \|url=https://www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/County%20Attorney/County%20Attorney%20transcribed%20remarks%207%2029%2016.pdf \|title=Remarks as prepared for delivery regarding the hiring of a Special Prosecutor in the Philando Castile case \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085311/https://www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/County%20Attorney/County%20Attorney%20transcribed%20remarks%207%2029%2016.pdf \|archive-date=February 10, 2021 \|work=Office of the Ramsey County Attorney \|date=July 29, 2016 }}</ref> Seven weeks after receiving the BCA report, Choi announced that Yanez was being charged with second degree [[manslaughter]] and two counts of dangerous discharge of a firearm. Choi stated: <blockquote>To justify the use of deadly force, it is not enough, however, for the police officer to merely express a subjective fear of death or great bodily harm. Unreasonable fear cannot justify the use of deadly force. The use of deadly force must be objectively reasonable and necessary, given the totality of the circumstances. 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 that to be true. Accordingly, we filed a criminal complaint this morning in Ramsey County.<ref name =Collins>{{cite news \|last=Olson \|first=Michael \|url=https://live.mprnews.org/Event/The_shooting_death_of_Philando_Castile \|title=The latest: The shooting death of Philando Castile \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085416/https://live.mprnews.org/Event/The_shooting_death_of_Philando_Castile?Page=0 \|archivedate=February 10, 2021 \|work=[[Minnesota Public Radio]] \|date=November 16, 2016 }}</ref></blockquote> In his press conference announcing his decision to prosecute Yanez, Choi noted facts not consistent with a justified fear of Castile, namely that Yanez's partner, Officer Kauser, who was standing at the car's passenger window during the shooting, "did not touch or remove his gun from its holster", and that in his answers to questioning by Saint Anthony Police Officer Tressa Sunde immediately after the shooting, Yanez "stated he did not know where [Castile's] gun was".<ref name=":2" /> Choi also noted that: * "Philando Castile was not resisting or fleeing." * "There was absolutely no criminal intent exhibited by him throughout this encounter." Line 136 ⟶ 152: The day the verdict was announced, the city of St. Anthony announced that "the public will be best served if Officer Yanez is no longer a police officer in our city", and that he would not be returning to the police department from leave after the trial.<ref name=":3">{{cite news\|last1=Berman\|first1=Mark\|title=Minn. officer acquitted in shooting of Philando Castile during traffic stop, dismissed from police force\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/06/16/minn-officer-acquitted-of-manslaughter-for-shooting-philando-castile-during-traffic-stop/\|access-date=21 June 2017\|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]\|date=17 June 2017\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085441/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/06/16/minn-officer-acquitted-of-manslaughter-for-shooting-philando-castile-during-traffic-stop/\|url-status=live}}</ref> As revealed by the Associated Press a few weeks later, Yanez received $48,500 as part of his separation agreement with the city, in addition to payment for unused compensatory time.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2017-07-11\|title=Latest: Officer who killed Castile gets $48,500 in agreement\|url=https://apnews.com/fbd24d65c1fe4bffb16c9bc7dc869e8a\|access-date=2020-06-06\|website=AP NEWS\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085419/https://apnews.com/fbd24d65c1fe4bffb16c9bc7dc869e8a\|url-status=live}}</ref> Some 2,000 protesters marched in the streets, eventually blocking [[Interstate 94]], where 18 people were arrested, including at least one reporter.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.twincities.com/2017/06/16/protesters-march-through-st-paul-following-jeronimo-yanez-acquittal/\|title=18 arrests made in I-94 protest; highway reopens after 3 hours following Yanez acquittal\|work=Pioneer Press\|publisher=Twin Cities\|date=16 June 2017\|access-date=June 17, 2017\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085513/https://www.twincities.com/2017/06/16/protesters-march-through-st-paul-following-jeronimo-yanez-acquittal/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.startribune.com/shedding-tears-and-venting-rage-verdict-in-philando-castile-case-met-by-protest/429013483/\|title=After rally by Philando Castile supporters in St. Paul, marchers hit I-94 and arrests follow\|date=17 June 2017\|work=[[Star Tribune]]\|author=Mary Lynn Smith, Miguel Otárola and Liz Sawyer\|access-date=June 17, 2017\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085428/https://www.startribune.com/shedding-tears-and-venting-rage-verdict-in-philando-castile-case-met-by-protest/429013483/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Goldstein">{{cite web\|last1=Goldstein\|first1=Jessica\|title=Thousands take to the streets to protest Philando Castile shooting verdict\|url=https://thinkprogress.org/protests-philando-castile-verdict-ffd18c59fdd3\|access-date=29 June 2017\|website=ThinkProgress\|date=17 June 2017\|archive-date=March 17, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317232225/https://thinkprogress.org/protests-philando-castile-verdict-ffd18c59fdd3/\|url-status=live}}</ref> Members of the Castile family, who had worked closely with authorities throughout the trial, expressed shock and outrage at the verdict, and a loss of faith in the system. Although they had earlier discussed a federal civil rights lawsuit, on June 26, 2017, the family released a joint statement with the city of St. Anthony announcing a settlement worth $2.995 million.<ref name="nyt-settle" /> Line 145 ⟶ 161: == Legacy == [[File:-Justice4Philando - Philando Castile Relief Foundation, Rondo Days Parade (43556660841).jpg\|thumb\|"Justice 4 Philando" signs at the [[Rondo ~~Days\|Rando~~ Days]] parade, 2018]] In honor of Castile, the Philando Castile Memorial Scholarship has been started at St. Paul Central High School. The inaugural $5,000 award was given to Marques Watson in 2017.<ref>{{cite news\|author=Cathy Wurzer\|date=July 6, 2017\|title=Classmates of Philando Castile award first scholarship in his honor\|publisher=[[MPR News]]\|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/07/06/classmates-of-philando-castile-award-first-scholarship-in-his-honor\|access-date=July 11, 2017\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085437/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/07/06/classmates-of-philando-castile-award-first-scholarship-in-his-honor\|url-status=live}}</ref> Castile, a school cafeteria worker, frequently paid for lunches for students who owed money or could not afford to pay. Inspired by this example, the Philando Castile Relief Foundation was created. The charity focuses on paying school lunch debts and addressing gun violence in the Minneapolis area. The charity's money comes in part from a civil settlement between Castile's family and the city of St. Anthony. In April, 2019 the foundation gave $8,000 to wipe out the accumulated lunch debt of all seniors at Robbinsdale Cooper High School in New Hope, Minn. The debt was threatening the ability of students to graduate. The foundation earlier gave $10,000 for school lunches to the J.J. Hill Montessori Magnet School where Philando Castile worked.<ref name="WCCO20190425">{{Cite news\|last=Hassanzadeh\|first=Erin\|date=April 25, 2019\|title=Philando Castile's Mom Presents $8,000 Donation To Help Clear Student Lunch Debts\|work=WCCO TV\|url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/04/25/philando-castile-valerie-castile-student-lunch-debt-robbinsdale-cooper-high-school-minnesota/\|access-date=2019-05-08\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085426/https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/04/25/philando-castile-valerie-castile-student-lunch-debt-robbinsdale-cooper-high-school-minnesota/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NPR20190507">{{Cite news\|last=Van Sant\|first=Shannon\|date=May 7, 2019\|title=Philando Castile's Mother Wipes Out School Lunch Debt, Continuing Son's Legacy\|work=NPR News\|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/07/721142955/philando-castiles-mother-wipes-out-school-lunch-debt-continuing-son-s-legacy\|access-date=2019-05-08\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085435/https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/07/721142955/philando-castiles-mother-wipes-out-school-lunch-debt-continuing-son-s-legacy\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CHITRIB20190502">{{Cite news\|last=Stevens\|first=Heidi\|date=May 2, 2019\|title=Philando Castile's mother just wiped out hundreds of students' lunch debt.\|work=Chicago Tribune\|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-thursday-philando-castile-mom-lunch-debt-0502-story.html\|access-date=2019-05-08\|archive-date=May 8, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508165553/https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-thursday-philando-castile-mom-lunch-debt-0502-story.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> Valerie Castile spoke at U.S. House Representative [[Ilhan Omar]]'s press conference on a bill ending the shaming of students who ~~pay~~owe meal debt.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Rep. Ilhan Omar announces bill to end student lunch debt shaming\|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-ilhan-omar-announces-bill-end-student-lunch/story?id=63806888\|last1=Thomas\|first1=Elizabeth\|date=June 19, 2019\|publisher=ABC News\|language=en\|access-date=June 25, 2019\|archive-date=February 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210085438/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-ilhan-omar-announces-bill-end-student-lunch/story?id=63806888\|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017 New Zealand-born artist [[Luke Willis Thompson]] filmed Reynolds for an artwork titled ''Autoportrait''. He intended the work as a "sister image" to her filmed footage.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Judah\|first1=Hettie\|date=26 June 2017\|title=Diamond Reynolds: the woman who streamed a police shooting becomes a Renaissance Madonna\|language=en\|work=The Guardian\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/26/luke-willis-thompson-philando-castile-autoportrait\|access-date=25 February 2018\|archive-date=May 4, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504031621/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/26/luke-willis-thompson-philando-castile-autoportrait\|url-status=live}}</ref> The work was first presented at [[Chisenhale Gallery]] in London in 2017.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Luke Willis Thompson\|url=http://chisenhale.org.uk/archive/exhibitions/index.php?id=185\|website=chisenhale.org.uk\|publisher=Chisenhale Gallery\|access-date=25 February 2018\|archive-date=February 24, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224173443/http://chisenhale.org.uk/archive/exhibitions/index.php?id=185\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Line 192 ⟶ 208: [[Category:Deaths by firearm in Minnesota]] [[Category:Filmed killings by law enforcement]] [[Category:~~History of~~Anti-black racism in Minnesota]] [[Category:July 2016 events in the United States]] [[Category:Law enforcement controversies in the United States]]