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[[File:Crowd at JJ Hill - Philando Castile (27547111053).jpg|thumb|Black Lives Matter protesting in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]] on July 7]]
[[File:Providence protest.jpg | thumb | 220x124px | right | A child holds a sign at a protest in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] following the murder of Castile in 2016.]]
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>
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