Police Officer Charged With Manslaughter in Philando Castile Killing

‘When Philando Castile was fatally shot in Falcon Heights, Minnesota by a Minneapolis police officer on July 6, the live stream of his graphic death soon sparked outrage throughout the nation.
“He’s licensed to carry. He was trying to get out his ID and his wallet out of his pocket and he let the officer know that he was — he had a firearm and he was reaching for his wallet,” Diamond Reynolds, Castile’s fiancée, says in the video shortly after the shooting occurred.
Nearly four and a half months later, in a significant step toward accountability, prosecutors have charged the police officer, Jeronimo Yanez, of second-degree manslaughter and determined that the use of deadly force was not justified.’
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