Philando Castile: Murdered By Police Four Years Ago

Philando Castile: Murdered By Police Four Years Ago

On July 6, 2016, Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez pulled over a 32-year-old African American male named Philando Castile for a broken tail light. During the stop Castile informed Yanez he had a legal fire arm in his vehicle. The admission caused Yanez to issue a rapid sequence of conflicting orders resulting in Yanez “fearing for his life,” and subsequently killing Castile, despite the fact that he had committed no crime—other than the alleged vehicle infraction. Although Yanez was initially cleared of wrongdoing—and allowed to return to work—protests and nationwide outrage forced the...

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