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November 17, 2016

Minnesota Officer Charged in Killing of Philando Castile
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In Minnesota, police officer Jeronimo Yanez has been charged with
second-degree manslaughter for killing African American Philando Castile
during a traffic stop. Castile's death was live-streamed on Facebook by
his girlfriend, Diamond "Lavish" Reynolds, in an extraordinary video in
which she narrated the aftermath of the shooting while she was still in
the car, with a police officer pointing a gun at her and her
four-year-old daughter as her boyfriend lay dying next to her. Yanez has
also been charged with felony charges of endangering the safety of
Reynolds and her daughter. It's the first time in at least 30 years that
a police officer in Minnesota has faced charges for killing someone
while on duty, and comes after nationwide demonstrations protesting
Castile's killing.


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