Philando Castlie's Family has reached a 3 million dollar settlement with the city. Philando Castile was shot nd killed last year by a St. Anthony, Minnesota police officer.
Jeronimo Yanez, the police officer who shot Philando 4 time, is leaving the Police force after being acquitted June 16 of second-degree manslaughter and two counts of intentional discharge of a firearm that endangers safety. Castile was killed July 6th during a traffic stop, and his girlfriend streamed the shooting's aftermath on Facebook Live.
Alright here's my 2 cents on this, i have watched the video and it was really disturbing. It shows how fearful and paranoid the police can really be. What do i mean by that? well let me tell you how the shooting went down.
After the police stopped Castle, he greeted Philando and told him the reason he stopped him is because he had a broken break light. Philando understood and the officer asked for his papers, before Philando reached for his papers in his pocked he told the officer that he had a firearm on him and that he had a permit for it. The Officer told him then "Don't reach for it" Philando acknowledged that and continued to reach for his papers and the Officer starts to freak out and tell him not to reach it and shot him 4 times. The worst part is that he had his 4 year old daughter in the car while the shooting happend... He killed her father right infront of her eyes. That's crazy.
I'm going to link the video down below but view at your own discretion!
Thanks for the read guys! You can find the video and more info here: CNN