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*Officer Jeronimo Yanez is on trial for the death of Philando Castile, and the killer cop took the stand Friday, (June 9) to recall the tragic moment last summer when he shot Philando while he sitting in his car with his family. A Facebook live video captured the moment Yanez pointed his gun through the […]

Philando Castile and Jeronimo Yanez *The Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile as he sat during a traffic stop was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter and two felony counts of dangerous discharge of a firearm. St. Anthony police Officer Jeronimo Yanez is scheduled to make his first court appearance Friday, according […]

*After watching the video of Jeronimo Yanez, the Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile, all we say is damn, damn, damn. 🙁 Actually if we did say more, it emulate exactly what Castile’s mother, Valerie, said in her “f*ck the police” rant on Facebook Live after Yanez’s not guilty verdict was announced. It’s […]

*As you can imagine, the mother of Philando Castile is not at all happy after a jury found the Minnesota police officer who killed her son not guilty on Friday. Valerie Castile made sure the world knows how she feels about the decision. “People have died for us to have these rights and now we’re […]

Valerie Castile *The mother of Philando Castile has reached a nearly $3 million settlement with the city of St. Anthony, Minn., avoiding a federal wrongful death lawsuit that attorneys said could have taken years to resolve. The settlement to be paid to Castille’s mother Valerie Castile, who is the family’s trustee, was announced Monday and […]

Pallbearers raise their fists into the air as they carry the casket of Philando Castile back to the horse drawn carriage following Castile’s funeral service at The Cathedral of Saint Paul, Thursday, July 14, 2016, in St. Paul, Minn. Castile was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in suburban St. Paul last […]

[…] shot by a Minnesota police officer during a traffic stop in 2016. Since then, she has delivered a $35,000 check to St. Paul Public Schools though the Philando Castile Relief Foundation, which also helps survivors of gun violence and police violence. Most recently, Valerie gave an $8,000 check to administrators at Robbinsdale Cooper High School […]

* Philando Castile was fatally shot by a Minnesota cop during a routine traffic stop in 2016. Since then, his mother has made it her mission to fight for police reform.  Now she’s speaking out about the tragic death of George Floyd, telling vice.com: “I was mad as hell… I said, Here we go again,” said […]

*The family of Philando Castile wants justice. Castile was fatally shot by a suburban Minneapolis police officer and an attorney has asked the Justice Department to launch an independent investigation in the 32-year-old’s death that was streamed via Facebook Live. In a letter to the Justice Department dated August 2, Attorney Glenda Hatchett (Yes, the […]

A dying Philando Castile *If there ever was a case where the National Rifle Association should stand in support of a man’s second amendment right to bear arms, Philando Castile is that man. Castile had a valid permit to carry a gun when he fatally was shot by police during a traffic stop last week […]

*New information about the shooting of Philando Castile by police officer Jeronimo Yanez on July 6 in Minnesota has been released. Castile was apparently pulled over by police because he matched the description of a robbery suspect with a “wide set nose.” “I’m going to stop a car,” an officer says the police audio scanner, […]

Girlfriend of Philando Castile Urges Against Violence at Protests in Interview – ABC News *A Minnesota law enforcement official had no problem sharing his racist thoughts about Diamond Reynolds after St. Anthony City Council voted to pay her $675,000 following the fatal officer-involved shooting of her boyfriend, Philando Castile. Tom McBroom, a Rice County sheriff’s […]

[…] and what they couldn’t.” Castile’s death sparked nationwide protests and demonstrations against police brutality. He was shot five times in his car by a police officer who was later acquitted of manslaughter charges.Watch: This charity set up in Philando Castile’s name just paid the lunch debts for thousands of children pic.twitter.com/e2TtQVZy9F — NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 6, 2018

*Earlier we posted comments from Valerie Castile, the mother of police shooting victim Philando Castile. In the other posting/video as you would expect, she was emotional and “mad as hell” about the not guilty verdict for the police officer who shot her son. Well, obviously in the atmosphere of of a formal press conference was […]

Philando Castile, left, and Jeronimo Yanez *The Minnesota police officer that fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop has been found not guilty on all counts. After five days of deliberations, the jury on Friday found Officer Jeronimo Yanez not guilty of second-degree manslaughter. He was also acquitted of two counts of intentional […]