It’s been nearly a year since Philando Castile was stopped, shot and killed in Falcon Heights, Minnesota by Jeronimo Yanez. Last week’s release of the dashcam footage by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) and the Ramsey County attorney’s office did not unearth anything new, said Castile’s cousin Antonio Johnson. “We already knew the evidence […]
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After the verdict: The fight for justice continues
On a seemingly appropriate cloudy Friday afternoon, just minutes before sprinkles of rain fell, many reporters, community members and what seemed like the entire nation, waited outside the Ramsey County Courthouse in downtown St. Paul for the verdict in the case against former Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez. Around 2:35 pm on June 16, an individual […]
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Community reacts to not guilty verdict in Yanez trial
The emotions expressed among community members that Jeronimo Yanez, now a former St. Anthony police officer, was acquitted Friday of all charges in the killing of Philando Castile, were nearly unanimous: Everyone is angry. Minneapolis NAACP President Jason Sole on MPR called the verdict a result of a “fake trial” because it’s rare that a […]
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Police/community meeting turns ugly
Law enforcement panel cut short as tensions rise By Ivan B. Phifer Contributing Writer “We are tired of hearing a bunch of lies, and that’s all we are hearing,” said an emotional James Clark, the biological father of 24-year-old Jamar Clark, who died November 15 last year at the hands of Minneapolis police. This […]
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‘What does justice require’ in Philando Castile case?
That decision now in the hands of Ramsey County Attorney John Choi The Ramsey County Attorney Office announced Wednesday, Sept. 27 that the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) completed its investigation into the police shooting death of the Philando Castile. Ramsey County Attorney John Choi will now decide whether to prosecute St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez in Castile’s […]
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Activists propose upending present policing structure
Other cities explore new visions of public safety The demand for community control of police was placed on the national political agenda in August when over 50 organizations, under the banner of the Movement for Black Lives, adopted the political platform, “A Vision for Black Lives: Policy Demands for Black Power, Freedom and Justice.” The […]
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Judge joins mom in fight for every Black mother, every Black son
There currently are no new developments, legally speaking, in the Philando Castile shooting death, but Judge Glenda Hatchett said on Wednesday, July 13 that she will further monitor it to its conclusion. “I will be looking closely” at the Castile case, said Hatchett in a MSR phone interview. She has been in town since July […]
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Thousands gather to remember and honor Philando Castile [photos]
A home-going fit for a king Family, friends and community members mourned and remembered Philando Castile, with a regal home-going service Thursday, July 14. Castile, a Black man fatally shot by St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez during a traffic stop July 6, would have been 33 years old Saturday, July 16. His killing, on the heels […]
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UPDATED: Lynx players wear shirts to honor victims of violence and raise awareness
UPDATE: After this story was published, it was reported that four off-duty police officers walked out of the Lynx game on Saturday, July 9, to protest Lynx players who held a pregame press conference to speak about racial profiling and the fatal shooting of Philando Castile, Alton Sterling and five Dallas police officers last week. On Tuesday, July […]
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Anguish, anger and demands follow Philando Castile police shooting
Change “needs to come from the streets,” stated former St. Paul NAACP president Nathaniel Khaliq in a MSR exclusive phone interview Thursday morning. Khaliq was among those who spoke outside the Minnesota Governor’s mansion Thursday morning in St. Paul in the aftermath of the Philando Castile shooting by a St. Anthony police officer in Falcon Heights […]
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Video captures aftermath of fatal police shooting in Falcon Heights
This article will be updated as more information becomes available. A Black man was shot and killed by a St. Anthony police officer during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights Wednesday. According to the Star Tribune, the man, identified by family members as Philando Castile, 32, died from his injuries at Hennepin County Medical Center. He was a supervisor at […]