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Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Returns to Work in Minnesota

HeadlineAug 22, 2016

Meanwhile, in Minnesota, the police officer who shot Philando Castile returned to work last week. Last month, Jeronimo Yanez fatally shot Castile, who is African-American, 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. Castile’s death sparked nationwide protests against police violence. Yanez has been temporarily given an administrative position.

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