The family’s pastor agreed, and at his funeral Thursday, asked mourners to unite.
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He also was killed by police in Louisiana on July 5.
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis says Mr Castile’s mother, Valerie Castile, requested the cathedral hold her son’s funeral. Castile was killed by a St. Anthony police of. The funeral procession for Philando Castile leaves The Cathedral of Saint Paul following his funeral service, Thursday, July 14, 2016, in St. Paul, Minn. In the wake of the consecutive tragedies, protests in Dallas turned deadly as five police officers were killed.
(Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP).
Philando Castile was fatally shot during a traffic stop in St Paul, Minnesota, last week.
Castile’s death, which was streamed on Facebook live by his girlfriend Diamond Reynolds, came on the heels of Alton Sterling’s death, also at the hands of law enforcement in Baton Rouge just a day before. Castile’s white casket arrived and left on a horse-drawn carriage.
He said he’s thankful for police and their service, but that people need to find a way to work together.
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Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, and Representatives Betty McCollum and Keith Ellison, sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, asking for a “full and thorough accounting of the facts”.
