Diamond Reynolds’ daughter, Dae’Anna 4, waits outside the Cathedral of St. Paul before Philando Castile’s funeral there on Thursday, July 14, 2016.
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The data could raise questions about whether Castile was subjected to the biases of police officers who pulled him over on 6 July for an alleged broken tail light.
On Thursday, a week after Philando Castile was brutally murdered by police in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, his body was laid to rest.
The lawyers for the officer say the cop reacted to the presence of a gun not Castile’s race, yet Castile’s family lawyer Glenda Hatchet vows to file a federal lawsuit, and has also sent documentation to the Hennepin County sheriff’s office which permitted Castile to carry a gun. His attorney and the St. Anthony police chief did not return messages for comment.
“You always want to inform the officer before you move your hands: ‘hey just to let you know officer, I’m a current permit to carry holder and my firearm is on my right side or in my backpack, ‘” he says. Castile was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in… He had no serious criminal record.
Mr. Briggs says that if the firearm is in another part of vehicle, out of reach, then it would be appropriate to give the officer the carrying permit while handing over the ID.
Allysza Castile said she and her brother took a required gun safety class together past year. The report found 13% of black motorists were pulled over in a traffic stop during their last contact with police, compared with 10% of white drivers. And Governor Mark Dayton is here to attend the funeral.
John Ubel, the Cathedral’s rector, welcomed The Rev. Steve Daniels Jr. and a delegation from St. Paul’s Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church into the services, saying: “On this day, no one is a visitor”. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, and U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison.
Following the service, Bishop Cozzens said was he moved by Rev. Daniels’ words during the eulogy when he “spoke like a father” and said “we’ve got to come together or we’re not going to make it”.
National Basketball Association stars opened Wednesday night’s ESPY Awards ceremony in Los Angeles with a solemn statement about the “current state of America”, including the shootings of Castile and Sterling – and last week’s ambush that killed five officers at a Dallas protest.
“Philando was racially profiled and shot multiple times”.
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Patricia Mergens, who was in attendance, said she worked for St. Paul Public schools as the nutrition coordinator before she retired.
