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Cop Who Killed Philando Castile Charged with Manslaughter

The Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile, a "legally armed black motorist," during a traffic stop was charged with second degree manslaughter. So reports The Wall Street Journal.

The officer, Jeronimo Yanez, stopped Castile on July 6 for a broken taillight and reportedly said after the incident that Castile looked like a suspect in a robbery. According to information from prosecutors, Yanez faces two other felony counts for dangerous discharge of his weapon, stemming from the presence of Castile's girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter, who were both in the car.

A lawyer representing Yanez said the presence of a gun, not race, was the impetus for the shooting.

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