Lawyer: Minnesota cop reacted to gun, not race

Sterling, who was also black, was shot after a scuffle with officers outside a convenience store. According to the Star Tribune, 32-year-old Castile informed Yanez that he was carrying a licensed fire arm before he reached into his back pocket to get his ID. But many details about the deadly traffic stop are still unclear.

Reynolds’ almost 10-minute-long video of her interactions with the authorities gained national attention after Facebook users shared it on Wednesday night.

Yanez’s attorney Thomas Kelly declined to comment on Friday. “This had nothing to do with race. This had everything to do with the presence of a gun”.

A boy stands at a make-shift memorial at the site of the police shooting of Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, July 7, 2016.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which first identified Yanez as the officer who killed Castile, as well as Officer Joseph Kauser, who was also involved in the incident, is now investigating the incident.

“It’s sad that he got shot and killed for a broken tail light”, Schommer said next to a makeshift memorial that sprang up across the street from where Castile was killed.

But Dayton was quickly criticized by others, notably the president of the St. Paul police union, who said Dayton’s comments are based on emotion, not fact, and “do a disservice” to police officers. Paul area generate from traffic violations.

Saturday marked a third straight day of protests over Castile’s killing, with demonstrators encamped outside the governor’s mansion in St. Paul.

Kim Kardashian is speaking out against the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile in a statement published on her official website.

That event, along with Alton Sterling’s death in Louisiana, inspired protests across the country, including Thursday night’s march in Dallas where five officers were fatally shot.

“I want to express the deep anguish all of us feel for the heroic Dallas law enforcement officers who were killed and wounded, as well as to those who so bravely ran toward danger to defend the city and the people of Dallas”, LaPierre’s statement read.

Choi said his office has not yet met with Castile’s family, saying it wouldn’t be appropriate until investigators completed their work.

Philando Castile has a gun in his vehicle as well. “The suspect said he was upset at white people. I don’t think it would have”, Dayton said to a crowd gathered outside his residence Thursday.

Seconds later, Yanez shot and killed him.