“Sir, I have to tell you, I do have a firearm on me,” Castile can be heard saying in the video.
“OK, don’t reach for it then,” Yanez responds. “Don’t pull it out.”
Castile then tells the officer he isn’t pulling it out. Seconds later, officer Yanez begins shouting, pulls his gun from the holster, and fires seven shots into the vehicle.
Castile was declared dead 20 minutes after the incident. It was later reported Castile had a permit to carry.
Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, was also in the car with her 4-year-old daughter. Moments after Yanez shot Castile, Reynolds can be heard screaming, “You just killed my boyfriend.”
The video is graphic and incredibly hard to watch.
The legal lynching of #PhilandoCastile. Video just released today.— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 20, 2017
An abomination. This officer is a murderer. Philando obeyed the law. pic.twitter.com/JNXA1XTlVk
Awful police officer.
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