Judge Glenda Hatchett was hugged by Philando Castile supporter Guthrie Morgan, 7, after Jeronimo Yanez was found not guilty on all counts in the shooting death of Philando Castile, Friday, June 16, 2017 in St. Paul, Minn. Castile's family cursed and stormed from the courtroom and citizens flocked by the hundreds to the state Capitol to vent their anger. Meanwhile, citizens and protesters around St. Paul held peaceful vigil, carrying signs that condemned the murder of Philando and the acquittal of Yanez. Eighteen people were arrested in that protest. "I'm mad as hell right now". "It's a sad state of affairs when this type of criminal conduct is condoned simply because Yanez is a policeman", Reynolds said. That left a jury to decide whether they believed Officer Jeronimo Yanez on the witness stand, and they opted Friday to acquit the officer.
"Philando's case is one of the most blatant examples of police officers being allowed to kill people with impunity, and I think it will be a wake-up call for people who thought that at a minimum, at least in this case, there would be some semblance of justice", she said.
Castile's mother, Valerie, who addressed the crowd Friday after leaving the court, blasted the decision. "Prosecute the police!" in response to the verdict, after which they swarmed the streets. Reynolds' four-year-old daughter was in the backseat when it happened.
'The system continues to fail black people I am so disappointed in the state of Minnesota. In Minnesota, it is legal to carry a gun, and Castile had followed all laws regarding gun ownership.
He would not identify the two early holdouts, but said they were not the jurys only two black members.
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Sherrilyn Ifill, who heads the legal defense fund at the African-American civil rights group NAACP, said the acquittal, "highlights how hard it is to prosecute an officer for killing a person".
Like several similar cases, Castile's death was shared worldwide on social media.
Castile's death was livestreamed on Facebook and drew national attention for its resemblance to the string of other high profile police shootings of black men, like Eric Garner and Freddie Gray. "What is it going to take?" she asked. Garner complained that he couldn't breathe on video captured by onlookers.
In March 2016, a Hennepin County prosecutor did not file criminal charges against two Minneapolis police officers involved in the shooting death of Jamar Clark in November 2015. The city settled Rice's family's lawsuit for $6 million. However, he was reaching into his pocket to retrieve his identification for the officer, as requested, when shots were fired. A grand jury declined to indict Wilson, and the Justice Department opted against civil rights charges.
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