Jurors returned to court briefly Tuesday morning to re-watch two key videos in the case.
Yanez is charged with second-degree manslaughter, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, and with two lesser counts of endangering Reynolds and her then-4-year-old daughter for firing his gun into the vehicle near them.
Reynolds then live streamed the aftermath.
No explanation was given for the request.
That video began only after Castile had already been shot five times.
The video shows the interaction between the two men, the shooting and attempts to revive Castile. While it captures what was said between the two men and shows Yanez firing into the vehicle, it does not show what happened inside the auto or what Yanez might have seen. Defense attorneys highlighted inconsistencies in Reynolds' statements to investigators to try to raise doubts about her honesty.
The defense said that Yanez, 29, reacted to the presence of a gun and was trained to preserve his own life in the face of imminent danger, pointing out that traffic stops are unsafe and officers need to think quickly.
Prosecutors countered that Yanez never saw the gun and had plenty of options short of shooting the 32-year-old school cafeteria worker, who they say was never a threat and had a gun permit. He also cited testimony from first responders who saw Castile's gun in his pocket as he was loaded onto a backboard.
"The victim in this case was a good man too", Paulsen said, and referred to Castile's job at an elementary school. He says Castile was high on marijuana and didn't follow Yanez's orders. Officer Yanez might have heard that Castile was reaching for his wallet, he added.
Prosecutor Rick Dusterhoft recounted those moments while trying to discredit the officer's claim that he saw Castile reach for a gun. "To stop police brutality in the state of Minnesota". Officers then removed Castile from the auto and attempted to revive him.
Valerie Castile says she's praying for a guilty verdict, and that Yanez had time to decide if deadly force was necessary.
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Yanez moves away from the camera's view, but can be heard talking.
During the trial, Reynolds said she and Castile had used marijuana, and a subsequent autopsy found traces of the drug in his blood. The two sides called competing experts earlier who disagreed over whether Castile was intoxicated.
Yanez faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of the manslaughter charge. Was Castile putting his hands up, like she said in her video, or was it just one hand?
A Minnesota jury has ended its second day of deliberations without a verdict in the trial of a police officer who fatally shot a black motorist.
"This is no longer about Philando; this is about humanity", she said.
After three white alternates were dismissed after closing arguments, the 12-member jury included two black and ten white people.
Jurors deciding the fate of a Minnesota police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a black motorist during a traffic stop a year ago took another look on Tuesday at two videos showing the incident and its immediate aftermath.
Diamond Reynolds (second to left), who saw a police officer fatally shoot her fiancé, Philando Castile, during a traffic stop last summer, will return to the witness stand on Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Defense attorney Earl Gray leaves the Ramsey County Courthouse in St. Paul, Minn. on Monday, June 12, 2017.
Clarence Castile, uncle of Philando Castile, leaves the Ramsey County Courthouse in St. Paul, Minn. on Monday, June 12, 2017.
The jury is expected to begin considering the case later Monday after just five days of testimony, evidence and arguments.
In his instructions to jurors, Ramsey County judge William Leary emphasized the solemnity of the role of the jury: "The responsibility that rests upon you should be borne courageously and without fear or favor".
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