Mr. Castile starts to answer, but is cut off by Officer Yanez, whose voice is now raised. Castile's girlfriend and her daughter were in the vehicle.
"OK, don't reach for it then", Yanez responds. The defense argued he killed Castile because he believed the man was going to pull out his weapon.
It was played for jurors at trial but was not released publicly until Tuesday. Yanez is then off-camera, but can be heard talking through his body microphone.
Steven Belton is president and CEO of Minneapolis Urban League.
Philando Castile's mother, Valerie Castile, said she was "mad as hell" with the verdict and called Yanez a "murderer".
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Federal prosecutors said they are assessing the case to see if it warrants further review. This is the only video that actually shows the shooting.
Before Castile finishes that sentence, Yanez has his hand on his own gun and is pulling it out of the holster.
How swiftly things turned violent was the main thing we learned yesterday after the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension made the dashcam footage of the Castile shooting public. According to Yanez's testimony, he feared that Castile-who had informed him upon being pulled over that he was in possession of a firearm-was reaching for his gun, so shot him dead in self-defense.
The jury heard two weeks of testimony and deliberated four-and-a-half days before finding Yanez not guilty.
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But the professor says Yanez "made a bad mistake, and he shouldn't be a cop".
In response to Friday's court appearance, St. Anthony officials announced that Yanez would not be returning to the police department, noted The Washington Post.
Castile was shot by Yanez during a traffic stop on July 16, 2016 just moments after he admitted to having a gun. Nevertheless, Officer Yanez was reportedly found not guilty last Friday (June 16) on one charge of second-degree manslaughter and two charges of reckless discharge of a firearm.
The shooting on July 6 past year gained widespread attention because Mr Castile's girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, livestreamed its gruesome aftermath on Facebook.
Dashboard camera footage of the fatal shooting of Philando Castile by Minnesota police was released Tuesday. It does not show what happened inside the vehicle or what Yanez, who is Latino, saw.
The Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile told state investigators that he believed his life was danger because he smelled marijuana in his vehicle, according to transcripts released on Tuesday along with dash-camera footage.
- The shooting happened quickly.
Last week - many people became outraged when a jury acquitted the officer.
Yanez fired seven shots total, hitting Castile five times.
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