He also faces two lesser counts of endangering Reynolds and her daughter for firing his gun into the auto near them. But nevertheless the system continues to fail black people. Prosecutors said Castile's last words were, "I wasn't reaching for it". When he pulled Castile over, Castile immediately informed him that he was lawfully carrying a gun. Others include, Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., Eric Garner, who was held in a chokehold by police, and died in NY, and Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager, who was shot by an officer in Ferguson, Mo.
The case got immediate national attention when Castile's girlfriend live-streamed the aftermath of the shooting on Facebook. Reynolds livestreams the aftermath of the shooting on Facebook.
Yanez was charged with second-degree manslaughter, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, though sentencing guidelines suggest around four years is more likely. City officials said they would offer him a "voluntary separation" because they had determined "the public will be best served" if he is no longer an officer in St. Anthony.
Thousands gathered on the steps of the state Capitol in St. Paul late Friday, holding signs and banners and chanting in response to the not guilty verdict. The authorities made 18 arrests shortly after midnight on Friday after the protesters refused to disperse.
Franken also thanked Ramsey County Attorney John Choi for bringing charges in the case.
"I didn't ask for this, it fell at my door and I'm going to do anything and everything in my power so that man is prosecuted in some type of way", she said.
Ghost Ship employees arrested on 36 counts of alleged manslaughter
O'Malley declined to discuss whether more people will be charged but did say her investigation had ended. Alex's longtime girlfriend, 20-year-old Michaela Gregory, also died in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire .
The dead man's mother, Valerie Castile, speaking to reporters outside the court afterwards, said: "I'm mad as hell right now".
After the officer was cleared of any wrongdoing, protesters took to the streets demanding justice for minorities, shouting "stand up, fight back".
Circumstances of the shooting led to weeks of protests a year ago in St. Paul and the adjoining city of Minneapolis, and fueled a national debate about the appropriate use of force by police against racial minorities.
By 12:30 a.m., state troopers, St. Paul police officers, and group of heavily camouflaged and armed troopers, part of a State Patrol unit, had pushed the few dozen remaining protesters onto an exit ramp. A Minnesota police officer was cleare. I will never have faith in the system.. He believed Castile was reaching for a gun, while Reynolds asserts he was reaching for his wallet.
Acknowledging that they have a weapon, they said, can open them up to violence from police, who can then claim they feared for their lives simply because of the presence of a gun, even a legal one.
Another demonstrator said, "This was a case where we thought we would really get some justice, and it turns out we can't".
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