A line of police in riot gear eventually met them, and demonstrators were warned they would be arrested if they didn't disperse. Castile was seated in the driver's seat and allegedly reaching for his wallet when Yanez opened fire.
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. Paul area, typically for minor offenses such as driving on a suspended license or without proof of insurance, speeding, driving without a muffler or not wearing a seat belt.
The roadside memorial at the site of Castile's death saw an influx of visitors, flowers, and signs. "District attorneys around the country, from Tulsa to Cleveland to now St. Paul, must be held accountable for their failures to secure justice for victims of police violence".
Yanez was charged with one count of second-degree manslaughter and two counts of reckless discharge of a firearm for killing Castile, 32.
She says the verdict shows "the system continues to fail black people".
"He didn't deserve to die the way he did", Philando Castile's sister, Allysza, told reporters, through tears.
"I'm never happy when people are on the freeway, but the fact of the matter is no one was injured", Coleman said.
There was also video of the shooting captured from a camera mounted on the dashboard in Yanez's squad vehicle.
Questioned by his defense attorney during the trial, Yanez said: "I was scared to death. Y'all are next, and you will be standing up here fighting for justice just as well as I am".
And Castile's family is calling for something to be done.
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It was the third day of protests in the Minneapolis-St.
Prosecutors argued that Yanez did not see the gun and acted unreasonably.
The ACLU said in a statement: "Two Supreme Court decisions from the 1980s allow officers to use deadly force when a reasonable officer on the scene could reasonably fear for their safety".
At least 18 people have been arrested in the USA city of St Paul during a mass protest that erupted following the acquittal of a police officer who shot and killed an African American man. The reading of the verdicts triggered a loud expletive from Valerie Castile, Philando's mother, and sobbing could be heard as the family made its way out of the courthouse.
"Justice was done", he said.
"Some people will tell you protest don't work ..."
In addition to the second-degree manslaughter charge, Yanez was also acquitted of two lesser charges of endangering the safety of Castile's girlfriend and young daughter, who were in the auto when Castile was shot and killed.
"Stand up and be the leader that you say you are", the uncle said to President Trump, suggesting that civil rights charges be brought for Officer Jeronimo Yanez's actions. Yanez had initially singled out Castile for a traffic stop because the officer thought he bared a resemblance to a robbery suspect.
She asked people if they remembered the Montgomery bus boycott, a protest against racial segregation on public transportation that ultimately led to a change in Alabama law.
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