As Castile reaches for his license (following the officer's orders), and he assures him that he's not reaching for the gun (also following the officer's orders).
Thousands marched in protest over officer Jeronimo Yanez's not guilty verdict.
The vigil was held after St. Anthony police Officer Jeronimo Yanez was cleared of all charges in the fatal shooting past year of Castile. His death was broadcast live to Facebook by his girlfriend who was also in the vehicle.
Yanez testified that he stopped Castile because he resembled a suspect in a local convenience store robbery days earlier.
Castile's fatal shooting was among several cases around the US a year ago where law enforcement officers were found to have killed blacks.
Officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of one charge of second-degree manslaughter and two counts of risky discharge of a firearm.
July 13: Police arrest 42 protesters who block traffic on Interstate 35W near downtown Minneapolis during the morning rush.
According to Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the "verdict re-opens old wounds, on top of the scars from past injustices that make so many Black Americans feel that their lives don't matter".
Supporters of the family planned a 7 p.m. CDT rally at the Capitol. "It's a sad state of affairs when this type of criminal conduct is condoned simply because Yanez is a policeman", Reynolds said. Police use chemical irritants to clear rock-and-bottle-throwing demonstrators from Interstate 94 in St. Paul.
"I am so very, very, very. disappointed in the system here in the state of Minnesota", Valerie Castile said.
Castile's death last July sparked massive protests in Minnesota and across the country.
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ABC News has the story of the acquittal of the police officer who was accused of second-degree manslaughter. These two decisions create an atmosphere where police violence is sanctioned based on what we think a hypothetical officer could have felt, even if, in reality, the officer was acting recklessly, had ill motives or was acting based on implicit bias. But Ramsey County Attorney John Choi, who filed charges against the officer, declared such fear unreasonable.
The verdict on Friday [Saturday NZ Time] drew an angry reaction from Castile's mother.
Friday's march remained largely peaceful.
Minneapolis mayoral candidate Nekima Levy-Pounds said at the State Capitol rally, "We have a right to be sick and exhausted of being sick and exhausted ..."
Another demonstrator said, "This was a case where we thought we would really get some justice, and it turns out we can't". "Ya'll are next", she said.
"The same people keep paying this price". Her son was wearing a seatbelt and in a vehicle with his girlfriend and her then-4-year-old daughter when he was shot.
Yanez stared ahead with no reaction as the verdict was read.
"Mr. Castile's death was a awful tragedy ..."
Castiles shooting was among a string of killings of blacks by police around the US, including two other cases on trial this week in OH and Wisconsin.
August 24: The St. Anthony Police Department says it put Yanez back on administrative leave after he had briefly returned to limited duty, citing "concerns and other feedback from the community". "[The] public will be best served if Officer Yanez is no longer a police officer in our city", and will offer him a "voluntary separation agreement" to ease his transition to another career.
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