Manslaughter Charge Filed Against Officer in Philando Castile's Death

 

by Erik Ortiz and The Associated Press

Minnesota prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against the police officer who fatally shot driver Philando Castile — the bloody aftermath of which was livestreamed on Facebook in a video that went viral.

St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez was charged with second-degree manslaughter and two felony counts of dangerous discharge of a firearm in the July 6 traffic stop in Falcon Heights, a Twin Cities suburb.

"It is my conclusion that the use of deadly force was not justified," Ramsey County Attorney John Choi said at a news conference. 

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