The girlfriend of Philando Castile, a black man fatally shot by a
police officer during a traffic stop in Minnesota last year, brushed
away tears Tuesday as she testified about the moments leading up to his
death.
Diamond Reynolds, who streamed Castile’s death
on Facebook Live, told a packed courtroom that she felt she had to
record the encounter with St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez out
of fear for her own life.
"Because I know that the people are not protected by police,” Reynolds said, according to NBC-affiliate KARE
11, which had a reporter in the courtroom. "I wanted to make sure if I
was to die in front of my daughter, someone would know the truth.”
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