Collected Item: ““And 12 civilized people said that was OK. That was OK.””
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“And 12 civilized people said that was OK. That was OK.”
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Instagram and video
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“He was murdered right here in this area, this nice, little area here where all the white folks say they got the best police department in the city,” Valerie Castile, mother of Philando Castile told the crowd. “ ‘Our police department is the best in the city!’ I say, ‘For who? For who?’ You don’t have to worry about driving down Larpenteur after it gets dark.
“That man (St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez), shot my baby five times,” she continued. “Not once, not twice — he shot him five times. While he was seat-belted in his car. Can you, just for a moment, think about how Philando felt, starting down the barrel of a gun? Them bullets just ricocheted off every bone, every organ, just tore his body up inside.
“And 12 civilized people said that was OK. That was OK.”
“That man (St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez), shot my baby five times,” she continued. “Not once, not twice — he shot him five times. While he was seat-belted in his car. Can you, just for a moment, think about how Philando felt, starting down the barrel of a gun? Them bullets just ricocheted off every bone, every organ, just tore his body up inside.
“And 12 civilized people said that was OK. That was OK.”
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police, BLM, Black Lives Matter, Philando Castile, race, violence, march, protest, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Social Justice, HST580, ASU
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CCbjwJrFLyy/
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Drew Arrieta @itsdrw
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2020-07-09