A year earlier, massive protests had erupted when Yanez killed Castile, after pulling him over for a broken taillight. With signs that read: “Black Lives Matter” and “No Justice, No Peace,” the chant of “Philando, Philando” rang out as they marched down the highway in the dark of night.
Last month, hours after a jury acquitted former police officer Jeronimo Yanez of manslaughter in the shooting death of 32-year-old Philando Castile, protesters in St. With the Twin Cities once again under the national spotlight after the killing of George Floyd, we revisit the subject matter below. Editor's Note, May 29, 2020: In 2017, Smithsonian covered the history of police brutality upon the protests over the verdict in the Philando Castile murder case.
