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A Minnesota police officer who shot a black motorist—whose dying moments were live-streamed on Facebook—was charged with manslaughter and two other felonies Wednesday.
Prosecutors said St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez's shooting of Philando Castile during a traffic stop "was not justified." Video footage, taken by Castile's girlfriend and live-streamed on Facebook, shows the victim bleeding in the car while the officer watches over at gunpoint. The video, which doesn't show the shooting, has been played on social media and YouTube millions of times following the July 6 death in a St. Paul suburb.
"I would submit that no reasonable officer knowing, seeing, and hearing what Officer Yanez did at the time would have used deadly force under these circumstances," Ramsey County District Attorney John Choi told a news conference.
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