Thread by @UR_Ninja

#PhilandoCastile, 32, school cafeteria worker, was with his girlfriend & her daughter when he was #KilledByPolice officer Jeronimo Yanez during a traffic stop six years ago today. His killing led to mass protests & a 20+ day occupation of the grounds outside the MN Gov Residence.

After Officer Yanez pulled over Philando Castile, Castile told him he had a registered gun & reached for his ID & registration, Yanez fired 7 shots at Castile, killing him within seconds. Castile's girlfriend recorded Philando's last breaths live. [Video]
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Large protests erupted in St. Paul following the police killing of #PhilandoCastile.

A massive vigil was held outside of the school where Philando worked & protesters stayed outside the Gov. Residence. Later in the night a police car was smashed. [Videos] unicornriot.ninja/2016/vigil-phi…

Three days after #PhilandoCastile was killed by police, massive protests occurred & a shutdown of I-94 turned into a riot with thousands of community members against the police. Also, a march at 2am was kettled & a UR journo was arrested. [Live Streams] unicornriot.ninja/2016/protester…

.. During the fracas on July 9, 2016 on I-94, 20 police officers were reportedly hurt. While on the ground, many disagreements were had with community members & BLM Mpls organizers. Afterwards, Black anarchists expressed their frustration with the orgs.
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A week after police killed Philando Castile, police arrested 41 "white and non-Black POC" activists who blockaded I-35 during morning rush hour. At the same time a public action at Star Tribune called out their role in covering up police killings. [Videos]
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6 months after killing Philando Castile, Officer Yanez was charged with second-degree manslaughter & two felony counts of dangerous discharge of a firearm.

7 months after that, a jury trial found Yanez not guilty. Mass protests took place again. [Videos] unicornriot.ninja/2017/officer-y…

Documents obtained through records requests show St. Paul Police extensively tracked social media accounts of Justice for Philando protest organizers & targeting them for charges. Full report features hundreds of emails & police communications. [Dec. 2018] unicornriot.ninja/2018/emails-sh…

Further examination of certain events that took place during the protests after police killed #PhilandoCastile, showed that St. Paul Police improperly released members of the III% militia group that had come to antagonize the 2016 protest armed. [Video] unicornriot.ninja/2018/police-im…

Also in 2018, the highly controversial fear-based ‘Bulletproof Warrior’ training manuals from the same session that Castile's killer, Jeronimo Yanez, attended in 2014 were released to the public by @CUAPBMpls & subsequently published by Unicorn Riot. unicornriot.ninja/2018/bulletpro…

Protests for, events for, and commemorations and celebrations of Philando Castile are continually ongoing.

Today, dozens of people attended a press conference outside of the MN Governor's Residence and held a short march around the block. [More media from this upcoming]

Every year since Philando was killed there's been a nighttime vigil that's held at the Philando Castile Peace Garden.

Unicorn Riot will be covering tonight's vigil starting in the next half hour.

Here's a look at the vigil held in 2019 [Video]: unicornriot.ninja/2019/vigil-mar…