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When Philando Castile saw the flashing lights in his rearview mirror the night he got shot, it wasn't unusual. He had been pulled over at least 52 times in recent years in and around the Twin Cities and given citations for minor offenses including speeding, driving without a muffler and not wearing a seat belt.
This 2014 photo provided by Dewanda Harris shows Philando Castile of St. Paul, Minn., posing for a photo while attending a family funeral in St. Paul. Officials say Castile was fatally shot by police in Falcon Heights, Minn., Wednesday, July 6, 2016, while inside a car with a woman and a child.
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota's capital kept its cool entering a third straight day of protests over the killing of a black man at the hands of police, with demonstrators encamped outside the governor's mansion looking set for the long haul.
Twice this week, Americans again witnessed black men dying at the hands of police officers - the latest in a string of similar deaths captured on video. EDITORIAL: Police shootings 'an American issue' Twice this week, Americans again witnessed black men dying at the hands of police officers - the latest in a string of similar deaths captured on video.
People write messages in chalk on the road outside the governor's residence during a demonstration in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday. Philando Castile was shot and killed after a traffic stop by police in Falcon Heights, Minn., on Wednesday night.
One man told an officer during a Minnesota traffic stop that he was a licensed gun owner, and that he was reaching for his wallet, a witness said. The other was on the ground with police officers on top of him in Louisiana when someone shouted "He has a gun!" Police in each circumstance thought the black man carrying a gun was dangerous and immediately shot him dead.
President Barack Obama said early Friday morning that the police shooting deaths of two black men in Louisiana and Minnesota should trouble all Americans and reflect deep-seated racial disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system. "The data shows black folks are more vulnerable to these kinds of incidents," Mr. Obama said in remarks from the Warsaw Marriott after arriving in Poland for a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit.
In her keynote talk this evening at the African Methodist Episcopal Church's conference , Clinton plans to address the recent police shootings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota. On Thursday, her campaign said she would "renew her calls to ensure justice is served" and "reemphasize the urgent need to reform our broken criminal justice system."
A crowd gathers at the scene of a shooting of a man involving a St. Anthony Police officer on Wednesday, July 6, 2016, in Falcon Heights, Minn. Police in Minnesota say a man has been taken to a hospital in unknown condition after being shot by an officer while inside a car with a woman and a child.
Diamond Reynolds, the girlfriend of Philando Castile, weeps during a press conference at the Governor'sResidence in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, July 7, 2016. Philando Castile was shot in a car Wednesday night by police in the St. Paul suburb of Falcon Heights.
"My boyfriend is trying to attack me," reads Reuter, quoting from a transcript of one text to 911. They are often sent secretly by victims who could not make a voice call.
Minnesota plGov. Mark Dayton speaks with Diamond Reynolds the girlfriend of Philandro Castile, second from left, during a press conference at his residence regarding the death of Philando Castile in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, July 7, 2016. Also at left is Clarence Castile, Philando's uncle, and Nekima Levy-Pounds, center.
Castile was shot and killed b... . A crowd gathers at the scene of a shooting of a man involving a St. Anthony Police officer on Wednesday, July 6, 2016, in Falcon Heights, Minn.
A makeshift memorial at the site of the police shooting of Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minn. FOR THE second time in as many days, Americans were reeling from searing images of a black man dying after being shot by police.
Philando Castile, 32, was fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop Wednesday in Falcon Heights, MN. A police officer in Minnesota killed Philando Castle during a traffic stop Wednesday.
A woman who watched as a police officer fatally shot her boyfriend during a traffic stop broadcast the gruesome aftermath of the slaying live on Facebook, telling a worldwide audience that her companion had been shot "for no apparent reason" while reaching for his wallet as the officer had demanded. Within hours, the Minnesota governor was pressing for the Justice Department to open its second investigation of the week into the death of a black man at the hands of police.
A police officer fatally shot a man in a car, and a woman in the vehicle apparently livestreamed the aftermath in a widely shared Facebook video that shows her telling the camera that her boyfriend had just been shot "for no apparent reason." The shooting happened late Wednesday during a traffic stop in the St. Paul suburb of Falcon Heights.
A woman rings the doorbell at the gate of the Governors Mansion as demonstrators gather in St. Paul, Minn., protesting a police involved shooting early Thursday FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. - A Minnesota officer fatally shot a man in a car with a woman and a child, an official said, and authorities are looking into whether the aftermath was livestreamed in a widely shared Facebook video, which shows a woman in a vehicle with a man whose shirt appears to be soaked in blood telling the camera "police just shot my boyfriend for no apparent reason."