Valerie Castile, the mother of Philando Castile, supports a new policy by the Ramsey County district attorney declining to prosecute non-public safety traffic stops, which disproportionate target Black and other drivers of color.
Tuesday marks five years since the world witnessed the infamous video of Philando Castile bleeding and taking his last breaths after he was shot by a police officer in Minnesota.
The brazen killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police triggered flashbacks for women dubbed the "Mothers of the Movement" whose adult children were killed by police.
Philando Castile’s mother paid off the lunch debt for high school students in Minnesota.
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