Philando Castile Verdict a Painful Result of Laws Rigged to Protect Cops
Shaun King
Just about a year ago, while riding through his hometown outside of Saint Paul, Minn., on the 4th of July, Philando Castile was racially profiled by the local police. It happened to him often. Officer Jeronimo Yanez claimed that as Castile drove past him in his car, the structure of Philando's nose reminded him of the nose of a black man he had seen in an armed robbery video.
How well does a cop have to remember the nose from a video and how well did he have to see Philando's nose as he drove by to think their noses looked so much alike that it warranted pulling Philando over?