diamond reynolds live-streamed the police shooting of her boyfriend, philandro castile, july 6, 2016. their four year-old daughter was in the car when her father was killed. tuesday night, officials in st. anthony, minnesota announced she would receive an $800,000 settlement.
the settlement, which still must be approved by a judge, is a likely final legal development in a polarizing case for black and brown community members, law enforcement, political representatives and state officials. jerry faust, st, anthony mayor, said the agreement "opens the door to continued healing within our community."
the $800,000 settlement includes $675,000 from st. anthony as well as $125,000 from the nearby city of roseville, and an insurance fund. reynolds, who claimed emotional distress and false arrest, said the settlement confirmed what she experienced that night as "wrong."
reynolds said, "while no amount of money can change what happened, bring philandro back, or erase the pain that me and my daughter continue to suffer, i do hope that closing this chapter will allow us to get our lives back and move forward."
castile, a young black male, was pulled over near the state fairgrounds by officer jeronimo yanez of the st. anthony police. yanez said his car had a broken brake light - and he matched the description of a robbery suspect. reynolds was in the passenger seat.
the routine exchange led to yanez shouting at castile not to reach for his gun. reynolds said her boyfriend meant no harm and complied with yanez, who fired several shots into the car, fatally striking castile. reynolds' video showed yanez cursing and pointing his gun through the window.
officer yanez was later charged with second-degree manslaughter, but was acquitted at a trial in june. he told jurors he feared for his life when castile reached for his gun. "i was scared to death. i thought i was going to die," said yanez. reynolds testified for the prosecution, saying, "i felt broken, hurt, confused, lost."
this summer, st. anthony agreed to pay a separate, nearly $3 million settlement to castile's estate. the city also reached a separation agreement with officer yanez and said he would not return to work there. st. anthony officials said some of the money paid to reynolds would be placed in a trust fund for her daughter's education.
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- mark j. tuggle
- harlem, usa
- same-gender-loving contemporary descendant of enslaved africans. community activist, feminist, health educator, independent filmmaker, mentor, playwright, poet & spiritual being. featured at, in & on africana.com, afrikan poetry theatre, angel herald, bejata dot com, bet tonight with tavis smiley, blacklight online, black noir, brooklyn moon cafe, gmhc's barbershop, klmo-fm, lgbt community services center, longmoor productions, nuyorican poets cafe, our corner, poz, pulse, rolling out new york, rush arts gallery, saint veronica's church, schomburg center for research in black culture, sexplorations, the citizen, the new york times, the soundz bar, the trenton times, the village voice, upn news, uzuri, venus, vibe, wbai-fm, wnyc-fm & wqht-fm. volunteered with adodi, bailey house, inc., black men's xchange-new york, colorofchange.org, drug policy alliance, east harlem tutorial program, imagenation film & music festival, presente.org, save darfur coalition, the enough project, the osborne association, the sledge group & your black world. worked on films with maurice jamal & heather murphy. writing student of phil bertelsen & ed bullins. mjt975@msn.com.
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