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1. Related articles.....http://time.com/4397086/minnesota-shooting-philando-castile-role-model-school/?
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 10:07 PM
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Philando Castile (L) is seen with a colleague in this undated J.J. Hill Montessori Magnet School yearbook photo.
Philando Castile (L) is seen with a colleague in this undated J.J. Hill Montessori Magnet School yearbook photo. Photo courtesy Joan Edman
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Philando Castile Was a Role Model to Hundreds of Kids, Colleagues Say

Melissa Chan
Jul 07, 2016

Colleagues and parents on Thursday remembered Philando Castile as an ambitious man who served as a role model for hundreds of children before he was fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop in Minnesota.

Castile, who was known by friends as Phil, was a cafeteria supervisor at J.J. Hill Montessori Magnet School in Saint Paul, Minn., where he memorized the names of the 500 children he served every day — along with their food allergies, his former coworker said.

“He remembered their names. He remembered who couldn’t have milk. He knew what they could have to eat and what they couldn’t,” Joan Edman, a recently retired paraprofessional at the school, told TIME. “This was a real guy. He made a real contribution. Yes, black lives matter. But this man mattered.”

A police officer shot Castile, 32, late Wednesday during a traffic stop in the St. Paul suburb of Falcon Heights, authorities said. Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, captured the aftermath of the incident on video and streamed it on Facebook Live, where it went viral...........

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Related articles.....http://time.com/4397086/minnesota-shooting-philando-castile-role-model-school/? riversedge Jun 2017 #1
This will cost Saint Paul 5 or 6 million to settle. Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #2
I heard that the officer was fired tonight. riversedge Jun 2017 #4
There is a ugly back story behind this I am sure. Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #8
You mean cost the tax payers 5 to 6 million Lokilooney Jun 2017 #23
You got it. Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #24
It breaks a little part of my soul each time. When will enough b engh? When will our leaders, Rep & riversedge Jun 2017 #3
Shame on you Minnesota. Justice was not served today. We failed #PhilandoCastile riversedge Jun 2017 #5
Protest has turned into a march across St. Paul in order to bring the fight to the streets riversedge Jun 2017 #20
***WATCH LIVE: Philando Castile march in St. Paul, Minnesota riversedge Jun 2017 #6
Almost dark (CT) in St. Paul but Large crowd is marching. Aerial view..... riversedge Jun 2017 #7
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW: People marching in memory of #PhilandoCastile in Minnesota. riversedge Jun 2017 #9
Sarah Huckabee tweeted this jsut now.....What a bunch of stupid vile words.... riversedge Jun 2017 #10
She is an ignoramus. madaboutharry Jun 2017 #13
I have never checked her twitter account before but just now. She has a vile comment about riversedge Jun 2017 #14
I have never wished simultaneous sea sickness, dysentery, influenza and shingles on someone... politicat Jun 2017 #17
I am with you. I will avoid her tweets in the future. riversedge Jun 2017 #25
A number of friends of mine from Rochester...... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2017 #11
They are still marching in the dark.....see here..... riversedge Jun 2017 #12
Whow--Large crowd still marching--in the dark...... riversedge Jun 2017 #15
pic Thousands of Minnesotans showing up to march after not guilty verdict in #yane riversedge Jun 2017 #16
The live coverage has ended riversedge Jun 2017 #18
People protesting acquittal of Minn. police officer in shooting of black motorist shut down freeway riversedge Jun 2017 #19
Peace, strength, comfort, positive change furtheradu Jun 2017 #21
Marching in the dark riversedge Jun 2017 #22
I think the jury did the best they could. mn9driver Jun 2017 #26
WTH are you talking about? That jury did a horrible job. The nation saw that coward cop... brush Jun 2017 #27
That's your opinion. mn9driver Jun 2017 #28
And your opinion that the jury did ok is the same oft-repeated clap trap we get after each one... brush Jun 2017 #29
Two people on the jury were people of color, which fits the demographic of the area. mn9driver Jun 2017 #35
So you say there was no racism in the verdict? brush Jun 2017 #36
There is no evidence of racism in the verdict. mn9driver Jun 2017 #38
You apparently don't live in the real world of this United States brush Jun 2017 #39
Were the black jurors that voted for acquittal racist too? NobodyHere Jun 2017 #30
Most likely intimidated by the others. Nice try, but any sentient being, if truthful... brush Jun 2017 #31
Any proof of intimidation? NobodyHere Jun 2017 #32
Any proof that the nation didn't watch the live stream of Castillo dying... brush Jun 2017 #33
Those jurors (black and white) disagree NobodyHere Jun 2017 #34
They chose not to believe the black girlfriend witness who was sitting right next to... brush Jun 2017 #37
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