Officer Accused Of Killing Philando Castile Pleads 'Not Guilty'
LatestLast July, 32-year-old Philando Castile bled out in his car after being shot by Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez. Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, recorded the brutality as her four-year-old daughter sat in the backseat. Yanez was charged with second degree manslaughter in November, and today, in court, he pleaded “not guilty.”
“That’s his right, to plead not guilty,” John Thompson tells CNN. Thompson and Castile were friends. “It is what it is, we want everything to be fair and just.”