... Just because he was a police officer that makes it OK."

Valerie Castile, who abruptly left the courtroom after the verdict was read, said the verdict shows that "the system continues to fail black people." A Minnesota police officer was acquitted of manslaughter Friday in the fatal shooting of a black motorist who had informed the officer seconds earlier that he was carrying a gun.
Jeronimo Yanez, the police officer previously accused of manslaughter and reckless discharge of a firearm at Philando Castile, is acquitted of all charges.