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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Latest in the manslaughter trial of a Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a black motorist during a traffic stop (all times local):

An attorney for the Minnesota police officer acquitted of manslaughter in the shooting death of a black motorist says the defense team is satisfied with the verdict. The world learned of Castile's death through a Facebook livestream launched by his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, seconds after he was shot by Yanez. Yanez testified that he meant that he didn’t see the gun at first, then saw it in Castile’s “right thigh area.” He said Castile ignored his commands to stop pulling it out of his pocket. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A Minnesota jury has reached a verdict in the trial of a police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of a black motorist. “I know that if he could, he would take back what he did, and we all wish, and he would too, that this never happened.”

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Castile’s shooting was among a string of killings of blacks by police around the U.S. Yanez testified that he stopped Castile in the St. Paul suburb of Falcon Heights because he thought he looked like one of two men who had robbed a nearby convenience store a few days earlier. Castile had a permit for the firearm.
Minnesota State Patrol, after issuing three warnings, arrest 18 people who were blocking Interstate 94 in St. Paul. A peaceful protest started following Friday's acquittal of St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez, who was charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile.