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Civil Rights Lawyer: Philando Castile's Skin Color Ended Up Being a Death Sentence

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June 19, 2017

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Black Lives Matter protests are continuing in the Twin Cities after a Minnesota police officer was acquitted Friday in the killing of Philando Castile, an AfricanAmerican man who was shot five times during a traffic stop last year. His girlfriend filmed the aftermath and streamed it live on Facebook. We speak to civil rights lawyer Nekima LevyPounds, the former president of the Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP, who is now running for mayor of Minneapolis.

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