Diamond Reynolds testified on Tuesday that she streamed her boyfriend Philando Castile’s dying moments on Facebook last July because she feared police officers would kill her, too. The St. Anthony, Minnesota cop killed 32-year-old Castile, and has been charged with second-degree manslaughter and dangerous discharge of a firearm. Moments after the shooting, Reynolds used her cellphone to live-stream and narrate the aftermath. Asked in court why she shared the video, Reynolds said she feared for her daughter’s safety and her own well-being while Yanez continued to point a gun into the car. “And I wanted everyone to see, that if I died in front of my daughter, everyone would know the truth.” Castile, Reynolds and her daughter are black, and Yanez is Latino.

Source: Huffington Post June 06, 2017 20:53 UTC