Protesters marched in St. Paul and Minneapolis on June 16 after the acquittal of the Minn. officer who fatally shot Philando Castile. Phillip Smith, who leads the National African American Gun Association, said he hasn’t seen any NRA statements since July. As described in a criminal complaint from Yanez’s trial, the first moments of Castile’s traffic stop ring true to Smith’s experience as a black gun owner. The NRA has championed black gun rights heroes before, Johnson notes — such as Otis McDonald, who fought Chicago’s handgun ban. “What’s the upside?”More reading:The Washington Post’s database of fatal police shootings in 2017Philando Castile was an adored school cafeteria managerMinn. police officer who shot Philando Castile was model student, educator says

Source: Washington Post June 18, 2017 23:03 UTC