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'Please Don't Tell Me He's Dead': Girlfriend Livestreams Aftermath of Police Killing in MN

Hundreds of protesters are gathered outside the Minnesota governor’s house in St. Paul, following the fatal police shooting of African American man Philando Castile during a traffic stop for a broken tail light. The immediate aftermath of the shooting was broadcast live on Facebook by his girlfriend, Lavish Reynolds, who is speaking in the car next to her dying boyfriend as the police officer continues to point the gun into the car.

A warning to viewers, the footage is graphic.

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