Philando’s mom: ‘He was black in the wrong place’

The mother and uncle of Phlando Castlile spoke about his death-by-cop shooting on CNN.

In the car with him were a young girl and an adult woman, who live-streamed the immediate aftermath of the shooting on Facebook…

“We all know my nephew was a good kid and we want justice as well as relief,” he said.
The images of his nephew dying were the “most horrific thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” Castile said Thursday morning on CNN’s “New Day.”

He and Valerie Castile, Philando’s mother, stressed on “New Day” that Philando was law-abiding and a good person, and they expressed bitterness over the actions of the police.

“He’s not an officer,” Clarence Castille said. “He’s just a man. An officer is supposed to protect and serve. That was a man who did that. That man is a destroyer and he came into our lives and done something and took something from us.”

Castile said that Philando worked as a kitchen supervisor for the St. Paul School District. The last time the two of them spoke was in May. They talked about setting up a nest egg for Philando’s eventualretirement.

“My nephew has a (concealed carry) permit, and still got killed for carrying a gun … this needs to stop. This happens so often.”

Valerie Castile said “they took a very good person” and wondered whether he was simply “black in the wrong place.”

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.