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I am so disappointed in the state of Minnesota. My son loved this state. He had one tattoo on his body and it was of the twin cities.

The state of Minnesota would teach C.O.L.I.

My son loved this city and his city killed my son and the murderer gets away.

That's the voice of Valerie Castile. She's Philando Castile's mom. Her son was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in 2016.

He was 32 years old. Last week, a Minnesota jury acquitted Hironi Moyanis, the 29-year-old Latino officer involved in the shooting.

Here's his defense attorney, Tom Kelly.

It's a tragedy all the way around. We're very satisfied in the verdict. The jury considered this thoroughly. It was thoroughly litigated, fairly litigated and fairly defended.

We're listening to Code Switch. I'm Shireen Marisol Maraji.

And I'm Jean Tembie. On this week's episode, we're revisiting the case of Philando Castile.

We'll talk with someone who's been covering this case since the very beginning. We revisit a conversation we had about Castile's long history of being stopped by the police while driving.

And we'll end with someone who knew Philando Castile and has taken his anger over this incident out to the streets and into the halls of government.

But let's back up. Last summer, Philando Castile was driving home with groceries. His girlfriend and his girlfriend's daughter were in the car when he was pulled over at a small town called Falcon Heights, Minnesota.

The officer who stopped him thought he'd fit the description of a robbery suspect who had, quote, a wide set nose.

Now the accounts of what happened after that initial stop diverge officer Yanis says he opened fire on Castile because he thought Castile was reaching for his gun and he feared for his life.

Castile's girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, started live streaming on Facebook almost immediately after those shots were fired and hear some of that audio.

He's licensed. He's carried so he's licensed to carry. He was trying to get out his ID and his wallet out his pocket. And he let the officer know that he was read.

He had a fire army. He was reaching for his wallet and the officer just shot him in his arm. We're waiting for him back.

I will, sir. No worries. I will.

During the trial, Diamond Reynolds reiterated that Castile was reaching for his driver's license, not a gun. Regardless, the jury did not convict officer Yanis.

One juror, Bonita Schultz said they just couldn't be sure if Castile was reaching for a gun or not.

We reached out to the police department in St. Anthony Village, that's where Officer Yanis worked. To talk about the outcome of the trial, they pointed us to a statement on the city's website that says, quote,

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