Philando Castile Was a Role Model to Hundreds of Kids, Colleagues Say
http://time.com/4397086/minnesota-shooting-philando-castile-role-model-school/
Colleagues and parents on Thursday remembered Philando Castile as an ambitious man who served as a role model for hundreds of children before he was fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop in Minnesota.
Castile, who was known by friends as Phil, was a cafeteria supervisor at J.J. Hill Montessori Magnet School in Saint Paul, Minn., where he memorized the names of the 500 children he served every day along with their food allergies, his former coworker said.
He remembered their names. He remembered who couldnt have milk. He knew what they could have to eat and what they couldnt, Joan Edman, a recently retired paraprofessional at the school, told TIME. This was a real guy. He made a real contribution. Yes, black lives matter. But this man mattered.
A police officer shot Castile, 32, late Wednesday during a traffic stop in the St. Paul suburb of Falcon Heights, authorities said. Castiles girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, captured the aftermath of the incident on video and streamed it on Facebook Live, where it went viral.
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Another life wasted by trigger-happy cops.