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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPhilando Castile Charity Covers Entire School Districts Lunch Debt
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/philando-castile-charity-pays-school-debt_us_5a9b2c1ee4b089ec353ae3c7Two years after he was fatally shot by a police officer in Minnesota, Philando Castile is still helping students afford lunch.
A charity created in Castiles honor has paid off the lunch debt for every student in the 56 schools in the St. Paul Public School District, including the school where Castile worked as a cafeteria supervisor.
That means no parent of the 37,000 kids who eat meals at school need worry about how to pay that overdue debt, a charity organizer wrote on the Philando Feeds the Children fundraising page.
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In July 2016, St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez shot and killed Castile after pulling him over for a broken taillight in a St. Paul suburb.
Yanez maintained that he thought Castile was reaching for the weapon, while Diamond Reynolds, Castiles girlfriend who filmed the traffic stop from the passenger seat, said he was reaching for his wallet.
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This was the shooting where the victim's girlfriend, who was sitting in the passenger seat, filmed the incident. Even though both the police dash-cam and the girlfriend's video shows Philando remaining calm, doing exactly what the officer asked, the officer claimed he 'thought the suspect was reaching for a gun'. The cop was found 'not guilty'.
However, the charity now has enough money to make sure that no child goes hungry due to lack of funds 'for years to come'.
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Philando Castile Charity Covers Entire School Districts Lunch Debt (Original Post)
Stonepounder
Mar 2018
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tblue37
(65,357 posts)1. K&R for visibility. nt
FSogol
(45,485 posts)2. K&R n/t
Me.
(35,454 posts)3. He Has Been A Real Inspiration
And am happy to say, much to people's surprise all school children in NYC can, if they want/choose, have a free breakfast and lunch.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)4. it was murder..............cops need to prove not just think
montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)5. This is making me cry.
For so many reasons.
JI7
(89,249 posts)6. an example of what arming teachers will really be like
for certain types of people.
and remember the NRA stayed silent on this .
Igel
(35,309 posts)7. Sweet.
But the money won't go as far as they think.
a kennedy
(29,661 posts)8. I thought this needed a kick.
Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)9. excellent way to honor him
liberalhistorian
(20,818 posts)10. No, not "fatally shot",
MURDERED. Plain and simple.