Title
Remember Philando
Coverage
Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Description
Large, red spray painted graffiti reading "Remember Philando," covering plywood panels.
Rights
Photograph by Sally Pemberton
Publisher
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
Date
Contributor
HS
Identifier
UAM_GF_0895
Subject
Philando Castile (July 16, 1983 - July 6, 2016) was a 32-year-old Black American man who was driving with his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, and her four-year-old daughter on the night of July 6, 2016, in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. At 9:00 p.m., Castile was pulled over by St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez, and advised the officer that there was a gun in the car that Castile was licensed to carry. The situation rapidly escalated, with Yanez panicking and firing seven close-range shots at Castile, hitting him five times. Reynolds posted a livestream video to Facebook immediately after the shooting, in which her young child attempts to comfort her in the background. Castile died of his wounds at 9:37 p.m. at Hennepin County Medical Center.
Original Format
graffiti
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