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MN Gov: Philando Castile Would Be Alive If He Were White

RACISM

“This kind of racism exists.”

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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton said that he believes Philando Castile, the man fatally shot by police during a traffic stop, would still be alive if he were white. “All of us in Minnesota are forced to confront that this kind of racism exists,” Dayton said Thursday afternoon at a press conference. “It's incumbent upon all of us to vow that we're going to do whatever we can to see that it doesn't happen—doesn't continue to happen.”