Castile’s family to get $3M settlement

The mother of Philando Castile, a Black motorist killed by a Minnesota police officer last July, has reached a nearly $3-million (U.S.) settlement with the city that employed the officer, avoiding a federal wrongful death lawsuit that attorneys said could have taken years to resolve.

The settlement to be paid to Valerie Castile, the family’s trustee, comes less than two weeks after officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of manslaughter and other charges connected to her son’s death.