The family of Philando Castile, the 32-year-old grade school cafeteria worker killed by police during a traffic stop in front of his family, has reached a 3 million dollar settlement with the Minneapolis city that employed the officer/murderer. 

This settlement comes on the heels of former officer Jeronimo Yanez being acquitted of all charges after claiming that he "feared for his life." Dash cam footage of the stop was released just after the acquittal further confusing and angering anyone who was following the case. In the footage, Yanez is seen walking up to Castile's vehicle and asking him for his license and registration, after Castile informs Yanez that he has a (legally permitted) gun, you can hear an exchange of Yanez erratically demanding Castile not to, "reach for [the gun]" and Castile calmly explaining, and assuring him that he was not reaching for his legal gun. 

Yanez then grabs his weapon and unloads seven rounds into his Castile's car, killing Castile and endangering Castille's girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, and their four-year-old daughter.  Reynolds live streamed the aftermath of the shooting. 

Castile's last words were, "I wasn't reaching…"

The settlement to be paid to Valerie Castile, Philando's mother, is to avoid a federal wrongful death lawsuit. Robert Bennett, Ms. Castile's attorney, says it is a way to move forward quickly and not "exacerbate and reopen terrible wounds." The settlement will also allow Ms.Castile to do community service works through the Philando Castile Relief Foundation. 

During the trial, Yanez said that the smell of marijuana prompted him to shoot. " If he has … the guts and the audacity to smoke marijuana in front of the 5-year-old girl and risk her lungs and risk her life by giving her secondhand smoke and the front seat passenger doing the same thing then what, what care does he give about me," Yanez said.

It is unclear if it is taught at the academy the dangers of second-hand smoke vs unloading a firearm into a vehicle, but, Yanez said he had "no other option."

Yanez reached a "voluntary separation agreement" with the department and will no longer be on the streets as a police officer. 

The NRA has yet to release a statement regarding the violation on this citizen and registered gun owner.