ST. PAUL, Minn. - The family of a black Minnesota man fatally shot by a police officer has hired a television court show judge to represent them in civil matters.
Judge Glenda Hatchett and The Hatchett Law Firm will represent the family of Philando Castile. St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez shot Castile on Wednesday in the St. Paul suburb of Falcon Heights.
Castile's death -- and another police shooting a day earlier in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, that also left a black man dead -- prompted protests around the country, including in Dallas, where five officers were killed Thursday.
Hatchett says Castile's family is "very passionate and committed to ensuring" that his death "is not just another statistic."
Hatchett and Castile's mother, Valerie Castile, will announce his funeral plans at a news conference Tuesday.
