Minn. governor says race played role in fatal police shooting during traffic stop

In the wake of a police shooting in a quiet St. Paul suburb that left a black driver dead, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton suggested that race played a role in the death of Philando Castile, a 32-year-old school cafeteria manager.

“Would this have happened if those passengers, the driver and the passengers, were white?” said Dayton (D). “I don’t think it would have. So I’m forced to confront, and I think all of us in Minnesota are forced to confront, that this kind of racism exists.”  Read more.