“They’re not going to shoot me, OK?” Reynolds says in an attempt to calm her daughter. “I’m already in handcuffs.”

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“I’m scared,” her daughter says. “Don’t take them off.”

“I wish this town was safer,” the daughter adds in between sniffles. “I don’t want it to be like this anymore.”

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“Tell that to the police, OK?” Reynolds says.

The video is just the latest in the horrifying and troubling footage that has been released since Yanez killed Castile (and was later acquitted in the death). The footage, of course, started with the Facebook Live footage that Reynolds sent out in the immediate aftermath of the shooting.

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The dashcam footage was released earlier this week, showing Yanez firing into the car containing Castile, Reynolds and the little girl within seconds of approaching the vehicle over a broken brake light.

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Yanez’s acquittal enraged much of the nation, with many people—including Castile’s family—questioning how this could ever be justice.

“I’m so very, very, very, very, very disappointed in the system in the state of Minnesota,” Valerie Castile, Philando’s mother, said after the verdict was handed down. “The system continues to fail black people, and they will continue to fail you all. ... This happened with Philando; when they get done with us, they’re coming for you, you and you.”

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