The crowdfunding campaign continues to extend Castile's legacy.
The Philando Castile fundraising campaign started by Inver Hills Community College psychology professor Pam Fergus in August raised over $70,000.
"I have chosen to retire to pursue other opportunities,” Clarke said.
The decision came following an 8-2 vote by the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training.
People are realizing that “this is not a Black or white thing,” Valerie Castile said.
Not only was Officer Jeronimo Yanez acquitted on all charges in the murder of Philando Castile, but he will leave his department $48,500 richer.
The judge says there’s “a failure to understand” the task given to the jury, which acquitted an officer of second-degree manslaughter.
The settlement comes about a week after Officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted on all charges in Castile's death.
The unarmed 32-year-old was brutally killed by a reckless, inept officer last year. Today, a jury decided it wasn't the officer's fault.