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The casket for Philando Castile is carried from the Cathedral of St. Paul after a funeral service in St. Paul, Minnesota, July 14, 2016. Reuters
The casket for Philando Castile proceeds through a neighborhood after a funeral service at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Minnesota.Reuters
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Police salute and pray after the burial services for Sergeant Michael J. Smith at Restland Public Safety Memorial Gardens Thursday in Dallas, Texas.EPA
Police wait to salute the casket after the burial services for Sergeant Michael J. Smith at Restland Public Safety Memorial Gardens in Dallas, Texas, USA, 14 July 2016. EPA
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Police-shooting victim Philando Castile was laid to rest in Minnesota on Thursday, as Dallas Sgt. Michael Smith, one of the officers killed by a cop-hating madman, was buried in Texas.

Castile’s casket was carried through St. Paul in a horse-drawn carriage. Philando, who was black, was killed by a white cop during a routine traffic stop.

His death, and that of another black man, Alton Sterling, by police in Louisiana, sparked national protests.

The deaths also led Micah Johnson on a racist rampage on July 7 that left five Dallas cops, including Smith, dead.

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