More information surrounding two polarizing police shootings of black men that rocked the U.S. last week has come to light. <br /> <br />Prior to stopping Philando Castile in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a lawyer representing officer Jeronimo Yanez says his client saw that Castile had a broken tail or brake light, Minnesota newspaper the Star Tribune reported. He said Yanez thought Castile looked like an armed robbery suspect authorities were after. <br /> <br />Viral footage posted to Facebook by Castile’s fiance Diamond Reynolds shows the aftermath of the shooting with him bleeding in the car and Yanez aiming his gun from outside. <br /> <br />Castile reportedly told Officer Yanez he had a concealed carry permit. It was “because of the presence of a gun,” Yanez’s lawyer said, that his client shot him. Police say responding officers used CPR on Castile three minutes after arriving at the scene. Castile died at the scene. <br /> <br />Roseville police chief Mark Whig told CNN this contradicts earlier claims from the Louisiana Governor Mark Dayton that Castile did not receive CPR. <br /> <br />According to the Star Tribune, Castile had been pulled over 52 times since 2002 and given 86 citations for minor offences. <br /> <br />Meanwhile, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, more information has come to light concerning the death of Alton Sterling. <br /> <br />According to a search warrant affidavit, officers asked Alton Sterling to place his hands on the hood of a car last Tuesday, but he refused and officers then tasered him. The warrant says that when they were trying to subdue him, the officers saw the “butt of a gun” in Sterling’s front pocket and shot him when he tried to reach for it. Sterling died from his injuries. <br /> <br />Sterling had previously served time for possessing a firearm and marijuana in 2009, but it’s not clear if the officers who confronted him knew his history, CNN reported.
