Appeals court rules board was correct in not issuing teaching license to former police officer

Jeronimo Yanez

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An appeals court says a Minnesota board was justified when it rejected a substitute teaching license a former police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in 2016.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed a licensing board that concluded Jeronimo Yanez didn’t meet the moral standards required to teach in public schools. Yanez, a former St. Anthony police officer, shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop after Castile volunteered that he had a gun. Castile had a permit for the firearm.

Yanez was acquitted of manslaughter but left law enforcement and became a part-time teacher at a parochial school.