Philando Castile friend 'all out of tears and ready to fight'

Philando Castile's family and friends are both mourning and protesting his death at the hand's of police.

The Minnesota man was pulled over by officers in a traffic stop late Wednesday with his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds,and her daughter in the car. He wound up dead, shot multiple times.

Reynolds posted a livestream video on Facebookin the minutes after the shooting. She says, when the officers asked for his licence and registration, he told them he was carrying a registeredfirearm before reaching for his wallet.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Unverified Facebook Live video of shooting aftermath

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Unverified Facebook Live video of shooting aftermath

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Duration 9:50

Shows man bleeding in car with woman and child and officer at window

DivarBryant Kemp was a friend ofCastile. He has been helping thefamily with emotional support.

"They're hurt. This is a good family . . . upstanding citizens in the community and Momma's just distraught because they didn't take a child, they took her only son away from her," Kemp tells As It Happens guest host Susan Bonner.

"I thinkI'm all out of tears and ready to fight."

Since 2000, at least 143 people in Minnesota have died after being shot, Tasered orrestrained by a policeofficer. Not a single officerhas been charged.

"My faith says pray and I pray that this situation with Philandocan be the nucleus that causes our police system to take a better look at who they're hiring and to do better reprimanding," says Kemp.

Kemp recalls his brother who was killed at the hands of Minnesota police in 2008. He says he was "tased," claiming his brother was unarmed at the time of the incident.

"Because I am a man of God and a preacher, I believe God can do all things. But because I also live in a real world and a real society, my hope is very, very small."

Castile's death comes just days after the police shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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"For what reason were either one of them killed?," says Kemp. "I think you have some racists and some bigots that hold guns and badges. And what they're doing is they're playing out what's been in their minds and in their hearts.

"African American males, those who are doing right or those who are doing wrong, are a threat, in some people's eyes, to America."

To learn more aboutPhilandoCastile and his friendship withDivar Bryant Kemp, take a listen to our full interview.