Crime & Safety
Court: Jeronimo Yanez, Cop Who Fatally Shot Philando Castile, Wrongly Denied Teaching License
Jeronimo Yanez applied to be a substitute teacher in 2020, but his application was denied based on "immoral character or conduct."
November 29, 2022
The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a state board must reconsider its rejection of a substitute teaching license for the former police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile in 2016.
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Jeronimo Yanez applied to be a substitute teacher in 2020, but his application was denied based on "immoral character or conduct." The appeals court ruled that this reason was unconstitutionally vague and the Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must reconsider - focusing narrowly on whether Yanez's conduct makes him unfit to teach.
The appeals court said that upon reconsideration, the board must identify factors it is using to determine whether Yanez's conduct "violated moral standards for the teaching profession." The board must also avoid characterizing policing practices - such as a pretextual reason for a traffic stop - as immoral.
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