![Philando Castile Protesters Nix Plea Deals in I-94 Shutdown](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2016/07/Philando-Castile.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Philando Castile Protesters Nix Plea Deals in I-94 Shutdown
ST. PAUL -- Most of the 50 people charged in a protest that shut down Interstate 94 in St. Paul over the police shooting of Philando Castile have rejected plea deals.
They made their first appearances Friday in Ramsey County District Court. The city offered a plea bargain in which each protester's riot and unlawful assembly charges would be dropped in return for a guilty plea to public nuisance, with a fine of $50 and a 30-day stayed sentence.
All but one of the protesters opted to continue their cases instead and schedule second hearings for this fall.
Around 300 protesters blocked I-94 in St. Paul on July 9 in protest of the shooting of Castile by a police officer in Falcon Heights three nights earlier.
More From AM 1240 WJON
![Prosecutor, Philando Castile’s Mom Develop Crisis Tool Kit](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2018/08/Philando-Castile.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Philando Castile’s Mother Speaks at St. Cloud State University](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2018/11/Valerie-Castile.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Police Unveil New Plan After Philando Castile Shooting](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2016/07/Philando-Castile.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Ramsey County Pulls Deputies From Criticized Training Class](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2018/03/Police-Lights-Stock-Image.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Fundraiser Honoring Castile Pays Off Students’ Lunch Debt](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2016/07/Philando-Castile.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Judge Awards Mother of Philando Castile Entire Settlement](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2016/07/Philando-Castile.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![First 3 Defendants Sentenced in Castile Shooting Protest](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2016/09/Protest.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![St. Anthony Ends Policing in Suburb Where Castile was Shot](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2016/07/Philando-Castile.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Citizens Call for St. Anthony Mayor to Resign](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2017/06/Jerry-Faust.jpg?w=980&q=75)