# City of St. Anthony *Minnesota city in Hennepin and Ramsey counties; party to a $3.8 million wrongful death settlement after a St. Anthony police officer shot Philando Castile in 2016.* St. Anthony, which also goes by Saint Anthony Village, is a city in [[Minnesota]] that lies partly in Hennepin County and partly in Ramsey County. The 2020 census counted 9,257 residents, with 5,621 on the larger Hennepin side and 3,654 on the Ramsey side.[^1] A mayor and four council members, each elected to a four-year term, form the city's five-member governing council.[^1] The city enters the project's record through its police department and its treasury. On July 6, 2016, Officer [[Jeronimo Yanez]] of the St. Anthony Police Department shot [[Philando Castile]], 32, during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights.[^2] The [[Ramsey County Attorney]] charged Yanez with second-degree manslaughter on November 16, 2016, in Ramsey County District Court case 62-CR-16-8110.[^3][^4] On June 16, 2017, after five days, the jury acquitted him on all counts.[^3][^4] The City of St. Anthony settled the wrongful death claim for $3.8 million.[^3] The record therefore holds two outputs from one incident: the criminal forum returned an acquittal and the civil forum returned a payment.[^3] The record carried here does not give the date of the settlement.[^3] ## History The name comes from the [[Falls of St. Anthony]]. According to the [[Minnesota Historical Society]]'s MNopedia, Louis Hennepin was sent ahead by La Salle in February 1680 and captured by a [[Dakota]] party on April 11–12, 1680. MNopedia credits him with renaming the falls for St. Anthony of Padua.[^5] The same entry records that his later books falsely positioned him as La Salle's most trusted associate.[^5] A 1767 deed known as [[Carver's Grant]] purported to convey about 10,000 square miles on the east bank of the Mississippi, running from the Falls of St. Anthony to [[Lake Pepin]].[^6] The Wisconsin Historical Society records that congressional investigators learned from Sioux elders in St. Paul in 1817 that "no chiefs with the names on the deed had ever existed."[^6] It also records that Congress rejected the claim on January 29, 1823.[^6] In 1838 Franklin Steele, then a storekeeper at [[Fort Snelling]], staked a claim to land on the east side of the falls.[^1] He waited until 1848 to develop it. The settlement then grew into a milling and trading center that rivaled [[Minneapolis]] on the west side of the falls.[^1] It was organized as the Township of St. Anthony in 1858.[^1] A *[[Star Tribune]]* history reports how the territory divided its public institutions: St. Paul received the capital, [[Stillwater]] the prison, and St. Anthony the university.[^7] Minneapolis absorbed most of St. Anthony in 1872, including much of what is now Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis.[^1] About 1,000 acres of largely agricultural land to the north kept the St. Anthony name but stayed unincorporated.[^1] In 1945, township voters approved incorporation as a village by 167 to 57.[^1] The state contested the result, arguing the area was too rural and agricultural. The [[Minnesota Supreme Court]] sustained the incorporation, and the community later developed into an inner suburb.[^1] The project's claim:link catalogue lists a "St. Anthony / Minneapolis title chain", naming Pillsbury, Washburn and others, among the pairs under its Theory 13, the Institutional Capture Doctrine.[^8] The catalogue entry cites only the Minnesota Historical Society's home page. It does not itself set out the chain.[^8] Apache Plaza opened in St. Anthony in October 1961 as the tenth indoor shopping mall in the United States.[^1] It was demolished in 2004 and replaced by a new shopping area, Silver Lake Village. The St. Anthony Shopping Center, built in the 1950s, was Minnesota's first strip mall.[^1] ## Geography and demographics St. Anthony lies 4 miles northeast of downtown Minneapolis.[^1] According to [[United States Census Bureau]] figures, it covers 2.37 square miles, of which 2.25 square miles are land.[^1] The 2010 census counted 8,226 residents in 3,848 households, with a median age of 43.1 years.[^1] The 2000 census counted 8,012 residents.[^1] Public schooling is provided by the St. Anthony-New Brighton School District, ISD 282.[^1] ## Who - Jeronimo Yanez, an officer of the St. Anthony Police Department, fired the shots at the July 6, 2016 traffic stop.[^2] - Philando Castile, 32, worked as a school nutrition supervisor at J.J. Hill Montessori.[^2] He held a concealed carry permit and told the officer he had a firearm.[^2] - The Ramsey County Attorney's office brought the manslaughter charge.[^3] The office has been headed since January 2011 by John J. Choi.[^4] - The City of St. Anthony was the party that settled the wrongful death claim.[^3] ## What - The criminal charge was second-degree manslaughter in the killing of Castile, filed in Ramsey County District Court case 62-CR-16-8110.[^4] - Castile's girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, livestreamed the aftermath on Facebook while her 4-year-old daughter was in the back seat.[^2] - The wrongful death claim against the city ended in a settlement.[^3] ## When - July 6, 2016: the shooting at the traffic stop in Falcon Heights.[^2] - November 16, 2016: the manslaughter charge was filed.[^3][^4] - June 16, 2017: the jury acquitted on all counts.[^3][^4] - The settlement date is not in the record carried here.[^3] ## Where - The traffic stop took place in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.[^2] - The prosecution took place in Ramsey County District Court.[^4] ## How much - The City of St. Anthony paid $3.8 million to settle the wrongful death claim.[^3] ## How many - The jury acquitted on all counts after five days.[^3] - The livestream video had reached 3.2 million views by noon the next day.[^2] ## In the at-issue record At-issue pair AI-Ramsey-083 appears in the Ramsey package, in the section titled *TIER V — THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, THE SHERIFF, AND THE ARBITRATION DOOR*, ranked 83 with a shock score of 79.[^3] The pair sets the November 16, 2016 charge and the June 16, 2017 acquittal beside the city's $3.8 million settlement. It states: "The criminal instrument produced an acquittal; the civil instrument produced a payment."[^3] The pair rests on two sources, one court and one news, at lawlibguides.sandiego.edu and mprnews.org.[^3] The pair's anchor is the March 2025 presidential action *Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos*. The stated reason for the anchor is "two forums, one incident, opposite outputs."[^9] The record does not show that the anchor document addresses the Castile matter.[^9] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia, *St. Anthony, Minnesota* (revision 1378468868, retrieved 2026-10-27) — 2020 population and county split; council structure; 1838 claim, 1848 development, 1858 township, 1872 annexation, 1945 vote of 167–57 and Supreme Court ruling; Apache Plaza; area; 2000 and 2010 census counts; ISD 282. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Anthony,_Minnesota [^2]: Wikipedia, *Killing of Philando Castile*, as summarized in project Time Table row TL-0851 — July 6, 2016 shooting by Officer Jeronimo Yanez of the St. Anthony Police Department in Falcon Heights; Castile's age, employment and permit; Facebook livestream and view count. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Philando_Castile [^3]: Project at-issue record, pair AI-Ramsey-083 (Ramsey package, Tier V; sources listed as court and news, lawlibguides.sandiego.edu and mprnews.org) — charge of November 16, 2016; acquittal on all counts June 16, 2017 after five days; $3.8 million wrongful death settlement by the City of St. Anthony. No URL for the underlying court or news source is among the pack's allowed sources. [^4]: Warren E. Burger Apex Dossier §VIII (2026-09-02, validated) — Ramsey County Attorney John J. Choi (in office since January 2011) charged Jeronimo Yanez with second-degree manslaughter, Ramsey County District Court 62-CR-16-8110; acquittal on all counts. No URL for the underlying court record is among the pack's allowed sources. [^5]: Minnesota Historical Society, MNopedia, *Hennepin, Louis (ca. 1640–ca. 1701)* — 1680 capture by a Dakota party; renaming of the falls for St. Anthony of Padua; false claims in his later books. https://www.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/person/hennepin-louis-ca1640-ca1701 [^6]: Wisconsin Historical Society, *Carver's Grant*, record CS1987 — 1767 deed from the Falls of St. Anthony to Lake Pepin; 1817 testimony of Sioux elders; congressional rejection on January 29, 1823. https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS1987 [^7]: *Star Tribune*, *How did Stillwater become home to Minnesota's first prison?* — territorial division of the capital, the prison and the university (news source). https://www2.startribune.com/minnesota-territorial-prison-stillwater-history/600199594/ [^8]: Minnesota Historical Society (home page), cited by project claim:link row CL-Theory13InstitutionalCap-29 — catalogue entry "St. Anthony / Minneapolis title chain — Pillsbury, Washburn, et al." https://www.mnhs.org/ [^9]: The White House, *Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos* (March 2025) — the presidential action named as the anchor of pair AI-Ramsey-083; it does not itself document the charge, verdict or settlement. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/stopping-waste-fraud-and-abuse-by-eliminating-information-silos/