In the wake of an extremely violent week, which saw two Black men killed at the hands of police, as well as five police officers in a mass shooting in Dallas, Texas, thousands of protesters took to the streets in support of Black Lives Matter.
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A prosecutor says he’s considering riot charges against 50 people who staged a rally on Interstate 94 in St. Paul, Minnesota, to protest the police shooting death of Philando Castile.
McMillon said Friday that she is grieving with the families of five police officers killed by a Dallas sniper as people marched to protest Sterling’s death. She describes being pulled over for a “busted tail light” as an officer with the St. Anthony Police Department, which polices Falcon Heights, points a gun into the auto and speaks with her, saying “I told him not to reach for it”.
At a West Coast protest, hundreds of people poured into the streets of in Southern California late Sunday night, blocking traffic for several minutes on the 405 Freeway. It states that Sterling had permission from Muflahi to sell CDs outside his store.
Bachman was photographing what he characterized as “peaceful demonstrations” Saturday following the police shooting of Alton Sterling earlier that week. I don’t want the death penalty for them.
Police began releasing those who were arrested on Sunday afternoon.
“You just can’t get confused about being the object of attention and what your life’s about”, Kasmir, now a 66-year-old massage therapist in Hilton Head Island, S.C., tells TIME when asked if she had any advice for the woman in Baton Rouge.
The gathering at the Triple S convenience store came after overnight demonstrations produced tense moments resulting in 30 arrests. But this year, critics said, participants crossed the line with these signs and slogans, referencing the parade’s pink flamingo symbol, the Black Lives Matter movement and the last words of Eric Garner, a black man who died after a confrontation with NY police.
Moore suggested that “first offenders” and people who may have just “stepped over a line” could have their cases resolved more quickly than those for protesters accused of carrying guns or injuring officers.
Gov. John Bel Edwards said Sunday he’s “very proud” of how Louisiana’s law enforcement agencies responded to the protests and that he doesn’t believe police officers have been overly aggressive.
Brown said at a prayer service Friday that the attack was “well planned” and that the force “won’t rest until we bring everyone involved to justice”.
Officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, observed the butt of a gun in Alton Sterling’s front trousers pocket while they were trying to restrain him, then saw him reach for the weapon before they opened fire, according to an affidavit that a Baton Rouge detective filed for a search warrant in the case. But he says law enforcement will be there to protect citizens and their rights for as long as it takes. He’s criticized the shooting, calling it “murder”, but he said he trusts Baton Rouge police and the district attorney. The vast majority of the Louisiana residents were from the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas.
In a letter to Baton Rouge Police, Amnesty International wrote that police are required to follow international human rights standards, which requires police to “disperse an assembly. only as a last resort”.
Authorities say they will enforce an 11 p.m. closing time at city parks in Atlanta as protests over police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota are expected to continue.
Some lashed out at the movement that was born of police shootings of blacks and even at President Barack Obama, accusing him of fueling divisions among people of color and whites.
Footage has emerged of two police officers wrestling Sterling to the ground before one of them pins Alton’s arm to the floor with his knee and then pulls out a gun and points it at him.
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The convenience store owner who filmed the police killing of Alton Sterling, Abdullah Muhlafi, has also filed a lawsuit against three Baton Rouge cops who detained him, the city of Baton Rouge, and Police Chief Carl Dabadie Jr.
