The lawsuit claims police used excessive force, physically and verbally abused protesters, and made wrongful arrests to disperse demonstrators.
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Another eyewitness told the plaintiffs that she saw peaceful protestors “violently attacked and arrested, assault weapons pointed at them with fingers on the triggers”.
The investigation into the shooting of Sterling is now being led by the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division.
Lines of police officers and sheriff’s deputies wearing riot gear confronted several hundred protesters on Friday night near Baton Rouge Police Headquarters while other officers carrying military-style rifles and wearing heavy body armor stood nearby.
The governor has defended the police, calling their response “moderate”. Everyone should come together as one united family. One officer shoots Noble twice, and he falls to the ground.
Bamberg noted that Landry’s predecessor obtained indictments in December against the two black deputies on second-degree murder charges in the death of Jeremy Mardis, who was white.
“They all aren’t bad”, Cameron said about the police, standing outside the convenience store where his father was killed.
Protesters shut down highway I-94, St. Paul, Minnesota.[Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images]Cameron Sterling said, “No matter what anyone else has to say about him, truly in my heart, I know he was a good dad”.
Cameron Sterling said during a news conference Wednesday that people should protest but that they protest peacefully.
I feel that people in general, no matter what their race is, should come together as one united family.
Cameron’s comments Wednesday followed the arrests of three suspects in an alleged plot that authorities called a “substantial, credible threat” to police. “One person was arrested at the scene”.
Police have not identified the fourth suspect, who is still at large, but are asking that he turn himself in.
State Police Superintendent Mike Edmonson said information regarding the plot revealed “an actual, credible threat” against police.
Muflahi owns the Baton Rouge Triple S Food Mart where Sterling was killed, and has filed a lawsuit with the Baton Rouge district court.
“Yet Alton Sterling is on the long list of Black people killed needlessly by our nation’s police, and protests in his honor have turned into circuses of violence where the First Amendment is tossed aside”.
Eight handguns were stolen from the pawnshop, six of which have been recovered, Debadie said.
A WBRZ news crew recorded video of agents with the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, sheriff’s deputies and Baton Rouge Police going through the home a block off Highland Road.
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The first suspect told police “the reason the burglary was being done was to harm police officers” the chief said.
