One of the suspects involved in the burglary was a 13-year-old, police said.
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Coppola said the department respects people’s right to protest peacefully, and that people from outside Baton Rouge are largely responsible for confrontations at protests.
Various officials at the news conference described the threat as “real”, “substantial” and “credible”.
“To me, it seemed like she was making her stand and she was like, ‘You’re going to have to come and get me, ‘” the photographer said in an interview.
Hundreds of people have been arrested in the U.S. as protests continue against police shootings of black men. “We can’t take anything for granted anymore”.
Baton Rouge has become a flashpoint for protesters after Alton Sterling, 37, was shot and killed last week by city police who were responding to a call that he had threatened someone with a gun outside a convenience store where he was selling CDs.
A woman was standing calmly, her long dress the only thing moving in the breeze, as two police officers in full riot gear confronted her in the middle of a roadway to arrest her. The suspects face charges including burglary, simple burglary, and theft of a firearm; they have not been arrested on any charges related to plotting to kill police.
Earlier Tuesday, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards defended the police response to protesters rallying against the shooting death of a black man by white officers, saying Tuesday that the riot gear and weaponry was appropriate.
“I knew it was a good frame and it was something that would tell a story”, Bachman said about the moment his lens captured the image of Ieshia Evans, a nurse from Pennsylvania, before she was arrested.
After almost a week of protests over the killing of Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge officers, state police and other law enforcement agencies have received criticism for their methods of dealing with demonstrators. “A very peaceful protest and then some insane madman”.
Criticism is mounting over how police in Louisiana dealt with throngs of protesters during the weekend, including almost 200 demonstrators who were arrested and may yet face criminal charges. The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into Sterling’s shooting.
In the first few days following Sterling’s death, police took a more reserved approach to enforcement, keeping a low profile as hundreds of people gathered outside the convenience store where Sterling died.
Community leaders have tried to defuse tension and keep interactions between protesters and law enforcement calm.
It has since gone viral on social media, with some comparing it to the man who stood in front of the tank at Tiananmen Square in 1989 during protests in Beijing.
East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar C. Moore III says any decisions on charges against the protesters will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Police officers detain protesters as they try to clear streets while protesters were gathering against another group of protesters in Baton Rouge, La., Sunday, July 10, 2016.
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Rep. Ted James says the attorney general’s office doesn’t have the level of expertise to do the investigation.
