But tensions escalated at weekend protests that moved away from the store and into other areas of the city, with almost 200 people arrested and a show of force from law enforcement that included police wielding batons, armed with long guns and wearing shields.
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Outside the store, members of the Nation of Islam renewed calls for boycotts of businesses.
State Police also brought in assistance from the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, who had deputies “strategically posted” near the major thoroughfares on the west side of the Mississippi River Bridge.
It is believe the alleged scheme was sparked after Alton Sterling was shot dead by police in Baton Rouge.
An authorized warrant was filed on Monday, according to the report, but it contradicts Muflahi’s version of the timeline. But the lawsuit claims that police took not just the footage but the system’s hard drive itself, making it impossible to disprove their timeline. In Dallas, five police officers were gunned down at an otherwise peaceful rally against police brutality – prompting many people to ask the question: “What is going on in America?”
Muflahi was inside the store when the altercation between police and Sterling occurred.
The protests became heated Friday, July 9 when an unscheduled protest was held outside the Baton Rouge Police Headquarters.
On Monday, a raid was conducted at a Baton Rouge home in connection to the case, WAFB reports. 6 days after Sterling was killed, police filed the required search warrant and affidavit. LeDay believes that the goal of the arrest was to get him fired in retaliation for posting the video of Sterling’s death. In the aftermath, an officer is seen pulling a firearm from Sterling’s pocket. The warrant says Sterling did not obey the order and resisted arrest, at which point the officers “deployed their BRPD issued Tasers”. When he told the officer he had a gun and then reached for his wallet, the officer shot Castile multiple times.
The group also announced an effort to create teams to help organize protests, look into the investigation and foster police reform.
Those attending the gathering shouted out in response: “Change the foundation!”
Traffic on Interstate 40 was blocked in both directions for hours after hundreds of angry Black Lives Matter protesters marched onto the bridge to show their anger about police killings of black people. What can we do to ensure Muflahi and Alton’s family get the closure they so badly deserve?
In Detroit, the police department responded to the events in Dallas by arresting four men for allegedly posting comments in support of killing cops.
“I think his statement was to get bullets to harm officers in the Baton Rouge area”.
Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, was killed Tuesday by two white police officers. Parts of the shooting were captured on cellphone videos.
The Baton Rouge Triple S Food Mart owner who caught Alton Sterling’s tragic death on tape claims that police took his cell phone video, as well as surveillance footage from his store, without a search warrant, locking him in a auto for several hours.
Roughly 200 people have been arrested for various charges related to the protests. At times, police have used riot gear and military-style vehicles in demonstrations.
The investigation is ongoing.
The investigation into Sterling’s shooting is being led by the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division.
Baton Rouge’s top prosecutor is weighing whether to pursue charges against almost 200 demonstrators arrested in weekend protests over the killings of young black men as criticism mounts by protesters over the tactics officers used on the crowds.
East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar C. Moore III said Monday at a news conference that those decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis.
When she gave no sign she would be moving, an officer said, “Arrest her”, and a crack opened in the wall of riot police. He cited his professional relationship with the parents of one of the officers, Blane Salamoni.
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.
He sued two officers involved in the shooting, two officers investigating it, the chief of police and the city. McKesson was released on Sunday.
Kira Marrero, a 22-year-old resident of New Orleans who graduated last year from Williams College in MA, was the first protester freed from Baton Rouge’s jail on Sunday. “They were ignored”, said Sergeant Don Coppola, referring to one incident.
Police said they consider the threats credible.
Baton Rouge’s top prosecutor is weighing whether to pursue charges against almost 200 demonstrators arrested in weekend protests over the killings of young black men as criticism mounts by protesters over the tactics officers used on the crowds.
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That image has swept through social media as a defining moment of protests over recent police killings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota.
