Three individuals have been arrested, police said. He was booked with simple burglary and theft of a firearm.
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The burglars broke into the building through the roof.
In a 42-second cellphone video taken by the store owner, one of the officers takes a gun from Sterling’s right pocket, despite reports that the man pulled the gun on the officers before he was killed. Trashone Coats, 23, was arrested on a charge of illegal possession of a stolen firearm.
Malik Bridgewater, 20, was arrested Sunday at his home on Hemlock Street.
Since Saturday, detectives have arrested two other suspects in the case, including a 13-year-old. Contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at (225) 344- STOP or (225) 344-7867. Protesters have targeted a boycott of the Mall of Louisiana, a large mall in Baton Rouge.
Officers Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II used stun guns on Sterling because they “were attempting to subdue the subject” when they “observed the butt of a gun in (his) front trousers pocket”, the affidavit said.
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. Over a three day period, police arrested about 200 protesters. They have not yet identified the possible fourth suspect.
Authorities made more than 160 arrests in Louisiana’s capital during a long hot weekend of protests over killings by police, with only one reported injury among the ranks when an officer was hit by a projectile.
A Baton Rouge police spokesman said Monday that the arrests stemmed largely from people not complying with officers’ commands.
Tensions have been rising since last week’s killing of Alton Sterling outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge.
The officers would fatally shot Alton Sterling on Tuesday claim that he “attempted to reach for the gun from his pocket” before they opened fire. Two cell phone videos taken by bystanders have gone viral, leading many to question the justification of the shooting – and to protest. The charges for the people who were arrested included obstruction of a highway, inciting a riot and disturbing the peace. Photos and videos shared on social media and from journalists have highlighted the contrast between protesters, mostly in shorts and t-shirts, and police in riot gear carrying rifles. He said Baton Rouge has a “faulty foundation” that needs to be fixed by making the city more unified across racial lines.
“Several times, we’ve been asked numerous times: Why the show of force?” We couldn’t say and wouldn’t say because of the investigation.
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. Look what happened in Dallas. Our goal has always been and always will be to protect and serve the public.
Gautreaux said the threats related to the pawn shop burglary “are very viable and very real”. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives assisted police in the investigation, they said. They called on the fourth suspect to turn himself in. Edmonson said that was necessary. “Not to agitate us and pick and grab people”, she said. “Because it was released, we don’t want to put any officer in harm’s way”.
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One Twitter user claimed to have spoken to one of the woman’s friends, who told him she was still in jail early on Monday morning AEST. The suit says he was kept in the back of a police vehicle for four hours and detained at the Louisiana State Police headquarters for two hours while he was questioned. “We shut down roadways and intersections, and we walked with them”, he said. “But Sunday afternoon, those people were not here for a peaceful protest”. They were trying to get on the Interstate, they were hurling bricks, pieces of concrete, they were injuring officers.
