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”.
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The demonstration was largely peaceful at about 1 a.m. local time as about 300 protesters remained outside of the Triple S Food Mart, where Alton Sterling, 37, was pinned to the ground and fatally shot in the chest by two white police officers on Tuesday.
The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the incident. Police said they had taken several suspects into custody after a shootout with someone with a long rifle.
Mr Sterling was a convicted felon, which would have barred him from legally carrying a gun, according to court records. They will have more cooperation. The Baton Rouge Police Department didn’t respond to the claim. She said Cameron Sterling has been devastated by the loss of his father.
“I called them the Doublemint twins because they both liked snacks”.
“If we know our history, we realize that every great movement didn’t start with government”, said Sharon Weston Broome, a former state senator.
He adds that the video reminds everyone how important it is to come together to build a more open and connected world.
It’s a plea from a woman to keep others from having to be in her shoes – the shoes of losing a loved one.
“Every second my son goes to stumble, he’s breaking his neck to get to him”, McMillon said. It’s still important to have a voice and use that voice for what you believe in. He earned a living selling CDs outside the store.
All Americans should be deeply troubled by the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, who on Thursday had called the police shooting of Castile an example of racism, said at a Friday news conference that he would not walk back his comments that the shooting would not have happened if Castile and Reynolds were white.
Members of law enforcement have a very hard job and the vast majority conduct themselves honorably as they protect and serve our communities.
One of the men was shot when police said he pointed a gun at them and the others were injured during arrests and a police pursuit in a vehicle. Police stayed on the fringes of the gathering. A line of officers with shields cleared the street, pushing the protesters to the curb.
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Protesters gathered in Union Square and then marched throughout the city, the echo of beating drums alternating between chants of “Hands up, don’t shoot!” and “I can’t breathe!”
