Triple S owner Abdullah Muflahi alleges in his lawsuit that he was unlawfully detained and that police illegally confiscated his cellphone and the store’s entire security system, which recorded the shooting of Sterling, whom Muflahi allowed to sell CDs and DVDs outside his shop for several years.
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The lawsuit names Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie, the three officers involved in Sterling’s death, and the city of Baton Rouge as defendants.
“The warrant gives the Baton Rouge Police Department the authority to search the surveillance video on the recording device; it doesn’t give them the authority to seize the device”, attorney Joel Porter said to the Daily Beast.
Police claim they arrested the suspects, one is a 13-year-old boy, and are seeking a possible fourth after they allegedly stole several l handguns from a pawn shop in Louisiana, US.
“When the subject attempted to reach for the gun from his pocket the officers fired their police issued duty weapon at the subject to stop the threat”, the document states.
An iconic photo of a Black Lives Matter protester standing stoically as police in riot gear prepare to arrest her has quickly gone viral. East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore has recused himself, leaving Attorney General Jeff Landry to handle any state criminal investigation.
The Democratic governor, who comes from a family of sheriffs, characterized the response as “moderate”.
“At a time like this when the whole reason for the protest is mistrust between the community and police, what they did was to make it worse by showing the community that the police will not work with them, can not be trusted”.
The funeral for a Louisiana black man fatally shot by police will be held Friday in Baton Rouge.
Protests have been held across the city since Sterling was shot by a police officer on July 5, just one day before the killing of Philando Castille.
Conversely, a spokesperson for the Baton Rouge Police Department said the department did obtain a warrant.
Demonstrators had gathered there to protest following the death of Alton Sterling, 37, who was shot and killed by police last week.
The woman whose arrest by police in Baton Rouge has come to symbolize the current protest movement is a registered nurse from the Scranton area, reports indicate. He said that if officers don’t use riot gear, “you have no defense against that sort of thing”.
“They were aware of other incidents where individuals were restrained, and were able to get their gun out and shoot police officers”.
FILE In this Saturday, July 9, 2016 file photo, A protester is grabbed by police officers in riot gear after she refused to leave the motor way in front of the the Baton Rouge Police Department Headquarters in Baton Rouge, La…. “And that there were no casualties that I have witnessed first hand”, she posted late Sunday after being released from custody.
“The Pig has shot and killed Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana!” the group’s Facebook post said.
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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.
