The 17-year-old suspect who allegedly made the statement had originally been stopped for matching a suspect accused in multiple batteries, the police report says.
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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. Investigators say they believe that the suspects stole guns with the intent to use them to kill police officers.
Police arrested 20-year-old Malik Bridgewater at his home on Sunday and recovered three of the stolen handguns.
“We’re going to look for bullets to kill police officers”, Baton Rouge Police spokesman Cpl.
Surveillance video showed the suspects using a ladder to climb to the roof to break into the building, police said.
Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie, Jr. said it appears the suspects were unsuccessful in their attempt to steal ammunition.
East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid J. Gautreaux III said the police’s posture toward protesters was in part because of the threat that came in the wake of the pawn shop burglary.
“We have been questioned repeatedly over the last several days about our show of force and why we have the tactics we have”. “What you saw in the [police] response is because of the very real and viable threats against law enforcement”.
“Protest with peace, not guns, alcohol and violence”.
The Louisiana police officers who shot and killed Alton Sterling were responding to him reaching for a gun, a Baton Rouge detective wrote in a court document. The weekend protests led to almost 200 arrests and a show of force from law enforcement. “If you don’t have on riot gear, you have no defense against that sort of thing”, said the Democratic governor, who comes from a family of sheriffs.
Officers were justified in their shooting of Alton Sterling during a confrontation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, according to a police report on the incident.
He said Baton Rouge has a “faulty foundation” that needs to be fixed by making the city more unified across racial lines. Bamberg said the family wants an indictment in the case and hopes state Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office “one day” will get involved.
He referenced the shootings of police officers during a protest in Dallas on Thursday and said police officers need to be able to defend themselves.
In the first few days after Mr Sterling’s death, police took a reserved approach to enforcement, keeping a low profile as hundreds gathered outside the store where he died.
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Protesters across the country organized after the death of Alton Sterling, 37, whose fatal shooting was caught on video.
