Sources close to the investigation tell WAFB-TV that, if the killing of Sterling makes it to trial, his past record could certainly be introduced into evidence. A viewing is scheduled from 8 a.m.to 10:30 a.m., with the service to follow at 11 a.m. The Baton Rouge Police Department did not immediately respond to Complex’s request for comment.
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More than 100 arrests were made over the weekend during protests against the officer-involved shooting of Sterling.
Cell phone video of the shooting shows Sterling being tackled by a Baton Rouge police officer, then shot as he and his partner try to retrain him on the ground.
“We can’t take anything for granted any more”, East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux said, according to CNN.
Sterling’s shooting, which was caught on video, and one a day later by police of Philando Castile in a St. Paul, Minnesota suburb led to nationwide protests.
Three people have been arrested in Baton Rouge as part of an alleged plot to kill police during protests there.
Sterling, a black man, was shot and killed by white officers last week.
“We can not take anything for granted anymore”, East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux said, noting the fatal sniper attack that broke out during an otherwise peaceful protest against police bias in Dallas, Texas.
“The job is to protect us while we are out here trying to protest for our rights”.
“People need to know we were brutalized”. The 13-year-old was not identified.
A fourth, whose identity isn’t known, is believed to be still at large, along with the two missing handguns, police said.
All of the officials at the press conference said that they are supportive of peaceful protests.
By Sunday night, a few hundred people aimed for an on-ramp of Interstate 110 in Baton Rouge. A very peaceful protest and some insane mad man did what he did.
A police affidavit of probable cause says Mckesson “intentionally” placed himself in the road after protesters were repeatedly warned by loudspeaker to remain on private property or the curb.
Officials said police were able to get information about the plot from the first person arrested. “We had credible threats to the lives of law enforcement in this city”, Dabadie said. Six of the eight firearms have been recovered, Dabadie said.
Bachman told the Atlantic that Evans approached the line of police officers aware that she would be arrested. Within minutes, officers in riot gear began making dozens of arrests. “They were ignored”, said Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola. However, Obama said he was “encouraged that the U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation in Baton Rouge”.
Police have confiscated three rifles, three shotguns and two pistols during protests, Coppola said earlier in an email.
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Community leaders have tried to defuse tension and keep interactions between protesters and law enforcement calm.
