The U.S. Department of Justice will lead a civil rights investigation into the death of a black man shot multiple times by police during a confrontation at a Louisiana convenience store.
Graphic cellphone video circulating online, filmed by a witness early Tuesday, appears to show 37-year-old Alton Sterling being tackled and shot as two cops pin him to the ground before he is killed.
His death has sparked protests against police brutality in Baton Rouge, and family members and the local NAACP branch called for an independent review outside of the city’s police department.
“I have full confidence that this matter will be investigated thoroughly, impartially and professionally,” Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said at a news conference Wednesday.
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We don't know if Sterling had a concealed carry license BUT NEITHER DID THE COPS before they killed him. #AltonSterling
— DAVID BANNER (@davidbanner) July 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/DonCheadle/status/750734991911378944
1) In the interest of time, would ye noble patriots please provide a list of infractions punishable by spontaneous public execution? Thanks!
— jesse Williams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 6, 2016
2) Upon receipt of this list, we'll return to our quarters and study up, eager to enjoy freedoms of white mass murders. #LIFEHACK
— jesse Williams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 6, 2016
3) You chumps will NEVER provide this list… We see through you.
— jesse Williams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 6, 2016
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Can we got a scholarship fund going 4 #AltonSterling's son/kids? Some of us feel helpless when these things happen, but that's a small step.
— Issa Rae (@IssaRae) July 6, 2016
#AltonSterling was next.
— Keri Hilson (@KeriHilson) July 6, 2016
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