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Slain Baton Rouge Officer Called for End of Hatred Days Before Death
Hudson Hongo · 07/17/16 09:50PMBaton Rouge Shooter Identified as Former Marine Gavin Long
Hudson Hongo · 07/17/16 08:03PMThree Cops Dead, Three Wounded in Baton Rouge Shooting
Hannah Gold · 07/17/16 10:25AMACLU Sues Baton Rouge Police Over Response to Alton Sterling Protests
Hudson Hongo · 07/13/16 07:56PMOn Wednesday, the ACLU of Louisiana and four other groups filed a lawsuit against the City of Baton Rouge, its police department and several other area law enforcement agencies, accusing authorities of violating the constitutional rights of protesters demonstrating against the shooting of Alton Sterling. About 200 marchers have been arrested in Baton Rouge since Sterling was killed by police last week, NOLA.com reports.
Black Lives Matter Activist DeRay Mckesson Freed on Bond
Hudson Hongo · 07/10/16 06:16PMAfter DeRay Mckesson and more than 100 other protestors demonstrating against police shootings were arrested in Baton Rouge Saturday night, the Black Lives Matter organizer was released from custody on bond Sunday afternoon, The Washington Post reports. Mckesson says the charges against him have not been dropped.
DeRay Mckesson and Several Journalists Arrested at Black Lives Matter Protests
Hannah Gold · 07/10/16 09:50AMOn Saturday night, police arrested several activists and journalists at protests across the country over the highly publicized fatal police shootings of two black men this week. On Monday, a police officer shot and killed Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as he was being held down by two other officers, and on Wednesday a cop mortally shot Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota as Castile was reaching for his driver’s license during a routine traffic stop. Both murders were documented in videos that went viral.
Second Video of Alton Sterling's Shooting Death Seems to Contradict Police Claim That He Was Holding a Gun
Brendan O'Connor · 07/07/16 08:15AMAbdullah Muflahti, the owner of the convenience store outside of which his friend Alton Sterling was killed on Tuesday, has shared new footage of the shooting with The Daily Beast. The video—filmed at a different angle than the video that emerged earlier this week—appears to contradict the claim by authorities that Sterling was threatening police with a gun.
123 Days and a Wake Up
Brendan O'Connor · 07/07/16 06:20AMJustice Department Opens Civil Rights Investigation into Baton Rouge Police Shooting of Alton Sterling
Brendan O'Connor · 07/06/16 11:45AMThe Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, by Baton Rouge police on Tuesday, the New York Times reports. The incident was partially captured on video. “I have very serious concerns,” Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards said. “The video is disturbing, to say the least.”