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07-06-2016, 10:54 AM
Protests erupt in Baton Rouge after graphic video of police shooting surfaces
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Protesters flooded the streets of Baton Rogue, Louisiana, Tuesday evening after disturbing footage emerged of local police appearing to shoot a man as he was held to the ground.
The man, Alton Sterling, 37, was shot outside a convenience store at around 12:35 a.m. Tuesday morning during an altercation with two ******rs, Baton Rogue Police*confirmed in a statement (http://brgov.com/dept/brpd/news/pdfs/07-05-16_******r_Involved_Shooting.pdf). He died at the scene and*police are investigating.
SEE ALSO: Hundreds support San Francisco hunger strikers protesting police violence (http://mashable.com/2016/05/04/hunger-strike-san-francisco/)
According to police, ******rs had responded to a*disturbance call from an unnamed person about*a black male who was selling music CD's and had threatened him with a gun.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/06/baton-rogue-police-shooting/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Protesters flooded the streets of Baton Rogue, Louisiana, Tuesday evening after disturbing footage emerged of local police appearing to shoot a man as he was held to the ground.
The man, Alton Sterling, 37, was shot outside a convenience store at around 12:35 a.m. Tuesday morning during an altercation with two ******rs, Baton Rogue Police*confirmed in a statement (http://brgov.com/dept/brpd/news/pdfs/07-05-16_******r_Involved_Shooting.pdf). He died at the scene and*police are investigating.
SEE ALSO: Hundreds support San Francisco hunger strikers protesting police violence (http://mashable.com/2016/05/04/hunger-strike-san-francisco/)
According to police, ******rs had responded to a*disturbance call from an unnamed person about*a black male who was selling music CD's and had threatened him with a gun.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/06/baton-rogue-police-shooting/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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