Protests
erupt in
Baton Rouge after graphic video of
police shooting surfaces
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. He died at the scene and*police are investigating.
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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.*
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