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Cops shoot and kill black man Alton Sterling at point blank range in Baton Rouge
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https://mic.com/articles/147902/police-in-baton-rouge-have-only-killed-black-men-since-june-2015
Police in Baton Rouge Have Only Killed Black Men Since June 2015
All three people killed by the Baton Rouge Police Department since June 2015 have been black men, according to figures compiled by the Counted, a database from the Guardian that has tracked officer-involved killings in the United States over the past two years.
Alton Sterling, 37, became the latest victim Tuesday when two police officers wrestled him to the ground and shot him multiple times in the chest and back.
In a city where black people make up less than half of the population — 45%, according to U.S. Census data — black men's dramatic overrepresentation among those killed by police mirrors a pattern nationwide that has fueled the Black Lives Matter movement.
Black people across the U.S. face hugely disproportionate rates of police violence: According to the Guardian, black people were more than twice as likely to be killed by law enforcement than white people in 2015.
Black people make up 45% of Baton Rouge's population, but 100% of people killed by police since the start of 2015
The two black men killed in Baton Rouge before Sterling were Kevin Bajoie, 32, and Calvin Smith, 22. Bajoie died June 20, 2015 after four officers responded to reports of a fight near Southern University and found him lying on the floor of a nearby home. Bajoie, who was unarmed, allegedly got up and attacked the officers, who then used their stun guns on the 32-year-old.
He died at the hospital soon after. A coroner ruled Bajoie's death "accidental" and caused by drugs — methamphetamine, amphetamine and synthetic marijuana were found in his system — but according to the Guardian, another coroner's official said it was "possible the Taser contributed." Bajoie's family is now suing the Baton Rouge Police Department, saying the officers' use of their stun guns was responsible for his death.
Eight months later, Calvin Smith was shot and killed by police during a gunfight on Feb. 13. Smith reportedly opened fire on officers with an AR-15 rifle and injured one, prompting them to fire back. Smith's mother later told police that her son was mentally ill, suicidal and wanted police to kill him, according to the Advocate. Smith is one of 119 mentally ill people — 24% of the total killed — who have been shot and killed by police so far in 2016, the Washington Post reports.
"They were really aggressive with [Sterling] from the start." — Abdullah Muflahi
On Tuesday, Alton Sterling, a father of five, was selling CDs outside a convenience store when two officers tried to detain him. During a scuffle caught on cell phone video, the officers tackled Sterling to the ground and shot him multiple times while they had him pinned down. Sterling allegedly had a gun in his pocket, but Abdullah Muflahi, the convenience store's clerk and owner who witnessed the incident, claimed he was not reaching for it at the time.
"They were really aggressive with him from the start," Muflahi told the Advocate.
In Louisiana, it is legal for people to carry concealed firearms with a state-issued permit.
Sterling's death has sparked demonstrations in Baton Rouge and outrage on social media. His case is one of many that has generated such a response over the past two years, but little has indicated police are slowing down. The federal government only tracks officer-involved killings using data given to them on a voluntary basis by police departments, but according to the Guardian, 1,146 people were killed by police in the U.S. in 2015, and 558 people have been killed this year so far.
Meanwhile, Sterling is the 114th black person shot and killed by U.S. law enforcement in 2016. Along with Bajoie and Smith, he is one of the three people Baton Rouge police have killed since the start of 2015. All three are black men — suggesting that the Louisiana city is far from immune to the same patterns that define interactions between black communities and police across the country.
The Justice Department has since opened a civil rights investigation into Sterling's death.
The Baton Rouge Police Department did not immediately respond to Mic's request for comment.
Police in Baton Rouge Have Only Killed Black Men Since June 2015
All three people killed by the Baton Rouge Police Department since June 2015 have been black men, according to figures compiled by the Counted, a database from the Guardian that has tracked officer-involved killings in the United States over the past two years.
Alton Sterling, 37, became the latest victim Tuesday when two police officers wrestled him to the ground and shot him multiple times in the chest and back.
In a city where black people make up less than half of the population — 45%, according to U.S. Census data — black men's dramatic overrepresentation among those killed by police mirrors a pattern nationwide that has fueled the Black Lives Matter movement.
Black people across the U.S. face hugely disproportionate rates of police violence: According to the Guardian, black people were more than twice as likely to be killed by law enforcement than white people in 2015.
Black people make up 45% of Baton Rouge's population, but 100% of people killed by police since the start of 2015
The two black men killed in Baton Rouge before Sterling were Kevin Bajoie, 32, and Calvin Smith, 22. Bajoie died June 20, 2015 after four officers responded to reports of a fight near Southern University and found him lying on the floor of a nearby home. Bajoie, who was unarmed, allegedly got up and attacked the officers, who then used their stun guns on the 32-year-old.
He died at the hospital soon after. A coroner ruled Bajoie's death "accidental" and caused by drugs — methamphetamine, amphetamine and synthetic marijuana were found in his system — but according to the Guardian, another coroner's official said it was "possible the Taser contributed." Bajoie's family is now suing the Baton Rouge Police Department, saying the officers' use of their stun guns was responsible for his death.
Eight months later, Calvin Smith was shot and killed by police during a gunfight on Feb. 13. Smith reportedly opened fire on officers with an AR-15 rifle and injured one, prompting them to fire back. Smith's mother later told police that her son was mentally ill, suicidal and wanted police to kill him, according to the Advocate. Smith is one of 119 mentally ill people — 24% of the total killed — who have been shot and killed by police so far in 2016, the Washington Post reports.
"They were really aggressive with [Sterling] from the start." — Abdullah Muflahi
On Tuesday, Alton Sterling, a father of five, was selling CDs outside a convenience store when two officers tried to detain him. During a scuffle caught on cell phone video, the officers tackled Sterling to the ground and shot him multiple times while they had him pinned down. Sterling allegedly had a gun in his pocket, but Abdullah Muflahi, the convenience store's clerk and owner who witnessed the incident, claimed he was not reaching for it at the time.
"They were really aggressive with him from the start," Muflahi told the Advocate.
In Louisiana, it is legal for people to carry concealed firearms with a state-issued permit.
Sterling's death has sparked demonstrations in Baton Rouge and outrage on social media. His case is one of many that has generated such a response over the past two years, but little has indicated police are slowing down. The federal government only tracks officer-involved killings using data given to them on a voluntary basis by police departments, but according to the Guardian, 1,146 people were killed by police in the U.S. in 2015, and 558 people have been killed this year so far.
Meanwhile, Sterling is the 114th black person shot and killed by U.S. law enforcement in 2016. Along with Bajoie and Smith, he is one of the three people Baton Rouge police have killed since the start of 2015. All three are black men — suggesting that the Louisiana city is far from immune to the same patterns that define interactions between black communities and police across the country.
The Justice Department has since opened a civil rights investigation into Sterling's death.
The Baton Rouge Police Department did not immediately respond to Mic's request for comment.
That was straight up murder. While shit like this is going on Bush, Clinton, etc. and others in this world take over are getting stronger and stronger. They have secret plans and secret living. People should watch "TOP SECRET AMERICA". We are getting weaker while they are getting stronger and well organized. Some of us will have what South Africa (decide if you want to die on your knees begging for mercy or on your feet fighting back". Fighting back you got a chance of being free and not losing your manhood and life.
This shit got me heated. These coward ass hoe made punk ass pigs. It's gonna have to take a boycott and a national pig slaughter. They are getting more bold with it each time because they have no fear of repercussion hiding behind a badge.
Someone please ban this stupid cunt.
Shit just breaks my heart.
UNBELIEVABLE...
This is a cold hard reality but it needs to be seen. It'll have to take for some rich whitey's kid to get smoked before they try to stop this shit. I don't understand how they can keep saying its the training or he feared for his life or he didn't listen to instructions or he had a record. So what. Matter fact, Im straying off the main problem - it aint the media or black folks.
WHITE MAN'S INHERIT FEAR OF THE BLACK MAN.
That is it. I didn't like cops as a kid but I knew a few and even through dealings with the dirty ones, it has never been this bad. Not even in my old hood. Its the fear that runs them. I have NEVER seen so many scared ass, pussy ass cops in my life. If you too afraid to do the gig then you aint real police and don't deserve to carry that badge. If you too afraid to control your emotions you don't deserve to call yourself a man.
This is the message they need to hear... clearly, they don't care about respecting life.
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RIP to Alton Sterling..this is truly sad what had happen to him!!..these police are getting out of hand and this BS need to stop!!..another man died over police butally!!...
3 black men shot dead in 3 days...
3 black men shot dead in 3 days...
Man, I don't know what to say anymore. A cac betta not even look at me wrong today.
I avoided this thread because I couldn't bother getting riled up just to be let down again, but mannnnnn oh mannnnn
And HIS BACK too Bruh. Why would he have to be shot IN THE BACK WHEN HE IS ON THE GROUND AFTER HE HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE CHEST OR AT ALL?
c/s
I'm already in a bad mood,after what happened to Alton Sterling,but I wake up and see one happened on the Fourth of July in New Jersey and one yesterday...These cops treat animals better than they treat us.
c/s
I'm already in a bad mood,after what happened to Alton Sterling,but I wake up and see one happened on the Fourth of July in New Jersey and one yesterday...These cops treat animals better than they treat us.
You aint never lied fam. This cac got locked up for killing dogs. He probably would have been better off if he had killed a black person.
New FEDERAL Law
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=96229
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/che...nant-charged-in-death-of-police-k-9/357197159
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/dead-dog-found-home-georgia-officer-article-1.2700486
And all of them are going to get away with it. All of them. But the nfl preseason is almost here.3 black men shot dead in 3 days...
Justice served and mindless games to entertain you as you're being hunted down. Maybe it gets better in 2017.
Shot over a tail light. This country is pretty consistent.I wake up to another black man killed
With his daughter in the car over a broken tail light
Every home should have a picture of Emitt till in it. I know mines does. It lets everyone in the home know you will murdered, and no justice will be given to your family.
The guy got a few shots in him and you let someone distract you that easily?
Crimes against children are not a distraction. If the brother had been convicted of kidnapping little kids and raping them I'm gonna feel some way about that, I can't help it. Just being honest.
So a guy rapes a kid, does his time, gets out, and gets shot by a police officer. You're more worried about the rape?
Bruh, not right now.
You know good and damn WELL why..and untill we give them the same reason to be scared of US this sort of thing will continue
People forget that cacs are easily intimidated. The Bundy boys are the recent example. They get dressed up, they start their bullshit, but the minute the game gets good, they quit.
I know we are only 10% of the population. I know we are not properly prepared, but hopefully this is the opportunity we start planning our defense as a group.
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