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Cops shoot and kill black man Alton Sterling at point blank range in Baton Rouge

phanatic said:
What is considered a bust? They set up and killed Zack Hammond during a bust...for a quarter ounce. That's not a bust, that's basic holding for an everyday weed smoker.
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Fuck them and that crooked ass drug war. They just using a tremendous amount of propaganda -- and it's working. Police haven't released the dash cam or body cam footage, nor have they said shit about the 'weapon' he supposedly had.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...terling-s-autopsy-report-coroner-says-n621876

Judge Has Sealed Alton Sterling's Autopsy Report, Coroner Says

BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge has ordered officials not to publicly release an autopsy report on the death of Alton Sterling, the 37-year-old black man shot and killed during a struggle with two white police officers last month, a Louisiana coroner said Tuesday.

East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Beau Clark told The Associated Press during a telephone interview that he also is prohibited from releasing a copy of the judge's order sealing his office's autopsy report. Clark said he signed the report on Monday.

Cellphone video of the deadly encounter circulated within hours of Sterling's shooting, which along with the shooting of a black man in Minnesota triggered nationwide protests.

Clark said this was the first time since he became the parish's coroner in 2012 that a court order has sealed one of his office's autopsy reports. He said he customarily consults law enforcement authorities before publicly releasing any autopsy reports for deaths under criminal investigation.

Clark announced last month that the autopsy showed Sterling died of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and back, but he hasn't disclosed any other details of his office's findings.

The Justice Department is investigating Sterling's fatal shooting outside a Baton Rouge convenience store just after midnight on July 5.

Related: D.A. Recuses Himself in Alton Sterling Investigation

A spokeswoman for Baton Rouge-based U.S. Attorney Walter Green's office said the agency couldn't comment on the judge's order due to the ongoing civil rights investigation. A Washington-based spokesman for the Justice Department's civil rights division wouldn't comment or say whether the judge sealed the report at the department's request.

Samuel Bagenstos, a University of Michigan law professor who served as the Justice Department's principal deputy assistant attorney general for civil rights from 2009 to 2011, said autopsy reports are commonly released during the course of criminal investigations. Without knowing more about the circumstances of the case, he said he could only speculate on a possible reason for sealing Sterling's autopsy report.

"It may just be a matter of privacy," Bagenstos said.

Cellphone video of the deadly encounter circulated within hours of Sterling's shooting, triggering protests in Baton Rouge and beyond.

Related: At Alton Sterling's Funeral, Mourning and a Call for Justice

The two Baton Rouge police officers who scuffled with Sterling were responding to a caller's complaint that Sterling had threatened the caller with a gun outside the store, where Sterling was selling homemade music CDs, police said.

A police report says Sterling was jolted with a stun gun after he didn't comply with the officers' commands to place his hands on the hood of a car. The report, signed by a Baton Rouge police detective, also says the officers saw the butt of a gun in one of Sterling's pants pockets and saw him try to reach for the gun before he was shot.

The officers, Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II, have been placed on administrative leave — a standard department procedure.

Police Chief Carl Dabadie Jr. said Sterling was armed but didn't specify the type of weapon. The convenience store's owner, Abdullah Muflahi, has said Sterling wasn't holding a gun during the shooting but that he saw officers remove one from his pocket afterward.

Police said they have dash-cam video, bodycam video and store surveillance footage of the shooting, but none of it has been released.
 
Someone will have to petition the courts to get those videos released under the F.I.A.(freedom of information act)

Political pressure by "we the people" need to target police union contracts and especially the elected politicians who green light the status quo.
 
THE DRIZZY said:
Someone will have to petition the courts to get those videos released under the F.I.A.(freedom of information act)

Political pressure by "we the people" need to target police union contracts and especially the elected politicians who green light the status quo.
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It's just amazing how long it takes to investigate pigs, but regular citizens are arrested, forced to make bail, and then they quickly decide whether or not to indict. They sure take their sweet time with pigs. :smh:
 
gene cisco said:
It's just amazing how long it takes to investigate pigs, but regular citizens are arrested, forced to make bail, and then they quickly decide whether or not to indict. They sure take their sweet time with pigs. :smh:
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At least Chicago and Cleveland voters took a step in the right direction and put their States Attorney's on the unemployment line.
 
http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/...says-shooting-probe-taking-too-long/88311588/

WASHINGTON -- Alton Sterling's aunt voiced impatience Thursday with what she says is the slow pace of the federal investigation into Sterling's fatal shooting a month ago during an encounter with two Baton Rouge police officers.

“Let’s get it over (with) so we can all heal,’’ Sandra Sterling, who raised Alton starting when he was 11, said in an interview. “Justice is having those police officers held accountable for what they did."

She and Baton Rouge community activist Arthur Reed were in the Washington area after participating in a town hall Wednesday at Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington, Md. Reed also was a panelist Thursday at a joint conference in Washington of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

Sterling said she's worried there will be new outbreaks of violence in Baton Rouge if no one is held accountable. The shooting sparked occasionally violent protests in the city, and on July 17, Gavin Long, 29, shot and killed three Baton Rouge police officers before another officer killed him.

“Nobody is talking about the aftermath,’’ Sterling said. “You know how small Baton Rouge is? If they tear Baton Rouge up, we’re not going to have anything.’’

Sterling said the community is peaceful, but impatient.

“It been a month,’’ she said. “It’s too long.’’

The Justice Department declined comment, citing the ongoing status of the probe.

Following Thursday's panel, Reed said African-Americans "have to exercise our rights."

“We have the same rights that apply to everybody else," he said. "I think that’s the issue right now. We’re being served a different type of justice.’’

Sterling said she raised Alton Sterling after the death of his mother, Tanya. On Friday, she plans to visit the site outside the Baton Rouge convenience store where he was killed.

Sterling said she’s disappointed Attorney General Loretta Lynch hasn’t met with her and other family members. Lynch visited Baton Rouge last month after the shooting deaths of the three Baton Rouge officers.

Last month, Reps. Garret Graves, R-La., and Cedric Richmond, D-La., introduced bipartisan legislation that would provide law enforcement officials with additional non-lethal tools. Richmond and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus also have called for a congressional hearing to examine fatal shootings of African-Americans by police officers.

The push followed Sterling’s death and the fatal shooting of Philando Castile, 32, by police during a traffic stop in Minnesota.
 
Bastards
gene cisco said:
http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/...says-shooting-probe-taking-too-long/88311588/

WASHINGTON -- Alton Sterling's aunt voiced impatience Thursday with what she says is the slow pace of the federal investigation into Sterling's fatal shooting a month ago during an encounter with two Baton Rouge police officers.

“Let’s get it over (with) so we can all heal,’’ Sandra Sterling, who raised Alton starting when he was 11, said in an interview. “Justice is having those police officers held accountable for what they did."

She and Baton Rouge community activist Arthur Reed were in the Washington area after participating in a town hall Wednesday at Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington, Md. Reed also was a panelist Thursday at a joint conference in Washington of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

Sterling said she's worried there will be new outbreaks of violence in Baton Rouge if no one is held accountable. The shooting sparked occasionally violent protests in the city, and on July 17, Gavin Long, 29, shot and killed three Baton Rouge police officers before another officer killed him.

“Nobody is talking about the aftermath,’’ Sterling said. “You know how small Baton Rouge is? If they tear Baton Rouge up, we’re not going to have anything.’’

Sterling said the community is peaceful, but impatient.

“It been a month,’’ she said. “It’s too long.’’

The Justice Department declined comment, citing the ongoing status of the probe.

Following Thursday's panel, Reed said African-Americans "have to exercise our rights."

“We have the same rights that apply to everybody else," he said. "I think that’s the issue right now. We’re being served a different type of justice.’’

Sterling said she raised Alton Sterling after the death of his mother, Tanya. On Friday, she plans to visit the site outside the Baton Rouge convenience store where he was killed.

Sterling said she’s disappointed Attorney General Loretta Lynch hasn’t met with her and other family members. Lynch visited Baton Rouge last month after the shooting deaths of the three Baton Rouge officers.

Last month, Reps. Garret Graves, R-La., and Cedric Richmond, D-La., introduced bipartisan legislation that would provide law enforcement officials with additional non-lethal tools. Richmond and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus also have called for a congressional hearing to examine fatal shootings of African-Americans by police officers.

The push followed Sterling’s death and the fatal shooting of Philando Castile, 32, by police during a traffic stop in Minnesota.
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They're trying to fabricate a story and are skates given all the time in the damn world to do so
 
Protesters Demand Arrest of Police Who Killed Alton Sterling
http://newamericamedia.org/2016/08/protesters-demand-arrest-of-police-who-killed-alton-sterling.php

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — Whether it has been a gathering of 300 in front of the Triple S convenience store, small groups of 50 meeting at area churches, nearly 400 at city hall, dozens painting signs at Louisiana State University, or a thousand marching through downtown, Baton Rouge residents and visitors are protesting the death of 37-year-old Alton Sterling, who was shot by city police officers on July 5.

The shooting immediately drew public attention and protesters began taking their cries for justice to the streets, starting on North Foster. Demonstrations for Alton Sterling followed in major cities across the nation.

Protests have been largely peaceful, however local, city, and state officers’ use of force when arresting protesters have resulted in injuries. Reports have serviced of police attacking, beating, and illegally arresting protesters.

This treatment has been publicized in national media. Following closed meetings between Black elected officials and the U.S. Department of Justice, East Baton Rouge metro councilman Lamont Cole said the group has “some serious concerns” about how protesters have been handled by police.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana agrees. On July 13, the group filed a lawsuit against the Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD), the Louisiana Department of Public Safety, EBRP Sheriff’s Department, and state police for using excessive force and “violating the First Amendment rights of demonstrators who were protesting peacefully against the killing of Alton Sterling.” The ACLU has requested a restraining order that would put restrictions on how protesters can be scattered and detained during future demonstrations. Under the order, officers would not be able to use chemical agents—such as tear gas— without clear warning and authorization from the governor. Officers that worked protests would also be required to clearly display their names, agency and identifying number.

“These protests are and will continue to be one of the strategies our citizens use to bring attention to the issue of police brutality and demand justice in the death of Alton Sterling,” said Michael McClanahan, president of the NAACP Baton Rouge Chapter.

On July 5, BRPD officers Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II were responding to a 911 call about a “man with a gun” at the Triple S on North Foster Drive at Fairfields Avenue. There they met Sterling who was selling CDs outside the store with the owner’s permission. Two videos of the shooting surfaced online via Facebook within hours, raising doubts about whether the police officers were justified in the shooting. Defenders of the police say other video exists that will exonerate the officers.

At the request of Gov. John Bel Edwards, the U.S. Department of Justice took over the investigation and the officers were placed on paid, administrative leave. District Attorney Hillar Moore III recused himself due to personal ties to Salamoni’s parents, who are also police officers. The State’s Attorney General will be in charge of prosecuting any state charges.

Groups from across the nation have traveled to Baton Rouge to join protesters, train observers, and organize activists for the long-term work of demanding justice. Organizers of rallies have said the work for justice will continue. Across nearly every part of the city, citizens — Black and white, elected officials, and police — are working to find solutions in closed meetings, criminal hearings, at policy meetings, during city council and legislative sessions, at mass, on the stage of poetry slams, and in safety briefings.

“But the work began in the streets,” McClanahan said.
 
gene cisco said:
Protesters Demand Arrest of Police Who Killed Alton Sterling
http://newamericamedia.org/2016/08/protesters-demand-arrest-of-police-who-killed-alton-sterling.php

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — Whether it has been a gathering of 300 in front of the Triple S convenience store, small groups of 50 meeting at area churches, nearly 400 at city hall, dozens painting signs at Louisiana State University, or a thousand marching through downtown, Baton Rouge residents and visitors are protesting the death of 37-year-old Alton Sterling, who was shot by city police officers on July 5.

The shooting immediately drew public attention and protesters began taking their cries for justice to the streets, starting on North Foster. Demonstrations for Alton Sterling followed in major cities across the nation.

Protests have been largely peaceful, however local, city, and state officers’ use of force when arresting protesters have resulted in injuries. Reports have serviced of police attacking, beating, and illegally arresting protesters.

This treatment has been publicized in national media. Following closed meetings between Black elected officials and the U.S. Department of Justice, East Baton Rouge metro councilman Lamont Cole said the group has “some serious concerns” about how protesters have been handled by police.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana agrees. On July 13, the group filed a lawsuit against the Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD), the Louisiana Department of Public Safety, EBRP Sheriff’s Department, and state police for using excessive force and “violating the First Amendment rights of demonstrators who were protesting peacefully against the killing of Alton Sterling.” The ACLU has requested a restraining order that would put restrictions on how protesters can be scattered and detained during future demonstrations. Under the order, officers would not be able to use chemical agents—such as tear gas— without clear warning and authorization from the governor. Officers that worked protests would also be required to clearly display their names, agency and identifying number.

“These protests are and will continue to be one of the strategies our citizens use to bring attention to the issue of police brutality and demand justice in the death of Alton Sterling,” said Michael McClanahan, president of the NAACP Baton Rouge Chapter.

On July 5, BRPD officers Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II were responding to a 911 call about a “man with a gun” at the Triple S on North Foster Drive at Fairfields Avenue. There they met Sterling who was selling CDs outside the store with the owner’s permission. Two videos of the shooting surfaced online via Facebook within hours, raising doubts about whether the police officers were justified in the shooting. Defenders of the police say other video exists that will exonerate the officers.

At the request of Gov. John Bel Edwards, the U.S. Department of Justice took over the investigation and the officers were placed on paid, administrative leave. District Attorney Hillar Moore III recused himself due to personal ties to Salamoni’s parents, who are also police officers. The State’s Attorney General will be in charge of prosecuting any state charges.

Groups from across the nation have traveled to Baton Rouge to join protesters, train observers, and organize activists for the long-term work of demanding justice. Organizers of rallies have said the work for justice will continue. Across nearly every part of the city, citizens — Black and white, elected officials, and police — are working to find solutions in closed meetings, criminal hearings, at policy meetings, during city council and legislative sessions, at mass, on the stage of poetry slams, and in safety briefings.

“But the work began in the streets,” McClanahan said.
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Good shit staying on top of this Gene. Thank you.
 
http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/08/12/alton-sterlings-autopsy-results-to-remain-sealed.htm
Alton Sterling's Autopsy Results to Remain Sealed

NEW ORELANS (CN) — The results on an autopsy performed on a Baton Rouge, Louisiana man following his shooting death at the hands of police will remain sealed, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
However, the judge unseal the motion that led to the decision, explaining he was doing so because the "coroner is being threatened with litigation by those who do not believe his stated reasons for withholding the report," Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson's order said.

Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, was fatally shot by police early in the morning of July 5 outside of a convenience store in Baton Rouge.

His death was captured on video and posted online, causing a rash of public outrage and it set off protests against police brutality locally and across the country.

Preliminary results from Sterling's autopsy were released immediately after his body was examined. The results found Sterling died of multiple gunshot wounds to his chest and back. But the federal government moved to have the final results, a report that generally comes later than the preliminary report, sealed.

"The United States previously filed a sealed motion seeking to have the Court issue a sealed order temporarily enjoining the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office ("the Coroner") from releasing the autopsy report of Alton Sterling in order to protect the integrity of the United States' ongoing criminal investigation," Judge Jackson wrote in his one-page order Thursday. (Parentheses in original.)

"The Court granted the United States' motion, and the Coroner now stands prohibited from not only releasing a copy of the autopsy report, but also from releasing a copy of the order enjoining the autopsy report's release," the order goes on, and continues: "Unfortunately, the Coroner is being threatened with litigation by those who do not believe his stated reasons for withholding the report. The United States therefore moves to have the Court unseal its previous order."

The coroner, Dr. William "Beau" Clark, said during a phone interview with Courthouse News Friday that "there have been threats of litigation surrounding" all of the recent shooting events in Baton Rouge — "Alton Sterling, Gavin Long [a 29-year-old from Kansas City who traveled to Baton Rouge after Sterling's death and fatally shot three Baton Rouge-area police officers], all of it," Clark said.

While the order was still sealed, Clarks said, legally he wasn't even supposed to mention there was an order at all, which complicated things when someone called asking for the report.

"This is not the norm in the world of coroners at all," Clark said. "The autopsy is usually public record."
Clark said that in the five years he has been coroner, he hasn't once been ordered to keep an autopsy private.

Before the autopsy was sealed, Clark did release a preliminary findings report on Alton Sterling, as is ordinary protocol he said. The preliminary report said "Multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and back." The final report that he is prevented now from disclosing publicly would include the toxicology and radiology findings as well.

Edmond Jordan, an attorney who represents Alton Sterling's family, said Thursday that in his opinion the autopsy should remain sealed.
"When something is part of a criminal investigation, it doesn't fall under the public records law exception," Jordan said.
"If they want to try this case in the media — I don't think that's appropriate — but if we're going to do that," Jordan said, "then let's either seal all records, or make all of them available."

The records Jordan meant would include not just the autopsy but the original 911 call to police (which still has not been released), the video surveillance video from the Triple S Food Mart where Sterling was killed (still not yet released), and all other videos or reports related to Sterling's death.

Jordan said that once the FBI has completed its investigation into Sterling's death and the U.S. government has decided whether or not to bring federal charges, the state still may decide to bring charges against the police officer who shot Sterling, and if it did, records related to Sterling's death may remain sealed a long time yet.

The office of U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana J. Walter Green did not immediately reply to a voicemail Friday requesting comment.A clerk in Judge Jackson's court told Courthouse News Friday that the judge wasn't going to make any additional statements other than what is stated in the order.
 
gene cisco said:
Jordan said that once the FBI has completed its investigation into Sterling's death and the U.S. government has decided whether or not to bring federal charges, the state still may decide to bring charges against the police officer who shot Sterling, and if it did, records related to Sterling's death may remain sealed a long time yet.
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You'd think Sterling was a CIA double agent with the way they are keeping this secret.
 
This flooding will guarantee that we will not see any evidence such as store video, bodycams, or weapons. This case is closed.
 
http://www.wctv.tv/content/news/Ome...meet-the-son-of-Alton-Sterling-390118422.html


Omega Lamplighters travel to meet the son of Alton Sterling

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) -- "I want my daddy!"

It was a cry seen around the world. The son of Alton Sterling broke down on live television during one of the many press conferences surrounding his father's death.

The 37-year-old Sterling was shot outside the Triple S Food Mart where he normally sold CDs and DVDs. Police were called to the scene after someone reported that he'd flashed a gun.

Once police arrived, the situation progressed and Sterling was shot several times while being confined to the ground.

Sterling's death sparked outrage across the country. Protesters in cities like Dallas and Philadelphia rallied against police brutality. But it was the video of Sterling's son, Cameron, that hit home.

Especially for Royle King and some of the members of the Omega Lamplighters.

King is the Executive Director of the Lamplighters and is very passionate when it comes to civil rights and African-American history. He decided to take the young men on the trip as a way to open them up to world experiences.

"As the saying goes, if you don't know where you come from, how can you know where you're going," said King. "So it's important for them one, to experience things and two, to be able to visit these sights."

Shawn Holloway and Torris Bethea, both members of the Omega Lamplighters, say the trip was more about sharing love and positivity.

"The trip was more so about comforting Cameron," said Holloway. "I felt honored to be able to help Cameron Sterling in any way possible."

And help they did. Not only did the Lamplighters provide Sterling with several goodies from their organization, they were also able to give him gifts from several others in the Tallahassee community.

Mayor Gillum pinned a letter to Sterling, offering him words of wisdom and encouragement. FSU's football team sent an autographed football while FAMU's football team sent an autographed jersey.

FAMU president, Dr. Elmira Mangum also sent a letter to Sterling along with several items.

The Omega Lamplighters even made Sterling an honorary member and have vowed to keep in touch with him until he graduates from high school.
 
ODUB said:
We need to make it become another trending topic on Twitter or push out memes that beg the questions we've been asking...
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It won't happen like that. The masses have attention spans that are too short. We have to keep up with it behind the scenes and then flood when something happens that can trend.

I find this case especially troubling since it's rather simple to say if there was a gun or not. I remember the 144 shot case in Cleveland. It took a long time for them to even do something and the pigs ended up getting off.
 
gene cisco said:
It won't happen like that. The masses have attention spans that are too short. We have to keep up with it behind the scenes and then flood when something happens that can trend.

I find this case especially troubling since it's rather simple to say if there was a gun or not. I remember the 144 shot case in Cleveland. It took a long time for them to even do something and the pigs ended up getting off.
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That case went quiet quick :smh:
 
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/23/politics/obama-louisiana-tour-slain-officers-families/

Denham Springs, Louisiana (CNN)President Barack Obama -- while on a trip to survey flood damage in Louisiana's capital region on Tuesday -- met with relatives of men killed and injured in two high-profile Baton Rogue shootings involving police officers, the White House said.

Obama spent time with the family of Alton Sterling -- a black man fatally shot by a police officer in the city on July 5 -- and the families of three law officers who were killed and three officers who were injured in an ambush there 12 days later.
The meetings were not open to the media and no information was released.
Obama was in Baton Rouge to tour the flood-ravaged area. Thirteen people died and more than 60,000 homes have been damaged in flooding that started nearly two weeks ago.

But the trip also gives him a chance to touch on shootings that roiled the nation last month.
On July 5, police say, a police officer shot and killed Sterling, an African-American resident of Baton Rouge, outside a convenience store in the city. Two police officers had confronted Sterling after someone called 911 to say that Sterling, who was selling CDs outside the store, had brandished a gun, police said.

Police said one officer shot Sterling after Sterling allegedly tried to reach a gun from his pocket. The shooting is under investigation.

Sterling's death -- and a July 6 fatal shooting of a black man by police in Minnesota -- spurred protests across the country. During one such protest on the night of July 7, a gunman shot and killed five police officers in Dallas, saying he was upset with the other shootings, police said.

On July 17, violence returned to Baton Rogue, where police say Missouri resident Gavin Long shot six law officers. Three -- Baton Rouge police Officers Montrell Jackson and Matthew Gerald and East Baton Rouge sheriff's Deputy Brad Garafola -- were killed.
A SWAT officer subsequently shot and killed Long, police say.

Long apparently visited Dallas after the shootings there, posting a YouTube video July 10 in which he spoke of the protests, and a notion that victims of bullying need to resort to brute force.

One of the officers injured in the Baton Rouge attack, East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's Deputy Nick Tullier, was on life support into August. Earlier this month, Tullier's father, James Tullier, posted to Facebook a touching story about the deputy having helped a stranded motorist and her children the day before he was shot.
 
It's been over two months since the feds first took over the investigation. Local folks are waiting until the feds finish their investigation. I still don't understand how in the fuck it takes two months to investigate this situation.

Here's what they said early on about not dragging their feet. We might be in October before they release a backpage announcement saying 'no charges.' :smh:

http://www.wafb.com/story/32398305/with-feds-in-charge-of-alton-sterling-case-what-happens-next

NEW ORLEANS, LA (WAFB) -

Federal investigators are tasked with determining whether the Baton Rouge Police Officers involved in the shooting death of Alton Sterling violated his civil rights.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Wednesday that the Civil Rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice will be taking over the investigation into Sterling case.

Jim Bernazzani, the former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New Orleans division, said federal agents are likely already hard at work conducting interviews and digging through evidence tied to the case. That includes videos like the ones already circulating online.

"We cannot drag our feet on these types of allegations," Bernazzani said. "The FBI will work independently to surface the facts that will arrive at a conclusion, not the other way around."

Bernazzani said that evidence will then be sent to Washington, DC, where they will consider whether or not to pursue charges against the two officers.

"From there, those individuals make the decision. It's not the local call at the local FBI office," Bernazzani said.

"The prosecutors will be looking at the facts of the case to make a determination as to whether or not the police officers violated Mr. Sterling's civil rights. And of course the primary civil right here is his right to live without being shot," said Michael Magner, a former federal prosecutor who has worked on cases involving alleged police misconduct.

Magner was one of the prosecutors in the case of Henry Glover, who died in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. A New Orleans officer was found to have shot Glover, and other New Orleans Police Department officers were investigated for covering up Glover's death by burning his body in his car.

Magner said the feds could consider charging the two Baton Rouge officers with criminal civil rights violations, which can carry up to a life sentence.

However, he said, pursuing those sorts of federal-level charges can be very difficult, especially because prosecutors have to show that the officers intentionally tried to deprive Sterling of civil rights.

"You'll have to prove to 12 jurors that these police officers acted unreasonably, that they shot Mr. Sterling without justification, and they'll have to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt," Magner said. "That's a tough standard, when ordinary citizens are evaluating these police officer's conduct in a split second situation."

If the feds do not pursue a case against the officers, local and state prosecutors still can. They can consider charges like battery, assault, and murder if they deem they are warranted.

East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore said Thursday he will not make a move on the case until the feds wrap up their investigation.
 
gene cisco said:
If the feds do not pursue a case against the officers, local and state prosecutors still can. They can consider charges like battery, assault, and murder if they deem they are warranted
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You know that ain't happening. The feds let them off the hook, the local prosecutors are going to play candy crush for twenty minutes then announce the results of their investigation.
 

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