Alton Sterling being pinned down then killed by police officers in Louisiana
The two police officers that killed
37-year-old African-American, Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, on July 5, 2016, have been identified as Blane
Salamoni and Howiw Leake II. Both men have been placed on
administrative leave during a pending investigation into
Sterling's suspicious death. Sterling was shot 5-times at
point blank range, while selling CDs in front of a food
store, with the permission of the owner.
The murder of Sterling provoked anger among
the public. The outrage was compounded when a second black
man was shot and killed by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota
(Philando Castile). Black, white and Hispanic people on
social networking are decrying and denouncing police
brutality in the wake of the two murders.
