07-06-2016, 02:09 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/06/us/baton-rouge-shooting-alton-sterling/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAik-EvI3o
Alton Sterling, a 37 year old man who sold CDs outside of a convenience store (with the permission of the owner of the store), was shot point blank in the chest by cops while being arrested earlier this week.
Cops had received a call that Sterling pointed a gun at someone earlier. Details are muddled after that.
A video shows cops yelling at him "get on the ground" as he asks what he did. One cop then tackles him into the hood of a car and gets on top of him while the other cop tries to presumably help him cuff Sterling. One cop then says "he has a gun" before another cop tells him not to move and shoots him in the chest. They then shot him a few more times. After he was dead, the cops retrieved his gun from his pocket.
According to the store owner, there was no incident as described in the tip to police. He said Sterling never caused issues and was friendly. He says he witnessed the cops slamming him into the hood and then getting on top of him. He then says they used a stun gun on him and shot him after telling him not to move.
Obviously this situation is getting even more attention as Sterling was black and the cops were white. We don't know what transpired prior to the witness video. Was he told why he was being arrested? Did he resist prior to that? Did they just approach him and order him to the ground?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAik-EvI3o
Alton Sterling, a 37 year old man who sold CDs outside of a convenience store (with the permission of the owner of the store), was shot point blank in the chest by cops while being arrested earlier this week.
Cops had received a call that Sterling pointed a gun at someone earlier. Details are muddled after that.
A video shows cops yelling at him "get on the ground" as he asks what he did. One cop then tackles him into the hood of a car and gets on top of him while the other cop tries to presumably help him cuff Sterling. One cop then says "he has a gun" before another cop tells him not to move and shoots him in the chest. They then shot him a few more times. After he was dead, the cops retrieved his gun from his pocket.
According to the store owner, there was no incident as described in the tip to police. He said Sterling never caused issues and was friendly. He says he witnessed the cops slamming him into the hood and then getting on top of him. He then says they used a stun gun on him and shot him after telling him not to move.
Obviously this situation is getting even more attention as Sterling was black and the cops were white. We don't know what transpired prior to the witness video. Was he told why he was being arrested? Did he resist prior to that? Did they just approach him and order him to the ground?
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