Baton Rouge Police Shooting

• Police officers won’t be charged in Alton Sterling shooting

  The Justice Department won't charge two white police officers in the death of Alton Sterling whose fatal shooting was captured on cellphone video, fueling wide-spread protests.

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  May 2, 2017
  
• Coroner: Judge has sealed Alton Sterling’s autopsy report

  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.

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  Aug 2, 2016
  
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• Shooting deaths of police officers in U.S. spike in 2016: report

  Shooting deaths of law enforcement officers spiked 78 per cent in the first half of 2016 compared to last year.

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  Jul 27, 2016
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• UPDATE: ‘Dancing cop’ comes under fire from Black Lives Matter chapter

  The Washington, D.C., branch of Black Lives Matter has attacked the “dancing cop” who went viral for dancing with the crowd at a Black Lives Matter rally in Kansas.

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  Jul 26, 2016
• Funerals set for 3 officers killed in Baton Rouge shooting

  Funeral arrangements are set for three Baton Rouge police officers shot to death in an ambush by a lone gunman.

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  Jul 21, 2016
• ‘It was all rants and raves’: Baton Rouge gunman’s manifesto described

  The man who ambushed and killed three law enforcement officers in Louisiana purportedly described his actions as a "necessary evil" in a self-described, handwritten manifesto

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  Jul 20, 2016
• ‘Sheer brutality’: Police detail Baton Rouge shooting scene

  The horrific scene unfolded in a matter of minutes, a black-clad man with military training stalking law enforcement officers and ignoring horrified onlookers as he shot anyone he could find wearing a badge.

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  Jul 18, 2016
• A glance at police ambush killings in US and its territories since 1932

  Authorities said Monday that police officers were clearly targeted and ambushed in this weekend's shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which killed three officers and wounded three others.

  Jul 18, 2016
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• Baton Rouge shooting: slain officers all hail from same community

  The officers who died Sunday all lived just outside Denham Springs, a quiet bedroom community across the Amite River from Baton Rouge, which has been in turmoil for two weeks.

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  Jul 18, 2016
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• What are ‘sovereign citizens’? Baton Rouge shooter joined anti-government group, changed name

  The Baton Rouge shooter identified with an anti-government “sovereign citizen” movement who believed they're immune from federal and state laws, including paying taxes or getting a driver's license.

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  Jul 18, 2016