Louisiana will not bring criminal charges against two white police officers involved in the shooting death of Alton Sterling, a black man, which sparked widespread protests two years ago, the attorney general’s office said Tuesday.
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A federal judge dismissed a second lawsuit accusing Black Lives Matter and several of the movement’s leaders of inciting violence that culminated in a gunman’s deadly attack on Louisiana police officers last year.
Read moreA federal judge approved a class-action settlement Friday that awards up to $1,000 in cash to each of nearly 70 protesters who claim police violated their civil rights and used excessive force in arresting them after the July 2016 shooting death of Alton Sterling.
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Twenty more people have sued Baton Rouge police and sheriff’s officers for their use of force during protests of the death of Alton Sterling, a black man who was shot to death by two white police officers in a parking lot last summer.
Read moreThe family of Alton Sterling, the black man shot dead by white police last summer outside a Baton Rouge convenience store, sued the city and its police department Tuesday saying the killing was part of a “long standing pervasive policy of tolerating racist behavior by some of its officers.”
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Louisiana will investigate whether or not to press charges against the officers responsible for the shooting death of Alton Sterling, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office said Wednesday.
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