Video which just
emerged shows how a Louisiana police officer shot and killed a man
following a confrontation outside a Baton Rouge convenience store. Two
officers had arrived at the store about 12:35 a.m. on Tuesday
after an anonymous caller indicated a man selling music CDs and wearing
a red shirt allegedly threatened him with a gun.
They responded to the
scene outside the Triple S Food Mart and had an altercation with Alton
before one officer fatally shot him.
According to the store
owner, Abdul Muflahi, the first officer used a Taser on Sterling while
the second officer brutally tackled him. As Sterling struggled a little
to get the officer off him, there was a flash from the first officerโs
weapon, accompanied by the sound of shots as Alton was shot to death.
The store owner said Sterling did not have a gun in his hand at the time
but he later saw officers remove a gun from Sterling’s pocket after the
shooting.
An autopsy performed on Alton Sterling shows he died
due to multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and back and both officers
have now been placed on administrative leave, which is standard police
department policy.
A crowd of people are protesting the shooting at the
store where it took place and celebrities on Social Media are also
reacting angrily to the loss of another black man’s life at the hands of
a cop.
