Posted March 28, 2018 8:30 am by Comments

By Christen Smith

Louisiana’s top law enforcement official said this week he won’t press charges against two white cops accused of shooting a black man in cold blood.
Attorney General Jeff Landry deemed the use of force against Alton Sterling justified — reaffirming a decision from the Department of Justice in May not to prosecute Officers Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake for shooting Sterling to death outside a Baton Rouge convenience store nearly two years ago.
“I know the Sterling family is hurting,” Landry said during a news conference Tuesday. “I know they may not agree with this decision.”
The attorney general’s office released its 34-page report of the 10-month investigation into Sterling’s July 2016 death, which touched off demonstrations around the country against police brutality in minority communities. That same week, an officer shot and killed Philando Castile as he reached for his license during a traffic stop in St. Anthony, Minnesota and a sniper murdered five Dallas cops during a peaceful protest over the recent string of police killings.
“This decision was not taken lightly,” Landry said. “We came to this conclusion after countless hours of reviewing the evidence gathered and turned over by the U.S. Department of Justice, including voluminous documents, many photographs and extensive video evidence

Source: Guns.com

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