BATON ROUGE, La. 鈥� Details surrounding the shooting last night of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge continue to emerge. In reaction, 老澳门开奖结果 of Louisiana Executive Director Marjorie Esman issued the following statement:
鈥淎lton Sterling was shot to death while he was on the ground and two police officers were on top of him. Sadly, Mr. Sterling is the 122nd Black person to be killed by U.S. law enforcement this year.
鈥淎s we await a full accounting of the shooting, questions abound: Why did the officer shoot 鈥� multiple times 鈥� when Mr. Sterling was already being subdued? How did Mr. Sterling end up with gunshots in his chest and his back? What happened to cause both officers鈥� body cameras to fall off during the same incident?
鈥淲hatever the answers to these specific questions may be, they will not explain or excuse the continued use of excessive force by law enforcement officers across the country, particularly against people of color. We stand in solidarity with Mr. Sterling鈥檚 family and look forward to answers from the Department of Justice鈥檚 investigation of the shooting.鈥�
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