In the early morning hours of July 5, 2016, Alton Bertrell Sterling, a 37-year-old Black man, was selling CDs outside the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Police were dispatched to the convenience store after receiving a report that a man matching Sterling's description had threatened someone with a gun. What transpired next was a fatal encounter that was captured on video by multiple bystanders, sparking widespread outrage and protests.
Two white Baton Rouge Police Departmen
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