1 Baton Rouge officer fired, 1 suspended in deadly shooting

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana police chief said Friday he has fired the white officer who fatally shot a black man during a struggle outside a convenience store nearly two years ago, a killing that set off widespread protests.

Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul announced officer Blane Salamoni's firing less than a week after Louisiana's attorney general ruled out criminal charges in Alton Sterling's July 2016 shooting death.

Paul also suspended officer Howie Lake II, the other officer involved in the deadly confrontation, for three days. Lake helped wrestle Sterling to the ground but didn't fire his weapon that night.

Both officers had remained on paid administrative leave since the shooting.

Police also released body camera footage and other videos of the officers' deadly encounter with Sterling.

Salamoni shot Sterling six times during a struggle outside the Triple S Food Mart, where the 37-year-old black man was selling homemade CDs. Lake helped wrestle Sterling to the ground but didn't fire his weapon.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/1-baton-rouge-officer-fired-1-suspended-in-deadly-shooting/ar-AAvi72a?li=BBnb7Kz

[brush]

1. One fired and one suspended. What about both being indicted? The evidence is right on the videos.

[Kirk Lover]

2. This is a gross and disgusting miscarriage of justice. People are dying because of CD selling,

window breaking, cigarette selling. This has got to fucking stop this WANTON violence committed by the police.

If we didn't have 300 million guns floating around this fucking country would they still be shooting everybody right and left? Would the cops be less "afraid".

[malaise]

3. Should be charged for murder

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/30/alton-sterling-shooting-baton-rouge-police-officer-fired

[gratuitous]

4. Suspended for three days

Since the DA and the DOJ have declined to prosecute, I have to think that the fired officer will have a good case for reinstatement. Meanwhile, both Salamoni and Lake have been drawing pay and not working since July 2016.