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A look at protests and related events nationwide and in the United Kingdom on Friday following the police shootings of black men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and suburban St. Paul, Minnesota, and the deadly sniper attack on police officers in Dallas. About 300 people gathered in front of the state Capitol to seek solutions to racial strife, which Little Rock knows so well.
On July 8 the Congressional Black Caucus held a press conference in which they criticized police for officer-involved shootings of black men and used the attack on Dallas Police officers to call for more gun control. The two officer-involved shootings of black men were the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile .
Economic boycott of Baton Rouge malls, Walmart called for by black leaders to cause others to 'feel the pain we're feeling here' ADVOCATE STAFF PHOTO BY CHARLES LUSSIER -- Abdul Rashid Muhammad, local minister for the Nation of Islam, speaks in front the Triple S Food Mart where Alton Sterling was shot and killed Tuesday. They are flanked on both sides by suited representatives of the Nation of Islam.
All Americans should be deeply troubled by the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. We've seen such tragedies far too many times, and our hearts go out to the families and communities who've suffered such a painful loss.
Together Baton Rouge member, pastor Lee Wesley, talks about the federal investigation into the shooting of Alton Sterling during a press conference at the Wesley United Methodist Church in downtown Baton Rouge July 7, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sterling was shot by a police officer in front of the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge on Tuesday, July 5, leading the Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation.
Tawandra Carr, who said she was best friends with Alton Sterling, cries while people gather outside the Triple S convenience store in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Mourners held a candlelight vigil Wednesday outside the Baton Rouge, Louisiana convenience store where police had shot and killed an African American man just 24 hours earlier -- an incident captured on cell phone video that rekindled national outrage over alleged use of excessive force against African Americans and other minorities.
Walt Green is U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana and would prosecute potential civil rights violations in the police shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge. it would turn over the investigation to federal authorities to determine if civil rights violations occurred.
Department of Justice to lead probe of Baton Rouge police shooting Louisiana governor says video of the shooting of a black man is "disturbing." Check out this story on jconline.com: http://usat.ly/29hqO7w Family members were emotional during a news conference regarding the death of Alton Sterling, a man shot by police officers in Baton Rouge.
Schaquana Spears, a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, mother, was arrested Monday after reportedly spanking three of her children as punishment for breaking into a neighbor's home. The 30-year-old mother was jailed Monday evening on one charge of cruelty to juveniles, according to a probable cause affidavit from the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office obtained by ABC News Thursday.