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Authorities are now investigating whether the Dallas gunman was directed by groups such as the African American Defense League or the New Black Panther Party or merely emboldened by them. Police have been tight-lipped about exactly what they're investigating and what they've uncovered so far.
A suburban Minnesota police officer who killed a black driver reacted to the man's gun, not his race, his attorney said Saturday, giving the most detailed account so far of why the officer drew his own weapon. Philando Castile's girlfriend, who streamed the immediate aftermath of the shooting live on Facebook, has said he was shot several times after telling the officer he had a gun and a permit to carry it.
When Philando Castile saw the flashing lights in his rearview mirror the night he got shot, it wasn't unusual. He had been pulled over at least 52 times in recent years in and around the Twin Cities and given citations for minor offenses including speeding, driving without a muffler and not wearing a seat belt.
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This 2014 photo provided by Dewanda Harris shows Philando Castile of St. Paul, Minn., posing for a photo while attending a family funeral in St. Paul. Officials say Castile was fatally shot by police in Falcon Heights, Minn., Wednesday, July 6, 2016, while inside a car with a woman and a child.
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota's capital kept its cool entering a third straight day of protests over the killing of a black man at the hands of police, with demonstrators encamped outside the governor's mansion looking set for the long haul.
Twice this week, Americans again witnessed black men dying at the hands of police officers - the latest in a string of similar deaths captured on video. EDITORIAL: Police shootings 'an American issue' Twice this week, Americans again witnessed black men dying at the hands of police officers - the latest in a string of similar deaths captured on video.
People write messages in chalk on the road outside the governor's residence during a demonstration in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday. Philando Castile was shot and killed after a traffic stop by police in Falcon Heights, Minn., on Wednesday night.
In the wake of Thursday night's shooting of law enforcement officers in Dallas, Sheriff Herman Jones discusses how law enforcement and the community should treat each other during an interview Friday afternoon at the Capital-Journal. A new wave of critiques of the relationship between police and the public emerged Friday after five Texas law enforcement officers were gunned down the previous evening at a Dallas protest against the killings by police of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana.
One man told an officer during a Minnesota traffic stop that he was a licensed gun owner, and that he was reaching for his wallet, a witness said. The other was on the ground with police officers on top of him in Louisiana when someone shouted "He has a gun!" Police in each circumstance thought the black man carrying a gun was dangerous and immediately shot him dead.
Dallas police officers gather outside Baylor Medical Center, where several officers injured in a mass shooting were taken for care. Dallas police officers gather outside Baylor Medical Center, where several officers injured in a mass shooting were taken for care.
Castile was shot and killed b... . A crowd gathers at the scene of a shooting of a man involving a St. Anthony Police officer on Wednesday, July 6, 2016, in Falcon Heights, Minn.
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.
A police officer fatally shot a man in a car, and a woman in the vehicle apparently livestreamed the aftermath in a widely shared Facebook video that shows her telling the camera that her boyfriend had just been shot "for no apparent reason." The shooting happened late Wednesday during a traffic stop in the St. Paul suburb of Falcon Heights.
Mourners gathered for a vigil to commemorate a black father of five apparently shot to death while being held down by police in Louisiana, hours after federal civil rights investigators said they will probe the incident. Protestors gather in front of a mural of Alton Sterling on the wall of a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisianna where Sterling was apparently shot dead while being held down by police Lighting candles just before dusk, a crowd of hundreds gathered outside the Baton Rouge convenience store where 37-year-old Alton Sterling was shot dead by one officer after being pinned to the floor.
The US government is investigating the killing of a black man who was pinned to the ground and shot in the chest by two white police officers outside a convenience store in Louisiana. The shooting of Alton Sterling, 37, in Baton Rouge on Tuesday was captured on at least two videos, stirring protests and social media outcry over the latest case of alleged police brutality against African-Americans.
In a letter sent to President Barack Obama Congressman Cedric Richmond requests a federal investigation into the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling by officers of the Baton Rouge Police Department: "The pain felt by Mr. Sterling's family is severe and the right of his community to have significant questions answered is pressing," said Rep. Richmond.
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.
Graphic footage of Alton Sterling's death in Louisiana shocked observers as it spread on Tuesday night, with family, politicians and celebrities expressing disgust. The 37-year-old was shot dead by Baton Rouge Police outside a convenience store early Tuesday morning, with video from a witness showing police tackling him on the ground before gunshots are heard.