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1 officer dismissed from Alton Sterling wrongful death suit

September 23, 2020 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A white Louisiana police officer who assisted in the arrest in which Alton Sterling was fatally shot has been dismissed from a wrongful death lawsuit...

Complaint accuses officer who shot black man of blocking aid

August 5, 2019 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Attorneys for the family of a black man shot and killed by a former police officer in Louisiana have obtained a 2014 complaint accusing the officer of obstructing medical help for a dying victim of a shooting...

2 officers in black man’s fatal shooting won’t be charged

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ANTHONY IZAGUIRREMarch 27, 2018 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's attorney general ruled out criminal charges Tuesday against two white Baton Rouge police officers in the shooting of a black man whose death led to widespread protests nearly two years ago...

The Latest: Lawyer: 2nd officer should stay on police force

March 27, 2018 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal police shooting of a black man in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (all times local):...