Thousands protest over Alton Sterling’s death as new video shows two cops pinning him to the ground and killing him with six shots while his hands are EMPTY
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Thousands of protesters gathered outside the store where Alton Sterling was shot dead, demanding justice
The father-of-five, 37, was fatally shot by two police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Tuesday morning
New video shows one of the cops tackling Sterling to the ground and straddling him while the other pins him down
One of the police officers yells: ‘He’s got a gun! Gun! You f****** move and I swear to God’
Just seconds later, three quick shots are heard, followed by three more as the video ends
Cops removed a gun from Sterling’s pocket but he did not appear to be holding it when he was shot
Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake, were put on leave. Lake was suspended before in police shooting of a black man
Baton Rouge police took CCTV footage from the store without a warrant but will hand it over to federal investigators
By SHEKHAR BAHTIA
DailyMail.com
7 July 2016
Several thousand protesters took to the streets on Wednesday night in protest at the fatal police shooting of street seller Alton Sterling – just hours after a graphic new video emerged showing the moment cops pinned him to the ground and pulled the trigger.
The graphic footage shows Sterling being thrown to the ground by cops Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II after they received a complaint about a man making threats with a gun while selling CDs outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The cops are seen yelling at Sterling to ‘get on the ground’ – but he does not – before he is tackled by the officers.
As Sterling continues to move on the ground, the officer believed to be Lake reaches for his gun and then points it at the father-of-five’s chest.
One of the officers then yells: ‘He’s got a gun! Gun! You f****** move and I swear to God.’
Less than two seconds later, the first shot is heard, followed quickly by another two. Three more shots are heard as the startled shop owner momentarily turns his camera away from the scene.
As Sterling lies on the ground with blood seeping from his chest, one of the officers leans over and grabs what appears to be a gun from the street seller’s pocket. It is not clear whether Sterling was reaching for his gun, but he was not holding it at the time he was shot.
After the deadly incident, police took CCTV footage from the store without the owner’s permission, but said they would be handing the video over to investigators.
It also emerged that Lake, a three-year veteran, has been suspended before for another police-involved shooting of a black man.
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