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DonViejo

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Tue May 2, 2017, 05:30 PM May 2017

Justice Department will not charge Baton Rouge officers in fatal shooting of Alton Sterling

Source: The Washington Post




By Matt Zapotosky and Wesley Lowery May 2 at 5:15 PM

The Justice Department has decided not to bring charges against the officers involved in the death of Alton Sterling, whose videotaped shooting by police in Baton Rouge last summer prompted unrest across the city, and is planning to reveal in the next 24 hours that it has closed the probe, according to four people familiar with the matter.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the Sterling family had yet to be informed by the Justice Department of the decision, and it is unclear how and when the department will announce its findings.

“We have not heard nor received an update and are unaware of any charges that may or may not be filed,“ said Ryan Julison, a spokesman for the Sterling family’s attorneys. “We have not received word, nor has the family been given any notice of upcoming updates regarding this case.”

The case will be the first time under Attorney General Jeff Sessions that the department has publicly declined to prosecute officers investigated for possible wrongdoing in a high-profile case, and officials in Baton Rouge have been girding for possible reaction there.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-department-will-not-charge-baton-rouge-officers-in-fatal-shooting-of-alton-sterling/2017/05/02/ac962e66-2ea7-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa_story.html?utm_term=.c96862b2898e&wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-exclusive%252Bnational&wpmk=1

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Justice Department will not charge Baton Rouge officers in fatal shooting of Alton Sterling (Original Post) DonViejo May 2017 OP
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BumRushDaShow

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Tue May 2, 2017, 05:33 PM
May 2017

The result in this case is the "typical" outcome where the result from the one I posted earlier here - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141764967 is atypical (unfortunately).

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