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*Five years after the death of #AltonSterling, the East Baton Rouge Metro Council voted on a $4.5 million settlement for his family.
The East Baton Rouge Metro Council in Louisiana voted on a $4.5 million settlement Wednesday for the family of Alton Sterling, a Black man shot and killed by police in 2016. The council voted 7-4 in favor of offering the settlement to Sterling's family after they filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and the Baton Rouge Police Department. On Wednesday, Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome tweeted, "I am pleased our metro council was able to find a consensus and approve an offer of settlement in the Alton Sterling civil case. After nearly five years, the people of Baton ...
WBAL Radio 1090 AM - City council passes $4.5M settlement for Alton Sterling's family, five years after death
Teams during the struggle will be fired over his actions. >> the violation of command of temper has been sustained. officer blane salamoni has been terminated from the baton rouge police department effective today. >> reporter: this week, salamoni refused to answer any questions. during a disciplinary hearing, the chief said, while howie lake, the other officer, answered them all. lake he said controlled his temper during the encounter, was given a three-day unpaid suspension. >> one officer did not figure the tactics, training -- did not follow the tactics, training, and organizational standa...
Professionalism, and organizational standards. >> reporter: the police chief making it clear their administrative administration was separate from the federal criminal charges both officers were already cleared of. the police department released four videos from the night of the shooting, including this surveillance footage from the triple s convenience store. that's sterling at the front of the store, sitting at a table where he's selling cd's. minutes into the tape, he's seen conducting a transaction with an unidentified man. here he removes what appears to be a gun from his front pocket fol...