The U.S. Department of Justice will lead a civil rights
investigation into the death of a black man shot multiple times by
police during a confrontation at a Louisiana convenience store.
Graphic cellphone video circulating online,
filmed by a witness early Tuesday, appears to show 37-year-old Alton
Sterling being tackled and shot as two cops pin him to the ground before
he is killed.
His death has sparked protests against police
brutality in Baton Rouge, and family members and the local NAACP branch
called for an independent review outside of the city's police
department.
"I have full confidence that this matter will be
investigated thoroughly, impartially and professionally," Louisiana
Gov. John Bel Edwards said at a news conference Wednesday.
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Source: NBC News
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