Videos show clearest account of Alton Sterling's killing
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Officer fired for 2016 shooting
Newly-released video of the fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is re-opening old wounds. One officer was fired on Friday and another suspended for the 2016 shooting. CBS News correspondent Tony Dokoupil reports. Warning: the video is graphic.
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New video of Alton Sterling's death released
Nearly two years after his death, police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, released body camera footage of the encounter with police that left Alton Sterling dead. The officers involved have been cleared of criminal wrongdoing but one has been fired and the other suspended. Mark Strassmann reports.
Raw footage of fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling released
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Officer who fatally shot Alton Sterling is fired
Police have released disturbing video that shows the 2016 police shooting outside a convenience store
Alton Sterling's family reaction
The family of Alton Sterling condemned the decision by prosecutors to not charge the two Baton Rouge officers who shot and killed Sterling outside of a convenience store where he had been selling CDs.
Police-involved shooting investigations
Louisiana's Attorney General announced Tuesday that two Baton Rouge Police officers involved in the death of Alton Sterling will not be prosecuted. The same day, California's Attorney General announced that his office, along with the State Department of Justice, will investigate the shooting death of Stephon Clark by police in Sacramento. Lisa Graybill, deputy legal director at the Southern Poverty Law Center, joins CBSN to discuss.
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Prosecutors in Louisiana said Tuesday two Baton Rouge cops won't be prosecuted for shooting and killing Sterling in 2016
Shooting death of Alton Sterling
The Louisiana attorney general said Tuesday that two white officers will not be prosecuted in the 2016 death of Alton Sterling. The shooting was captured on video and sparked widespread protests. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann has reaction from the mother of Sterling's son.
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No charges in Alton Sterling death
Two white Louisiana police officers will not be charged in the 2016 shooting death of Alton Sterling, who was black, outside a convenience store, the state attorney general announced Tuesday.
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Sterling was shot to death in 2016 as two officers pinned him to the pavement outside a Louisiana convenience store
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Alton Sterling family
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No charges expected in police shooting death of Alton Sterling
Department of Justice expected to close investigation into police shooting of 37-year-old in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
No charges for cops
CBS News has learned that the Department of Justice is expected to not file charges against the Baton Rouge officers in the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling. CBSN's Reena Ninan has the breaking details.
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Luigi Mangione headed to New York
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Inside courtroom for Mangione's extradition
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