PressTV-‘No charges in 2016 black man shooting’

US officials say the two police officers involved in the 2016 fatal shooting of a black man in Louisiana will not face criminal charges.

Jeff Landry, the attorney general of the US state of Louisiana, made the announcement at a news conference on Tuesday after meeting with family members of Alton Sterling.

The official claimed that Baton Rouge officers Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake had good reason to believe 37-year-old Sterling was armed with a gun and was resisting arrest.

“Our investigation has concluded that officers Lake and Salamoni attempted to make a lawful arrest of Alton Sterling based upon probable cause,” Landry said at the news conference.

Landry claimed that the two officers had given verbal instructions and tried non-lethal methods to subdue the African American, who did not comply.

The US Department of Justice came to a similar conclusion last May, claiming that there was “insufficient evidence” to show Sterling’s civil…

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