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Alton Sterling - Global Scenes

No charges against officers in Alton Sterling death; other videos are coming No charges will be filed against two Baton Rouge police officers in the 2016 shooting death of Alton Sterling, after an investigation determined that the shooting was justified, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said Tuesday. Police shootings: Trials, convictions are rare for officers "We have concluded that the officers in question acted as reasonable officers under existing law and were justified in their use of force," Landry's   written report on the investigation   reads. But his decision is not the last chapter of the case, as the police department plans to hold hearings on whether to discipline the officers, and says it intends to release four videos that have yet to be made public.                                                       ...