Protests: The Case Of Alton Ceiling

Beginning with Alton Sterling, the video depicts the man immediately being hit and thrown to the ground, but there is a foreshadowing story to this. Apparently, a witness said the police were called because Mr. Sterling was selling CD’s outside, and the gas station owner saw it as loitering. Following this, the recorded confrontation happened where the police held him down and shot him. Not only was this an unarmed man, but this was an African-American man, and this police vs black conflict has been very apparent as of late. Now for Mr. Sterling, may athletes took to twitter, for example, NBA player Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) tweeted: “Innocent lives man.. No restart button on life. People are taking lives like they're playing a video game.. HAS TO STOP! #AltonSterling” and Colin Kaepernick (@kaepernick7) followed up on Instagram, “This is what

There were boycotts of the malls in Baton Rouge, people were marching even holding up traffic. This didn’t only occur in Baton Rouge, but across the U.S. people were standing up for this injustice. Alton Sterling was selling cd in front of a convenience store when two officers approached him, the situation escalated Mr. Sterling was shot several times resulting in his death. Baton Rouge police did not provide much information about what escalated the incident between the officers and Sterling or what prompted an officer to fire his weapon. A witness, however, described police as “aggressive” and said Sterling was armed but was not holding his gun or touching his pockets during the incident. The level of force an officer uses varies based on the situation. Because of this variation, guidelines for the use of force are based on many factors, including the officer’s level of training or experience.

To begin the police has caused many unnecessary deaths throughout the United States. More than 920 people have been killed by the police in 2015 (“5 Facts about Police Brutality in the United States That Will Shock You”). In Ferguson, Missouri 18 year old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson. Mr. Johnson a witness at the scene, says that his friend was shot once from behind and then turned to face the police officer while raising his arms in the air. According to Mr Johnson, the officer fired several more shots at Mr. Brown before he fell to the ground (“Ferguson protests:What we know about Michael Brown 's last minutes”). Although Mr. Brown was fleeing from the officer, there was no need for the officer to shoot Brown.

In October of 2015 in Palm Beach County Florida a young African American was shot to death though he had caused no harm. After performing at a concert, Corey Jones was headed home and while traveling on I-95 his car broke down and he was stranded on the side of the road. While stranded he contacted his brother to notify him of the situation. He then contacted roadside services and sat patiently waiting for them to arrive. Officer Nouman K. Raja dressed in plain clothing in an unmarked vehicle pulled up to Mr. Jones’ car noting that this is taking place between the hours of 2:00 and 3:00am. Mr.

On August 9, 2014 a white male police officer named Darren Wilson fatally shot an African-American male named Michael Brown to death in Ferguson, MO. An investigation was immediately launched through the collection of evidence from the crime scene, an autopsy of Michael Brown’s body, and interviews with witnesses. For several months following the shooting and after the Grand Jury met, there was immense public speculation over whether Officer Wilson justifiably shot in self-defense or in racially motivated cold blooded murder. The ballistic evidence collected from the crime scene and from the autopsy corroborated Wilson’s story that he was justified in what transpired that fateful afternoon.

BREAKING: Suspected Ferguson Cop Shooter Caught By Robert Farago on March 15, 2015. “The man arrested for the shooting of two police officers during last week’s protests in Ferguson, Missouri, has been identified as Jeffrey Williams, 20,” cnn.com reports. “St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch said he’s been charged with two counts of first-degree assault, among other charges, and is being held on a cash-only $300,000 bond. Thanks to information provided by the public, police were able to locate a weapon at suspect Jeffrey Williams’ home: a .40-caliber handgun that ‘has been tied to the shell casings that were recovered’ at the scene in Ferguson, Missouri.” The man usatoday.com calls “a protestor” admits to the shooting but claims

Many African-Americans are killed every year by police officers and their deaths impact not only their families but their community. However this past year the death of John Crawford and Tamir Rice impacted not only their family or community, but the entire nation. The case of Rice and Crawford isn’t nothing new, we always hear about a black person being shot by the police quite often. The only thing that makes these cases unique from rest is that they were both caught on tape. On November 22nd, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was playing in the park with a toy airsoft gun when officer Timothy Loehmann shot him two seconds after arriving to the scene. He died the next day due to a "gunshot wound of the torso with injuries of major vessel, intestines and pelvis” according to the autopsy results that were realized shortly after. 22-year-old African-American John

My heart goes out to the families of the innocent unsuspecting people who were murdered and also for the families of the police officers who were gunned down in the line of duty. This loss of life is senseless.

Everyone has heard of what happened in Ferguson, Missouri. Mike Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old African-American male, was shot and killed by Caucasian police officer Darren Wilson on August 9, 2014. This incident sparked an uproar on police brutality, escalating the whole white cop and black teen discrimination. Apparently Officer Wilson shot Mike Brown while he was trying to surrender. Even after police stated otherwise it was meant with skepticism. It all started after Officer Wilson saw two men walking down the middle of the street. There was a call sent out about a robbery by two African-American men earlier that day. Maybe it was the suspects, Officer Wilson drove by and told them to walk on the sidewalk and that went it from zero to one hundred. After a few words Mike Brown punched Officer Wilson in the face. Officer Wilson went for his weapon telling Brown to back off or he’ll get shot. Brown ignored and attempted to take the gun, that’s when Officer Wilson pulled the trigger. After multiple times pulling the trigger it finally went off. Glassed shattered with blood, Brown backed off then came back with his hands up only to attack Officer Wilson again. Officer Wilson pulled the trigger again until it fired. This time Brown made a run for it, Officer Wilson took chase only to see the Brown had stopped and turn to charge him. After multiple shots it was over with Brown dead on the street. After the Grand Jury decision to not indict Officer Wilson there was an explosion

After all this was just starting to settle down another police involved killing happened in New York to an Eric Garner. This time the police did not shoot him; he died from heart related problems which people blame the police for his death after being placed in a chokehold until they could subdue him. In

On Tuesday July 6, 2016 at approximately 12:15 a.m. 37 year old Alton Sterling was shot and killed by two police officers responding to a disturbance call. The altercation between Mr. Sterling and the two officers occurred at the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The two officers involved in the shooting have been identified as 28 year old Blane Salamoni, and 28 year old Howie Lake II. Both officers used physical force to bring Mr. Sterling to the ground, but it is unclear through the video which officer used their gun to shoot Mr. Sterling or if both officers shot him.

The case of Alton Sterling should not still be under review with the evidence that is presented. It is clear that he was shot while having nothing in his hands and was murdered. In the course of recent years, we have borne observer to grainy recordings of what "secure and serve" looks like for dark lives — Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Eric Garner, Kajieme Powell, to give some examples.

The people who is supposed to save lives are killing innocent people which is devastating because who is going to save the people when the police are killing people to. Alton Sterling is was a young man who had a child and just like any other good father was trying to provide for his family by selling CD’s. Unfortunately he was in the wrong place at the wrong time by him just trying to selling CD’s for his family lead to him being dead the sad part is when a random by stander yelled “He got a gun’’ the cops immediately went in rage and killed Alton Sterling in front of his 15 year old son and his spouse (Bunch). The ending is so tragic but it still do not make any sense even if he did have a gun according to the 3rd amendment allows him

As far as Alton the police failed to do their job and he did NOT have to die but he set up the circumstances which led to his death. With his record and him being a convicted sex offender he should never have had a gun and the 911 call that made those cops come was made because Alton pointing a gun at someone else.

Over the Fourth of July weekend, there were multiplying shootings that took place in Chicago. Injuring over eighty-two people and out of this eighty-to people fourteen of them were killed. All of those shooting didn’t take place at the same time they all happen days and hours after each other. I don’t know the cause of all of those deaths, but I do know the police were involved in them. All of the victims ranged from age 14-66. A little boy was shot while watching fireworks with his dad. The dad thought it was just fireworks going off but it was actually gun shots. He looked over looking for the little boy calling his name and he found the little boy unresponsive. Another young boy was shot also, neither one of the boys was the intended target.