Alton Sterling Shot, Killed By Lousiana Cops During Struggle After He Was Selling Music Outside Baton Rouge Store (Warning: Graphic Content)
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Baton Rouge vigil for Alton Sterling: 'I was OK -- until I saw that 2nd video'
Her voice cracking with emotion, Sandra Sterling spoke to a crowd of hundreds of people at the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge on Wednesday (July 6) where a peaceful prayer vigil was held in honor of Alton Sterling, the man who officials say was shot and killed by Baton Rouge police officers at that store just one day ago.
"I was OK — until I saw that second video," Sterling said while family members, politicians and religious leaders stood nearby. "That second video, let me tell you, let me tell you, I'm mad. So mad. But I'm not angry enough to go in the street, I'm not angry enough to hurt nobody. I'm not angry enough to hurt the police."
Sterling and the officials at the vigil urged those gathered to stay peaceful even as their words spoke of the hurt, anger and frustration they said has been building as news breaks with updates on the shooting of the 37-year-old man. Alton Sterling was selling CDs outside the Triple S Food Mart when he was shot and killed after an altercation with two police officers early Tuesday morning.
So far, two videos have been released that show the shooting that killed Sterling from two different angles despite some moments when the camera slips from the scene. The first video was released Tuesday night and immediately fueled protests. The second video was released Wednesday afternoon.
Witness videos that appears to show two Baton Rouge police officers shooting and killing Alton Sterling has spread nationwide and spurred protests in Baton Rouge.
"He was alive. He was talking. But his hand, his arm was like it was paralyzed and his hand was twisting," Sterling's aunt, Sandra, said in an interview following the vigil. "It was killing me. It looked like he was saying 'mama help me.' It killed me. I don't ever want to see that video again, ever."
Leading the ceremony was Baton Rouge state Rep. C. Denise Marcelle, who said the evening's event was "about unity."
"Not one more black man needs to die at the hands of a police officer," she said. "Not one more."
Marcelle later introduced the store's owner, Abdullah Muflahi.
"He has stood, and we're going to support him, y'all got that?" Marcelle said. "He could have turned the other way like some of us do when we see a crime and say he didn't see anything, but he didn't do that. He stood, and he said what he saw, and he never did go back on what he saw and, now that the videos are surfacing, what he saw is what he saw."
Muflahi himself only spoke briefly to thank attendees for coming out in honor of Sterling.
"I wish Alton was alive. We're going to miss him," he said.
Baton Rouge Councilman Lamont Cole, who represents the district the where the shooting took place, reiterated calls for a peaceful protest as Sterling's story becomes national news.
"The one thing we cannot do is allow the media to spread a message about our community that is not right. ... We must remain peaceful as we stand up because if you don't speak up for what you stand for in society, then society will never give you a chance to speak," Cole said before shifting focus to the two Baton Rouge police officers involved in the incident. "You are born a coward, just because you put on a badge and carry a gun does not make you not be a coward. Those two officers who perpetrated this brutal attack, if they murdered this young man, are cowards."
Some speakers — including Marcelle and NAACP Baton Rouge vice-president Byron Sharper, both of whom are running for mayor-president — asked those at the vigil to register to vote as some attendees shouted to ask about the wheareabouts of current Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden.
"You need to register to vote," agreed Pastor Victor White, who said his son was killed in a shooting involving police in New Iberia. "Your vote is your voice."
Many of the event's speakers were religious leaders, and much of the evening was spent praying, including one moment spent with hands raised toward Alton Sterling's son -- one leader asked for him to find peace. The service was only interrupted once when Sterling's aunt, Sandra, appeared to pass out and was laid across the concrete at the foot of the makeshift stage. A nurse who was attending the event tended to her as Marcelle called for paramedics.
Minutes before the vigil began, two Baton Rouge Police Department cars were parked in front of the business next door to Triple S Mart. It's not clear when those vehicles were moved, but they were no longer visible by 7:30 p.m. A fire truck and at least one EMS crew remained at the scene.
Her voice cracking with emotion, Sandra Sterling spoke to a crowd of hundreds of people at the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge on Wednesday (July 6) where a peaceful prayer vigil was held in honor of Alton Sterling, the man who officials say was shot and killed by Baton Rouge police officers at that store just one day ago.
"I was OK — until I saw that second video," Sterling said while family members, politicians and religious leaders stood nearby. "That second video, let me tell you, let me tell you, I'm mad. So mad. But I'm not angry enough to go in the street, I'm not angry enough to hurt nobody. I'm not angry enough to hurt the police."
Sterling and the officials at the vigil urged those gathered to stay peaceful even as their words spoke of the hurt, anger and frustration they said has been building as news breaks with updates on the shooting of the 37-year-old man. Alton Sterling was selling CDs outside the Triple S Food Mart when he was shot and killed after an altercation with two police officers early Tuesday morning.
So far, two videos have been released that show the shooting that killed Sterling from two different angles despite some moments when the camera slips from the scene. The first video was released Tuesday night and immediately fueled protests. The second video was released Wednesday afternoon.
Witness videos that appears to show two Baton Rouge police officers shooting and killing Alton Sterling has spread nationwide and spurred protests in Baton Rouge.
"He was alive. He was talking. But his hand, his arm was like it was paralyzed and his hand was twisting," Sterling's aunt, Sandra, said in an interview following the vigil. "It was killing me. It looked like he was saying 'mama help me.' It killed me. I don't ever want to see that video again, ever."
Leading the ceremony was Baton Rouge state Rep. C. Denise Marcelle, who said the evening's event was "about unity."
"Not one more black man needs to die at the hands of a police officer," she said. "Not one more."
Marcelle later introduced the store's owner, Abdullah Muflahi.
"He has stood, and we're going to support him, y'all got that?" Marcelle said. "He could have turned the other way like some of us do when we see a crime and say he didn't see anything, but he didn't do that. He stood, and he said what he saw, and he never did go back on what he saw and, now that the videos are surfacing, what he saw is what he saw."
Muflahi himself only spoke briefly to thank attendees for coming out in honor of Sterling.
"I wish Alton was alive. We're going to miss him," he said.
Baton Rouge Councilman Lamont Cole, who represents the district the where the shooting took place, reiterated calls for a peaceful protest as Sterling's story becomes national news.
"The one thing we cannot do is allow the media to spread a message about our community that is not right. ... We must remain peaceful as we stand up because if you don't speak up for what you stand for in society, then society will never give you a chance to speak," Cole said before shifting focus to the two Baton Rouge police officers involved in the incident. "You are born a coward, just because you put on a badge and carry a gun does not make you not be a coward. Those two officers who perpetrated this brutal attack, if they murdered this young man, are cowards."
Some speakers — including Marcelle and NAACP Baton Rouge vice-president Byron Sharper, both of whom are running for mayor-president — asked those at the vigil to register to vote as some attendees shouted to ask about the wheareabouts of current Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden.
"You need to register to vote," agreed Pastor Victor White, who said his son was killed in a shooting involving police in New Iberia. "Your vote is your voice."
Many of the event's speakers were religious leaders, and much of the evening was spent praying, including one moment spent with hands raised toward Alton Sterling's son -- one leader asked for him to find peace. The service was only interrupted once when Sterling's aunt, Sandra, appeared to pass out and was laid across the concrete at the foot of the makeshift stage. A nurse who was attending the event tended to her as Marcelle called for paramedics.
Minutes before the vigil began, two Baton Rouge Police Department cars were parked in front of the business next door to Triple S Mart. It's not clear when those vehicles were moved, but they were no longer visible by 7:30 p.m. A fire truck and at least one EMS crew remained at the scene.
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