Louisiana police officer fired and another suspended after Alton Sterling shooting

A Louisiana police chief has fired the white officer who fatally shot a black man during a struggle outside a store nearly two years ago.

Louisiana police officer fired and another suspended after Alton Sterling shooting

A Louisiana police chief has fired the white officer who fatally shot a black man during a struggle outside a store nearly two years ago.

Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul announced officer Blane Salamoni's firing less than a week after Louisiana's attorney general ruled out criminal charges in Alton Sterling's July 2016 shooting death.

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