professionalism, and organizational standards. reporter: the police chief making it clear their administrative administration was separate from the federal criminal charges both officers were already cleared of. the police department released four videos from the night of the shooting, including this surveillance footage from the triple s convenience store. that s sterling at the front of the store, sitting at a table where he s selling cd s. minutes into the tape, he s seen conducting a transaction with an unidentified man. here he removes what appears to be a gun from his front pocket followed by money from the same pocket. within seconds sterling is seen jokingly making a shooting motion towards the man. that night, police were initially called to the triple s convenience store, responding to a 911 call from a witness who saw a man with a gun. watch closely as things escalate quickly. from salamoni s perspective, you can see a brief struggle. then his gun is trained on sterling s
all right! hold up, you re hurting my arm! reporter: sterling was pinned to the ground and tased, twice. get on the ground! get on the ground! pop him again, howie. reporter: before being fatally shot. previously released cellphone video shows that salamoni thought that sterling was armed. officials said that they couldn t prove that sterling wasn t reaching for a gun. joining us, the author of the book they can t kill us all: ferguson, baltimore, and a new movement in racial justice. the body cam video in louisiana
get on the ground. pop him again, howie. before being fatally shot. previously released cell phone videos recorded bye-bye standers show it this point in the encounter salamoni believes he was armed. a gun was recovered from sterling s body. but the federal and state investigations determined the officer s actions were reasonable and come prove that sterling wasn t reaching for a gun. i just spoke with blaine salamoni s attorney who says they are appealing the police chief s decision to fire him. though, even if he is reinstated by this board, he knows he will never again be a baton rouge police officer. this is more a matter of principle as he believes he was doing on that night what he was trained to do. and ryan, as this new video circulates, alton sterling s family is trying to keep his five children from seeing it. the family s attorney says what
reasonable. and couldn t move that sterling wasn t reaching for a gun. blaine salamoni s attorney says that they are disappointed in the chief s decision to fire him. they will appeal that. they believe that he should have had a punishment similar to howie lake s, a three day suspension. but as the new video circulates, alton sterling s family now trying to keep his children from seeing it. the family s attorney tells cnn what they find most disturbing about this video is that you can hear the way the officers cuss over alton sterling s body, the way they call him names as he lay bleeding and dying. caylee akaylee hartung, than. our legal analyst is with us. he got away with murder. i understand that he was not prosecuted on the federal or state level. i understand that the prosecutor said we couldn t prove beyond a reason be doubt that he wasn t in fear for his life.
right through and friday morning, it s going to be nasty storm for d.c. and boston through friday night. david. all right, watching it as it tracks east. next tonight, president trump expressing optimism on the prospect of peace in the middle east. with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas at the white house. now to baton rouge and a call for justice tonight for a man killed by police after federal investigators said they could not prosecute. the disturbing incident caught on camera. the officer struggling with alton sterling, taking him down and then shots are heard. abc s steve osunsami s back on the case tonight. reporter: federal prosecutors tonight say they don t have enough to charge the officers. seen in these cell phone videos taking the life of alton sterling. because investigators can t say for sure that sterling wasn t reaching for the gun in his pocket. there are many americans tonight who believe no matter what the justice department or anyone else says, what s happeni