The East Baton Rouge Metro Council in Louisiana voted on a $4.5 million settlement Wednesday for the family of Alton Sterling, a Black man shot and killed by police in 2016.
The council voted 7-4 in favor of offering the settlement to Sterling s family after they filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and the Baton Rouge Police Department.
On Wednesday, Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome tweeted, I am pleased our metro council was able to find a consensus and approve an offer of settlement in the Alton Sterling civil case. After nearly five years, the people of Baton Rouge are finally one step closer to getting much needed closure in this traumatic episode in our history.
teams during the struggle will be fired over his actions. the violation of command of temper has been sustained. officer blane salamoni has been terminated from the baton rouge police department effective today. reporter: this week, salamoni refused to answer any questions. during a disciplinary hearing, the chief said, while howie lake, the other officer, answered them all. lake he said controlled his temper during the encounter, was given a three-day unpaid suspension. one officer did not figure the tactics, training did not follow the tactics, training, and organizational standards. reporter: the police chief making it clear their administrative investigation 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 at a table selling c.d.s. minutes later he s
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