News Roundup

Two officer-involved fatal shootings are making national headlines this week, in part because video of each shooting has been published on the internet.  On Tuesday, Alton Sterling was shot and killed by a Baton Rouge police officer during an encounter at a convenience store where Sterling made a living selling CDs in the parking lot; Sterling reportedly had brandished a gun which prompted a 911 call and the police response.  The front page of The Advocate, a Louisiana newspaper, has comprehensive coverage of the story.  Wednesday, Philando Castile was fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop in a suburb of Saint Paul, Minnesota.  Details of the story were developing at the time of writing.  The New York Times has an early report here which suggests that a passenger in the car livestreamed the aftermath of the shooting to Facebook.

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