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    Baton Rouge Officers Will Not Be Charged For Alton Sterling's Killing

    Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said the state has declined to press charges against the two white officers for shooting Sterling, a black man. Federal officials made a similar call last year.
    by Colin Dwyer Mar 27, 2018 2 minutes
    A makeshift memorial for Alton Sterling, seen outside the Triple S Food Mart where he died in Baton Rouge, La, in July 2016.

    Louisiana has declined to press charges against the pair of white police officers involved in the 2016 shooting death of Alton Sterling. The state's attorney general, Jeff Landry, announced the decision at a news conference Tuesday, saying that a months-long review of the incident failed to uncover evidence that either police officer could be held criminally responsible for

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