German Lopez · Wednesday, July 06, 2016, 11:23 am
In the video showing the police shooting of Alton Sterling, the police officers' stated reason for opening fire is clear: Sterling apparently had a gun. Even as two Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police officers held Sterling down, they apparently saw the gun as a grave enough threat to their lives — and they opened fire.
But Louisiana is an open carry and concealed carry state, meaning residents are legally allowed to carry firearms. So why was Sterling's alleged possession of a firearm reason enough to shoot him?
This wasn't the first high-profile incident of its kind. In 2014, police officers in Ohio shot and killed John Crawford in a Walmart in Beavercreek and, in a separate shooting, 12-year-old Tamir Rice outside of a Cleveland recreation center, largely on the belief that Crawford and Rice were carrying real firearms — even though both were carrying toy guns. Ohio is also an open carry state.
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http://www.vox.com/2014/12/13/7384813/black-open-carry
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