Articles written by Michele Mccalope

Michele McCalope, NNPA Member The Drum|Mar 29, 2018

BATON ROUGE-Following a 10-month investigation into the extrajudicial killing of Alton Sterling, Louisiana's Attorney General Jeff Landry announced, during a press conference, that his office would not pursue criminal charges against the officers involved. Sterling, a 37-year-old Black man, was shot six times by a White Baton Rouge police officer on July 5, 2016, in front of a Triple S convenience store. The officers, Howie Lake II and Blane Salamoni were responding to a call about a man with a...