Beyoncé on Alton Sterling and Philando Castile deaths: ‘Stop killing us’

The families of two black men killed this week in officer-involved shootings expressed empathy and sadness over what happened in Dallas.

Cornell William Brooks, the national head of the NAACP, visited Baton Rouge on Friday and said he is exhausted of victims of police shootings being treated as “hashtag tragedies” instead of human beings mourned by their families.

Sterling’s shooting was caught on cellphone video by an anti-violence group. Kim Kardashian wrote a Black Lives Matter essay. Almost 30 people were arrested.

By the way, it’s unclear which robbery police were referring to when they said Castile – who was reportedly pulled over more than 50 times – looked like a suspect. The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into Sterling’s shooting. They talked about how he made sure to know who was allergic to what, who couldn’t have milk. “I don’t think it would’ve”.

Shortly after St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez shot Philando Castile with his loved ones in the vehicle with him, Castile’s fiancee, Diamond Reynolds, began live-streaming the aftermath, which included graphic images of a bloody Castile moaning in pain as he took some of his last breaths.

On Wednesday, a white officer in Minnesota stopped Philando Castile for a broken taillight.

“It bothers me when I hear people say, ‘Y’all police officers this, y’all police officers that”. The video-recorded killing sparked anger and protests among the black community. night, protesters trying to make sense of recent events gathered at the store where a black man was shot to death by police, emotions stoked by another fatal shooting in Minnesota.

– Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) July 7, 2016So many people work so hard to find a reason why executing a human being during a routine traffic stop is ok.

The two shootings stoked racial tension that has flared repeatedly across the country following the 2014 killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teen, by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Yanez, who fired the shots, is Hispanic. Multiple source reported earlier the building was on lockdown, but DPD officials said this information was incorrect. Two civilians were also injured. He was killed by a robot-delivered bomb after a standoff with police. The races of the officers who were shot have not been released.

On Thursday, protests with more than 1,000 people took place in Minnesota, Illinois and Texas.

By then, several officers have arrived at the scene.

Republican state Rep. Roger Williams blamed the words and actions of President Barack Obama and other prominent leaders for contributing to the deadly violence. Read what Halle Berry had to say on the matter after the cut.

Investigations into all three shootings are ongoing. Over the past few days my emotions have gone from one extreme to the next. A community-run civilian commission or task force should determine policy for local police departments and be responsible for activities such as holding disciplinary hearings for police officers and making recommendations for appointing police chiefs using community input.