Police detain 48 protesters in Louisiana as anti-police rallies continue

  11 July 2016    Read: 1191
Police detain 48 protesters in Louisiana as anti-police rallies continue
US police detained 48 more protesters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Sunday amid continuing unrest that followed the shooting of a black man by lawmen, local media reported.
Police and others gather at the emergency entrance to Baylor Medical Center in Dallas, where several police officers were taken after shootings Thursday, July 7, 2016.

African-American man Alton Sterling was fatally shot by two policemen as he was lying on the ground. Authorities said police were responding to reports of a man threatening people with a gun.

The killing sparked violence protests against police brutality in Baton Rouge. A hundred arrests were made on Saturday.

Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokeswoman for the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff`s Office, told NBC News 48 protesters had been taken into police custody by midnight. Among them was a leader of the Black Lives Matter civil movement.

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