Cop Shootings In Baton Rouge & Minnesota-Justified Or Overreaction?

On Tuesday Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, was shot and killed by officers of the Baton Rouge Police. The Police justified shooting Sterling, claiming he was going for a gun.

Click here for video of the Alton Sterling shooting

Yesterday in Falcon Heights, Minnesota a police officer fatally shot Philando Castile in a car with his girlfriend Lavish Reynolds and a child. Reynolds livestreamed the aftermath on Facebook , which shows a Reynolds in a vehicle with a Castile whose shirt appears to be soaked in blood telling the camera “police just shot my boyfriend for no apparent reason.”

Click here to watch video of the aftermath of Philando Castile being shot

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