A makeshift memorial outside the Triple S Food Mart where Alton Sterling was fatally shot by police.
Jonathan Bachman / Reuters
The police officers who fatally shot a black man last year in Louisiana will not face federal criminal charges, the Department of Justice has reportedly decided.
The Justice Department's decision not to charge the white officers who shot Alton Sterling outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was reported Tuesday by the Washington Post and other outlets.
Jonathan Bachman / Reuters
Sterling's death in July 2016 prompted days of protests and came a day before the killing of Philando Castile in Minnesota. Both incidents reinvigorated nationwide calls for police reform.
The confrontation between officers and Sterling was captured on video. (Warning: graphic content)
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