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• 102 arrested during overnight protests; police blame outsiders

  09-07-2016 20:59
  
  BATON ROUGE- By Sunday morning, 102 people had been booked into jail related to protests outside Baton Rouge Police Headquarters Saturday.Click HERE to see the list of names booked into jail.  The .PDF is four pages; page 1 contains the list of names of people arrested during a protest Friday, page 2-4 contain the names of the 102 booked during the latest protest Saturday evening.  The initial Sunday morning report announced 101 had been arrested, but the jail report added one
  
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• One injured, 4 detained in Baker RV park shooting

  09-07-2016 16:18
  
  BAKER - Police say one person was injured in a shooting at an RV park in Baker Saturday afternoon.The shooting happened at the Azalea Gardens Mobile Home RV Park around 3 p.m. Saturday. According to Baker Police Chief Carl Dunn, one person was shot in the leg. That victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment.Four people were detained, but no arrests have been made yet, Dunn said.Permalink| Comments
  
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• New Black Panther Party arrive in Baton Rouge for Alton Sterling protests

  09-07-2016 15:11
  
  BATON ROUGE - About a dozen members of the New Black Panther Party arrived in North Baton Rouge Saturday morning. They began their day at the Trippe S convenience store where Sterling was killed Tuesday morning."The people wanted us here. We want to be here and that's why we are here," Jerald Justice said.The Black Panthers say they are not in town to cause more problems."We're not outsiders. We are people from the community," Justice said. "The community doesn't look
  
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• Shooter followed black militant groups, said he acted alone

  09-07-2016 15:08
  
  DALLAS - The black Army veteran who fatally shot five police officers during a protest in downtown Dallas was described as a loner who followed black militant groups on social media. A look at what else is known about 25-year-old Micah Johnson:THE ATTACKPolice said Johnson donned a protective vest and used a military-style semi-automatic rifle when he opened fire during a protest Thursday night over fatal police shootings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana.In addition to the five slain offi
  
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• Obama says guns contribute to police tensions

  09-07-2016 15:04
  
  DALLAS - President Barack Obama says the proliferation of guns is part of the broader tensions that sometimes arise between police departments and the communities they serve.Obama is defending his calls for stricter gun measures in the wake of the Dallas shootings that killed five and injured seven police officers.He says police officers at times have very little margin for error in making decisions because guns are so plentiful.Obama also says the United States is unique among advanced
  
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• 'Gentle' Georgia man accused of using 911 to ambush officer

  09-07-2016 14:58
  
  VALDOSTA  - Police say a Georgia police officer and his assailant should survive a shootout that began with an ambush only hours after a sniper in Dallas killed five officers and wounded seven more.Stephen Paul Beck, a 22-year-old recovering drug addict, is accused of calling 911 to lure police to his apartment complex in Valdosta and then opening fire.Officer Randall Hancock's protective vest took some of the bullets, but he was hit once just below it, in the abdomen, Georgia Bureau of
  
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• Islamic State's Twitter traffic plunges

  09-07-2016 14:51
  
  WASHINGTON - U.S. government statistics show the Islamic State group's Twitter traffic plunging 45 percent in the past two years.Officials see the drop and other data as evidence they're making progress toward eliminating online terrorist propaganda.When Washington formed an international coalition to fight IS in September 2014, the U.S. outlined five fronts.Alongside military action and eliminating foreign fighters and finances, the U.S. stressed the need to confront the group's extremist ideol
  
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• Police: Louisiana man turns himself in after alleged threat

  09-07-2016 14:45
  
  BOSSIER CITY - Police in Louisiana say a man was jailed after posting a social media video in which he says he wants to shoot and kill a police officer.Sgt. Brian Griffith of the Bossier City Police Department says the man made the video while sitting in a car that was behind a police unit at a fast-food drive-thru in the northwest Louisiana city early Friday.The suspect, 19-year-old Kemonte Gilmore, turned himself in Friday afternoon. He faces a charge of public intimidation. He was jailed on $
  
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• Sterling's family doesn't want death to be 'race thing'

  09-07-2016 14:38
  
  BATON ROUGE -A Louisiana woman says she doesn't want the death of her son's father, a black man killed by white police officers, to "be a race thing."Quinyetta McMillon wouldn't say, however, whether she believes police would have treated Alton Sterling the same way had he been white.McMillon told The Associated Press on Friday that she is grieving with the families of five police officers who were killed by a Dallas sniper during a march to protest Sterling's death."Now, I'm walking a mile with
  
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• Louisiana man's family doesn't want death to be 'race thing'

  09-07-2016 14:38
  
  BATON ROUGE -A Louisiana woman says she doesn't want the death of her son's father, a black man killed by white police officers, to "be a race thing."Quinyetta McMillon wouldn't say, however, whether she believes police would have treated Alton Sterling the same way had he been white.McMillon told The Associated Press on Friday that she is grieving with the families of five police officers who were killed by a Dallas sniper during a march to protest Sterling's death."Now, I'm walking a mile with
  
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• Peaceful protesters ask for unity in Capitol march

  09-07-2016 13:07
  
  BATON ROUGE - Hundreds gathered in the street in front of Baton Rouge City Hall, all chanting for justice for Alton Sterling.With megaphones and posters in hand, the people began their one-and-a-half mile march to the State Capitol.The march was organized by city leaders calling for unity."So many people are hurting, frustrated and angry," Metro City Councilman LaMont Cole said. "They want to do somethign to show their support for the Sterling family."Once the marchers reached the state house, o
  
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• Jail releases list of people booked into jail following protest overnight

  09-07-2016 12:18
  
  BATON ROUGE - The city police department - which has remained relatively quiet since the shooting death of Alton Sterling Tuesday - booked more than two dozen people into jail for blocking Airline Highway during a protest outside police headquarters.Just before noon, the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office released a list of most of those booked:Johnathen Smith, booked with inciting to riotDerrick Mullens, booked with inciting to riotChristian Henslee, booked with obstruction of a highway,
  
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• Protesters temporarily block I-12 at Airline Highway

  09-07-2016 12:04
  
  BATON ROUGE - State Police responded to traffic congestion on the interstate at Airline Highway Saturday evening as protests continue across Baton Rouge.According to Louisiana State Police spokesperson Bryan Lee, the traffic congestion was related to the protests happening around Baton Rouge Police Headquarters.And there go the riot police @WBRZ pic.twitter.com/CtzslHm27I— Mark Armstrong (@TvMarkArmstrong) July 10, 2016Lee could not say whether the road has b
  
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• While Baton Rouge teeters, mayor appears absent

  09-07-2016 09:09
  
  BATON ROUGE - The governor stressed teamwork in a news conference Friday, and said state leaders are working with Baton Rouge city officials despite a noticeable absence of Mayor Kip Holden.Holden, who first commented in a quick phone conversation with WBRZ the night of Alton Sterling's death - almost 18-hours after the shooting, has had one news conference and has been visibly missing from activities since. Local North Baton Rouge activists criticized African American
  
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