Alton Sterling pinned to the ground and shot dead

Alton Sterling was shot dead at point blank range after officers pinned him down amid claims he had a gun.
Shocking mobile phone showed footage showing two officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, wrestling Mr Sterling from behind and shoving his face into the concrete on Tuesday.


They attended the scene at 12.35am (6.35am BST) on Tuesday after an anonymous caller claimed a man was threatening someone with a gun outside a shop.
The two officers are seen pinning Mr Sterling down, before one suddenly shouts: "He's got a gun."

One officer was seen lying stricken next to a patrol vehicle

Five police officers have been shot dead and six others wounded during a protest against the deaths of two black men shot by police - as tensions rise across America. The officers were shot dead at a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas, Texas, as two snipers are believed to have targeted the officers from an 'elevated position' in a multi-story car park.
The protest massacre comes in the wake of the deaths of two black men shot dead by police within hours of each other.

Dallas police shooting: Live updates as five officers killed during Black Lives Matter protest

An ex army veteran used his military training to carry out a coordinated ambush which left five police officers dead.
Former corporal Micah Xavier Johnson used an AR-15 style rifle to target white officers at a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas, Texas on Thursday night.
Horrifying footage emerged showing a police officer being executed at point blank range and another from a man who live streamed the shocking scenes.
25-year-old Johnson's massacre ended after an intense firefight with police when he was blown up by a robot sent in carrying a bomb.
Three other people, two men and a woman, were arrested but officials have said Johnson was a lone gunman.
The victims have been named as Senior Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, 48, Officer Michael Krol, 40, Sgt. Michael J. Smith, 55, Officer Patrick Zamarripa and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) police officer Brent Thompson, 43.
Racial tensions have been rising across the country after the shooting dead of several unarmed black men.