Baton Rouge braces for Alton Sterling case announcement at 1 p.m.

May 3, 2017

Police Shooting Louisiana — Photos of Alton Sterling are interspersed with flowers and mementos at a makeshift memorial in front of the Triple S Food Mart on July 7, 2016. Sterling, 37, was shot and killed outside the convenience store by Baton Rouge police. He was selling CDs. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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As ominous storm clouds rolled into the Baton Rouge area this morning, the city prepared itself for the official announcement of the U.S. Justice Department’s decision in the Alton Sterling case. Though many have speculated for months that Baton Rouge Police officers Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II would not be charged with federal civil

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