Edwards, Broome urge calm after feds forgo charges in Alton Sterling case

May 3, 2017

Everett Matthews of Baton Rouge, holds up a sign outside the Triple S Food Mart, where Alton Sterling was killed last year, in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, May 2, 2017. The U.S. Justice Department has decided not to charge two white Baton Rouge police officers in the death of Alton Sterling, whose death was captured on cell phone video, fueling protests in Louisiana's capital and beyond. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Gov. John Bel Edwards and Mayor Sharon Weston Broome urged the community this afternoon to engage in peaceful, lawful protests in the days to come as they express frustration over the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision not to bring federal charges against the Baton Rouge police officers involved in the July 2016 shooting of Alton

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