To: Vanita Gupta, DOJ Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and FBI New Orleans

Investigate Baton Rouge Police Department

for abuse of authority and use of excessive force under statutes 18 U.S. Code § 242 and 42 U.S.C. § 14141 against Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, LA on July 5, 2016:
https://www.justice.gov/crt/addressing-police-misconduct-laws-enforced-department-justice

Why is this important?

We request that the FBI and US Dept of Justice investigate and oversee a change in policing in Baton Rouge and all other Policing agencies in Louisiana with a history of excessive force, especially on communities of color, and especially in relation to the death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, LA in July 2016.

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