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Alton Sterling DOJ decision rips open wounds for slain black man’s family, BLM activists

• Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police officers Howie Lake and Blane Salamoni will not face federal charges over the shooting death of Alton Sterling. 
• The news has ripped open wounds among members of Sterling’s family and the Black Lives Matter activists who rallied around the case.
• The idea that Lake and Salamoni, who have been on paid administrative leave for nearly 10 months, will not be held accountable for killing Sterling is too much for his mother.
• “It hurts so bad,” Sandra Sterling, the mother of Alton Sterling, said in an interview with WBRZ on Tuesday. “I was trying to prepare myself, I’m telling you. It’s a horrible pain. It’s like going back to the first day all over again.” Read more (5/3/17)